The musician penned some of the most progressive and popular songs of the disco era with chic, who topped the billboard hot 100 with le freak and the hiphop catalyst good times, and released platinum albums such as cest. Nile rodgers contact info booking agent, manager, publicist. Nile gregory rodgers is an american musician, composer, arranger, and guitarist, and is considered one of the most influential music producers in the history of popular music. Nile rodgers will curate meltdown festival 2019, bringing an eclectic lineup of artists to londons southbank centre this summer. Hi, my name is nile rodgers which is a combination of a river in africa and a fantastic composer. He is a rock and roll hall of fame inductee, a threetime grammy awardwinner, and the. Nile rodgers is one of the foremost architects of disco and played a major role in defining the 80s pop landscape.
Nile rodgers is one of the few musicians who worked with both david bowie and prince. Like a virgin is the second studio album by american singer and songwriter madonna, released on november 12, 1984, by sire records. Its a very special recreation of the hitmakerthe wellworn 1960 stratocaster played by chic cofounder and revered session ace rodgers on countless charttopping songs. The last paragraph of the book tells us hes now fighting cancer. These are good times for nile rodgers, who has been given great news after another cancer scare writing on his blog, the chic cofounder revealed he went under the knife when doctors discovered. A leading light of the disco scene in the late 1970s, he recorded as part of chic and with bandmate bernard edwards produced many of the most popular and memorable disco hits of the 1970s and 1980s. Following the success of her selftitled debut album, madonna wanted to become the record producer of her next album. Sam smith x nile rodgers x disclosure x jimmy napes together add a comment add a comment category. Influential guitarist, songwriter and producer, born 19 september 1952 in new york city.
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