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Nile Rodgers

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Real name
Nile Gregory Rodgers
Born
September 19, 1952
Country
United States
IPI
00039567841 33 works
00125457187 15 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is a leading light for the disco scene in the late 1970s and 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.
Rodgers is also the first African American to own his own national music distribution company, Sumthing Else MusicWorks, Inc., which is a leader in the distribution of video game soundtracks.
Member of
Chic
The Honeydrippers
Artists for Grenfell (2017)
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Originals

Covers by Nile Rodgers

Songs written by Nile Rodgers

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
At Last I Am Free Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Chic 1978 Covered by (17 artists)
Backfired Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Debbie Harry 1981 Covered by (2 artists)
Can I Touch You... There? Michael Bolton, Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Robert John "Mutt" Lange Michael Bolton September 19, 1995 Covered by (3 artists)
Chic Cheer Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Chic 1978
Coming to America Nile Rodgers, Nancy Huang The System June 29, 1988 Covered by John Legend, Burna Boy feat. Nile Rodgers
Cuff It Nile Rodgers, Raphael Saadiq, Beyoncé, The-Dream, Blu June, Coney Gurl, Morten Ristorp Beyoncé July 29, 2022 Covered by (3 artists)
Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Kenny Lehman Chic August 1977 Covered by (3 artists)
Everybody Dance Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Chic November 1977 Covered by (9 artists)
(Everybody's Got) Sweet Soul Vibe Nile Rodgers, Jimmie Vaughan Jimmie Vaughan 1994 Covered by The Steve Miller Band
Get Lucky Nile Rodgers, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Thomas Bangalter, Pharrell Williams Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams April 19, 2013 Covered by (77 artists)
Give Life Back to Music Nile Rodgers, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Thomas Bangalter, Paul Jackson Jr. Daft Punk May 17, 2013 Covered by (2 artists)
Good Times Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Chic 1979 Covered by (22 artists)
Hangin' Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Chic November 1, 1982 Covered by Andrew Ridgeley
He's the Greatest Dancer Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Sister Sledge January 24, 1979 Covered by (9 artists)
I'm Coming Out Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Diana Ross June 1980 Covered by (22 artists)
I Want Your Love Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Chic 1978 Covered by (13 artists)
Just Got Paid Nile Rodgers, George Astasio, Jason Pebworth, Jon Shave, Meghan Trainor, Ella Eyre, French Montana, Sigala, Steve Manovski Sigala - Meghan Trainor - Ella Eyre - French Montana September 7, 2018 Covered by Kevin Simm
Lay Me Down Nile Rodgers, Adam Lambert, Avicii, Ash Pournouri Avicii September 13, 2013 Covered by Piano Tribute Players
Le Freak Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Chic 1978 Covered by (30 artists)
Lose Yourself to Dance Nile Rodgers, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Thomas Bangalter, Pharrell Williams Daft Punk May 17, 2013 Covered by (7 artists)
Lost in Music Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Sister Sledge January 24, 1979 Covered by (10 artists)
Love Like This Puff Daddy, Faith Evans, Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Schon-Jomel Crawford, Clarence Emery, Ron Lawrence Faith Evans October 27, 1998 Covered by (2 artists)
My Feet Keep Dancing Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Chic 1979 Covered by Mirage [GB2]
My Forbidden Lover Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Chic 1979 Covered by Mirage [GB2]
My Old Piano Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Diana Ross June 1980 Covered by (3 artists)
Pressure Off Nile Rodgers, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor [GB2], Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor [GB2], Mark Ronson, Janelle Monáe, Mr Hudson Duran Duran featuring Janelle Monáe and Nile Rodgers June 17, 2015 Covered by Sweet Little Band
Shine Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis Luther Vandross 2006 Covered by Booty Luv
Soup for One Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Chic May 3, 1982
Spacer Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Sheila & B. Devotion 1979 Covered by (8 artists)
Thinking of You Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Sister Sledge January 24, 1979 Covered by (10 artists)
Tick Tock Nile Rodgers, Jimmie Vaughan, Jerry Lynn Williams The Vaughan Brothers September 7, 1990 Covered by (2 artists)
Together Nile Rodgers, Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes, Guy Lawrence, Howard Lawrence Disclosure with Sam Smith, Nile Rodgers & Jimmy Napes June 3, 2013 Covered by Piano Tribute Players
Upside Down Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Diana Ross June 1980 Covered by (49 artists)
We Are Family Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Sister Sledge January 24, 1979 Covered by (44 artists)
Why? Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Carly Simon May 3, 1982 Covered by (3 artists)

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