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Rodgers was born on September 19, 1952, in the Lower East Side, New York City, to Beverly Goodman.She gave birth to Rodgers when she was 14. His biological father, Nile Rodgers Sr., was a travelling percussionist who specialized in Afro-Cuban beats and was rarely present as Rodgers grew up; although influential in his life, Rodgers saw his father only a "handful" of times prior to his death in ...
Chic (stylized CHIC; / ʃ iː k / SHEEK), later called Nile Rodgers & Chic, is an American disco band founded in 1972 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. [1] Between 1972 and 1979, Chic released several of the biggest hits of the disco era, including " Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) " (1977), " Everybody Dance ...
Musician and record producer Nile Rodgers reflected on working with Madonna 40 years after producing her iconic album Like a Virgin. “She was the hardest working person I ever worked with in my ...
Nile Rogers and CHIC are to perform at the Love Supreme Jazz Festival, organisers have announced. Rogers is set to join stars including Smokey Robinson and Jacob Collier on stage for the event at ...
Nile Rodgers, American songwriter and co-founder of the influential 1970s disco band Chic, and esteemed Finnish classical music composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen won the 2024 Polar Music ...
In 1979, Ross commissioned Chic founders Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards to create material for a new album after taking her daughters to see the band in concert. In 2021, Nile Rodgers confirmed in a TikTok video that the song was inspired by seeing drag queens dressed as Diana Ross at a New York club, with Rodgers stating: [1]
From left: Trevor Noah, Nile Rodgers and The-Dream onstage at the 65th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday in Los Angeles. (Photo: JC Olivera/WireImage) (JC Olivera via Getty Images)
Bernard Edwards (October 31, 1952 – April 18, 1996) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, known primarily for his work in disco music with guitarist Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded Chic.