Nile Rodgers

(Nile Gregory Rogers)

Productor musical, compositor, arranjador i guitarrista

 

Naixement: 19 de setembre de 1952, Nova York

 

El 1970 va conèixer a el baixista Bernard Edwards i van formar una banda de rock anomenada The Boys amb la qual mai van aconseguir un contracte discogràfic ja que les companyies els rebutjaven a l'descobrir que eren negres

El 1977 al costat de Bernard Edwards i Tony Thompson formen el grup de funk Chic

Chic es va dissoldre el 1983

El 1992 Rodgers and Edwards organitzen la reunió de Chic, van gravar nou material i van sortir de gira amb força èxit

El 1996 la revista Billboard li va lliurar el títol de Major Productor de l'Món

1996: Va participar en una sèrie de concerts homenatge al Japó al costat de Bernard Edwards, Sister Sledge, Steve Winwood, Simon Le Bon i Slash

Bernard Edwards (El seu soci musical de tota la vida) va morir de pneumònia durant aquesta gira

 

Enregistraments amb Chic

Chic (1977)

C'est Chic (1978)

Risqué (1979)

Real People (1980)

Take It Off (1981)

Tongue in Chic (1982)

Believer (1983)

Chic-ism (1992)

Live At The Budokan (1999)

 

Enregistraments en solitari

Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove (1983)

B-Movie Matinee (1985)

Out Loud (1987)

Chic Freak and More Treats, (1996)

 

Enregistraments com Productor

Norma Jean, Norma Jean Wright (1978)

We Are Family, Sister Sledge (1979)

King Of The World, Sheila B. Devotion (1980)

Love Somebody Today, Sister Sledge (1980)

Diana, Diana Ross (1980)

Koo Koo, Debbie Harry (1981)

Let's Dance, David Bowie (1983)

Situation X, Michael Gregory (1983)

Invitation To Dance, Kim Carnes (1983)

Trash It Up, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (1983)

Original Sin, INXS (1984)

Like a Virgin, Madonna (1984)

The Reflex, The Wild Boys, Duran Duran (1984)

"The power station" - The Power station (1985)

Flash, Jeff Beck (1985)

She's The Boss, Mick Jagger (1985)

Here's to Future Days, Thompson Twins, (1985)

Do You, Sheena Easton (1985)

When The Boys Meet The Girls, Sister Sledge (1985)

Home of the Brave, Laurie Anderson (1986)

Notorious, Duran Duran (1986)

Inside Story, Grace Jones (1986)

Inside Out, Philip Bailey (1986)

L Is For Lover, Al Jarreau (1986)

Pressure Off , Duran Duran, 19 de junio de 2015

"Moonlighting Theme", Al Jarreau (1987)

Cosmic Thing, The B-52's (1989)

Slam, Dan Reed Network (1989)

Decade: Greatest Hits, Duran Duran (1989)

So Happy, Eddie Murphy (1989)

Workin' Overtime, Diana Ross (1989)

1990, Olé Olé (1990)

Family Style, Vaughan Brothers (1990)

Move To This, Cathy Dennis (1990)

The Heat, Dan Reed Network (1991)

"Real Cool World", David Bowie (1992)

Good Stuff, The B-52's (1992)

Black Tie White Noise, David Bowie (1993)

Your Filthy Little Mouth, David Lee Roth (1994)

Us, Taja Sevelle (1997)

Little Wonder, David Bowie (1997)

Samantha Cole, Samantha Cole (1997)

Azabache, Marta Sánchez (1997)

On And On, All-4-One (1998)

Just Me, Tina Arena (2001)

Dellali, Cheb Mami (2001)

We Are Family, Nile Rodgers All Stars (We Are Family Foundation) (2001)

Only A Woman Like You, Michael Bolton] (2002)

Shady Satin Drug, Soul Decision (2004)

Astronaut, Duran Duran (2004)

Evolution, MorissonPoe (2007)

Random Access Memories, Daft Punk (2013)

 

Bandes sonores

Soup For One (1982)

Alphabet City (1984)

Coming to America (1988)

Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)

White Hot (1989)

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Blue Chips (1994)

Public Enemy (1999)

Rise of Nations (2003) Joc

Halo 2 Soundtrack (2004) Joc

Perfect Dark Zero (2005) Joc

Halo 3: Original Soundtrack (2007) Joc