Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers
Rodgers em 2023
Informações gerais
Nome completo	Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr.
Nascimento	19 de setembro de 1952 (73 anos) Nova Iorque, NY, Estados Unidos
Gênero(s)	pop rock R&B disco soul funk
Ocupação	músico compositor produtor musical
Instrumento(s)	guitarra
Período em atividade	1972–presente
Gravadora(s)	Sumthing Else Music Works
Afiliação(ões)	Chic, Sister Sledge, Sugarhill Gang, Lady Gaga, The Honeydrippers, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna,Thompson Twins, Duran Duran, INXS, Mick Jagger, Grace Jones, B-52's, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Vaughan Brothers, Sheila B. Devotion, Jeff Beck, Peter Gabriel, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Avicii, Disclosure, Sam Smith, Adam Lambert, David Guetta, Nicky Romero, Sam Sparro, Joe Raposo, Tensnake, Chase & Statu, Jota Quest
Página oficial	www.nilerodgers.com

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (Nova Iorque, 19 de setembro de 1952) é um músico, compositor e produtor musical norte-americano. Ele começou sua carreira como um guitarrista de estúdio em Nova York, tocando com a banda do programa Sesame Street na adolescência, e então trabalhando numa banda da casa Apollo Theater no Harlem, acompanhando artistas como Aretha Franklin, Ben E. King, Nancy Wilson e Parliament-Funkadelic. No início dos anos 70 formou, junto com Bernard Edwards a banda Chic, com vários hits como "Le Freak" e "Good Times". Foi também produtor de vários artistas como Sister Sledge, David Bowie, Madonna e Diana Ross. No início da década acompanhou a dupla de DJs franceses Daft Punk na gravação do álbum Random Access Memories, lançado em 2013 pela Columbia Records. Participa nas músicas "Mandou Bem" e "Blecaute (part. Anitta)" com a banda brasileira Jota Quest.

Em novembro de 2013 deu uma entrevista à BBC News a falar sobre os Daft Punk, Madonna, Diana Ross e sobre ter vencido o câncer.

Em 2015, gravou com a cantora Anitta a música Blecaute do grupo brasileiro Jota Quest. A música venceu o prêmio de melhor música do ano de 2016 no Prêmio Multishow de Música Brasileira.

Após estrondoso sucesso no palco sunset do Rock in Rio de 2017, foi convidado a tocar no palco mundo na edição 2019, repetindo o sucesso.

Trabalho

Discografia selecionada

Chic

• Chic (1977)
• C'est Chic (1978)
• Risqué (1979)
• Real People (1980)
• Take It Off (1981)
• Soup for One (1982)
• Tongue in Chic (1982)
• Believer (1983)
• Chic-ism (1992)
• It's About Time (2018)

Solo

• Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove (1983)
• B-Movie Matinee (1985)
• Chic Freak and More Treats (1996)

Outloud

• Outloud (1987)

Soundtracks

• Soup for One (1982)
• Alphabet City (1984)
• Coming to America (1988)
• Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
• White Hot (1989)
• Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
• Blue Chips (1994)
• Curdled (1996)
• Public Enemy (1999)
• Rise of Nations (2003) Game
• Halo 2 Soundtrack (2004) Game
• Conker: Live & Reloaded (2005) Game
• Perfect Dark Zero (2005) Game
• Halo 3 Soundtrack (2007) Game

Live albums

• Live at the Budokan (1999)
• Up All Night (2013)

Selected production discography

• 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)
• I Love My Lady, Johnny Mathis (1981, 2017)
• KooKoo, Debbie Harry (1981)
• Let's Dance, David Bowie (1983)
• Talkback, Spoons (1983)
• "Trash It Up", Southside Johnny (1983)
• "Original Sin", INXS (1984)
• Like a Virgin, Madonna (1984)
• "The Reflex", "The Wild Boys", Duran Duran (1984)
• "Out Out'", Peter Gabriel (1984)
• 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)
• Cosmic Thing, The B-52's (1989)
• Workin' Overtime, Diana Ross (1989)
• Family Style, Vaughan Brothers (1990)
• "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)
• "We Are Family", Nile Rodgers All Stars (We Are Family Foundation) (2001)
• Only a Woman Like You, Michael Bolton (2002)
• Astronaut, Duran Duran (2004)
• "Hotel Room Service" (2009)
• "Shady", Adam Lambert ft. Sam Sparro and Nile Rodgers (2012)
• "Get Lucky" ft. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, Random Access Memories, Daft Punk (2013)
• "Give Life Back to Music", Random Access Memories, Daft Punk (2013)
• "Lose Yourself to Dance" ft. Pharrell Williams e Nile Rodgers, Random Access Memories, Daft Punk (2013)
• "Lay Me Down", Avicii com Adam Lambert e Nile Rodgers True, (2013)
• "The Other Boys", NERVO ft. Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears and Nile Rodgers, Collateral (2015)
• "Pressure Off", Duran Duran ft. Janelle Monáe and Nile Rodgers, Paper Gods (2015)
• "Sun Don't Let Me Down", Keith Urban ft. Nile Rodgers & Pitbull (2016)
• "Telepathy", Christina Aguilera ft. Nile Rodgers (2016)
• "Fantasy", George Michael ft. Nile Rodgers (2017)
• "Le Canzoni alla Radio", Max Pezzali ft. Nile Rodgers (2017)
• "Till the World Falls", Nile Rodgers, Chic, Mura Masa ft. Cosha & Vic Mensa (2018)
• "Sober", Nile Rodgers, Chic, ft. Craig David & Stefflon Don (2018)
• "Do You Wanna Party", Nile Rodgers, Chic, ft. LunchMoney Lewis (2018)
• "Emotional", Michelle Treacy (2019)
• "Summer Lover", Oliver Heldens ft. Devin & Nile Rodgers (2019)
• "Roses", Adam Lambert ft. Nile Rodgers (2020)
• "Cielo", Manuel Medrano ft. Nile Rodgers (2020)
• "One More", Times, SG Lewis (2020)
• "Agua", Daddy Yankee ft. Rauw Alejandro & Nile Rodgers (2022)
• "When Someone Loves You", Emeli Sandé & Nile Rodgers (2022)
• "Unforgiven", Le Sserafim ft. Nile Rodgers (2023)
• "Freak 54 (Freak Out)", Pitbull com Nile Rodgers (2023)
• "lock / unlock", j-hope of BTS com Benny Blanco & Nile Rodgers (2024)
• "Levii's Jeans" com Beyonce and Post Malone (2024)
• "Exodus - Blue Nile Mix" Akiko Moriyako ft. Nile Rodgers (2024)

Autobiografia

• Nile Rodgers (2011). Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny. [S.l.]: Spiegel & Grau. ISBN 978-0-385-52965-5 

Colaborações

• Diana — Diana Ross (1980)
• King of the World — Sheila e B. Devotion (1980)
• KooKoo — Debbie Harry (1981)
• Let's Dance — David Bowie (1983)
• Hearts and Bones — Paul Simon (1983)
• Like a Virgin — Madonna (1984)
• Do You — Sheena Easton (1985)
• Boys and Girls — Bryan Ferry (1985)
• She's the Boss — Mick Jagger (1985)
• L Is for Lover — Al Jarreau (1986)
• True Colors — Cyndi Lauper (1986)
• So — Peter Gabriel (1986)
• Inside Story — Grace Jones (1986)
• Inside Out — Philip Bailey (1986)
• Workin' Overtime — Diana Ross (1989)
• Move to This — Cathy Dennis (1990)
• Mariah Carey — Mariah Carey (1990)
• Other Voices — Paul Young (1990)
• Family Style — Vaughan Brothers (1990)
• Fireball Zone — Ric Ocasek (1991)
• Hat Full of Stars — Cyndi Lauper (1993)
• Black Tie White Noise — David Bowie (1993)
• Mamouna — Bryan Ferry (1994)
• HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I — Michael Jackson (1995)
• Fly Like an Eagle — Seal (1996)
• Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix — Michael Jackson (1997)
• Mind Body & Soul — Joss Stone (2004)
• Olympia — Bryan Ferry (2010)
• Les chansons de l'innocence retrouvée — Etienne Daho (2013)
• "Lay Me Down" — Avicii e Adam Lambert (2014)
• Avonmore — Bryan Ferry (2014)
• Velvet — Adam Lambert (2020) ("Roses")
• "Out The Cage" — Keith Urban e Breland (2020)
• "Nothing Left but Family" — Rebecca Ferguson (2020)
• "No Words Needed" — Rebecca Ferguson (2021)
• "Who's Hurting Who" — Jack Savoretti (2021)
• "Cuff It" — Beyonce (2022)
• Legendaddy — Daddy Yankee (2022)
• "Passion" — Roosevelt (2022)
• Pre-Code Hollywood — Jonathan Bree (2023)
• Unforgiven — LE SSERAFIM (2023)
• Hope on the Street Vol. 1 — J-Hope (2024)
• "For Life" — Kygo e Zak Abel (2024)
• "Radiosoul—Alfie Templeman (2024)
• "Honey Boy" Purple Disco Machine, Benjamin Ingrosso e Shenseea (2024)
• "This is the Moment" (ft. Nile Rodgers) - Son Mieux (2024)
• "Talk to Me" (Damiano David, Tyla and Rodgers) (2025)

Ligações externas

• «Página oficial» 
• Tiny Desk Concert performance, October 2023
• We Are Family Foundation
• Nile Rodgers no IMDb