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On 13 November 2020, Rodgers was featured on "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' Children in Need charity single. Nile Rodgers Gespräch mit David Bowie Bang Showbiz. [104] In September of the same year, a version of George Michael's song "Fantasy" was released, credited to "George Michael featuring Nile Rodgers." [87], In 2010, Rhino Records released a four-CD box set, Nile Rodgers Presents The Chic Organization, Volume 1: Savoir Faire, which for the first time collected tracks from all of the acts produced by The Chic Organization up to their original break-up in 1983. Known for his "chucking" guitar style, Rolling Stonewrote in 2014 that "the full scope of Nil… [30][31] "Le Freak" was Atlantic Records' only triple platinum selling single at the time,[32] and "Good Times" shot to No. He stopped using drugs and alcohol in 1994 after a friend showed him a tape of a poor performance. The accompanying music video was directed by Spike Lee. Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and arranger. [77] Its titles include the Halo, Resident Evil, Gears of War and Borderlands series. [citation needed], Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were nominated to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in October 2013. Seit seinem Bühnencomeback Anfang der 90er Jahre tourt er durch die ganze Welt. [56][57], Rodgers formed the short-lived experimental band Outloud in 1987, with David Letterman's guitarist, composer, and vocalist Felicia Collins and French session musician, producer, composer, and keyboardist Philippe Saisse; the trio released a single album, Out Loud, on Warner Bros. [47] He was named the #1 Singles Producer in the World by Billboard at the end of the year. [19] He became a subsection leader of the Lower Manhattan branch of the New York Black Panther Party as a teenager. [5], Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1972 with bassist Bernard Edwards,[6][7] Chic released their self-titled debut album in 1977, including the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "Everybody Dance". [14] In 1959, Goodman married Bobby Glanzrock, whom Rodgers described in his 2011 autobiography as a "beatnik PhD, whose observations had angles that would make Miles Davis contemplate his cool. [51] He produced Workin' Overtime, Diana Ross' return to Motown,[52] and the soundtracks for Alphabet City, Gremlins,[53] White Nights,[54] and The Fly. Nile Rodgers says David Bowie’s whiteness meant he had more freedom to experiment with music. In his autobiography, Rodgers wrote:[124] "He fingered the chords with his left hand, and his right hand would continuously play sixteen notes to the bar while accenting the main parts of the rhythm ... One lesson was all I needed. Records. [121] In 2018, Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers premiered on Netflix. New York City's one hit allowed them to tour extensively, opening for The Jackson 5 on the American leg of their first world tour in 1973. ", Rodgers lives in Westport, Connecticut, and New York City with his life partner, Nancy Hunt. It was recorded in New York at Avatar Studios (previously The Power Station, where the original recording of "We Are Family" took place in 1978), and in Los Angeles at the Record Plant. "It's sort of bittersweet," says Rodgers. Der 'Le Freak'-Hitmacher Rodgers verriet, dass es als dunkelhäutiger Künstler "sehr schwierig" war, in "eine Richtung" gedrängt zu werden. Ganz anders als sein verstorbener Kollege David Bowie. Live onstage at the Village Recording Studios during 2015 Grammy Week Nile Rodgers' 25 greatest songs for Chic, Madonna, Bowie & more Updated May 19, 2019; Posted Feb 16, 2017 By Troy L. Smith, Cleveland.com [17], Before learning to play the guitar at 16, Rodgers played the flute and the clarinet. [42], With Chic no longer occupying most of his time, Rodgers was free to focus on working with other artists. [11] He later worked with artists including The B-52s, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, The Vaughan Brothers, Bryan Ferry, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, and Daft Punk, winning three Grammy Awards in 2014 for his work on their album Random Access Memories. This was after "Disco Sucks," and the only artists I had worked with were my band Chic, Sister Sledge, and Diana Ross; so, to them, David Bowie – it was like the Pope calling. [35][36][37] In April 2018, "We Are Family" was selected to be preserved in the Library of Congress. He said he expected a 100% recovery. The co-founder of Chic, Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on albums that have cumulatively sold more than 500 million units and 75 million singles worldwide. 1. 2, respectively on the Pop chart. [82] The album rose to No. The song featured Mura Masa, Cosha and Vic Mensa. Nile Rodgers to receive Artist's Artist honour at 2019 Artist & Manager Awards. After Rodgers purchased the guitar, Edwards taught him how to play it in a chop chord style, which he called "chucking". "[67][68] A year later, Rodgers returned to Japan to pay homage to his fallen partner, and in 1999, Rodgers released Live at the Budokan, a live recording of Edwards' final performance. ", Fotos: Splash News, WENN Entertainment, GettyImages, dpa, Sharon Stone über ihre berüchtigte 'Basic Instinct'-Szene. Since another New York artist, Walter Murphy, had a band called The Big Apple Band, Rodgers and Edwards were forced to change their band's name to avoid confusion. [115], Since his 1978 debut with Chic on American Bandstand, Rodgers has performed on more than 150 television programs. Sumthing focused on distributing video game soundtracks, and released the world's first 5.1 surround DVD game-soundtrack album. [39] They completed one of their last projects together in 1980, writing and producing the album Diana for Diana Ross, which yielded the hits "Upside Down"[40] and "I'm Coming Out". [100], Rodgers collaborated with Lady Gaga to remake Chic's hit, "I Want Your Love" for Tom Ford's Spring/Summer 2016 collection video in lieu of a fashion show. In April, "Get Lucky" entered the UK Singles Chart at No. In January 2019, Rodgers offered 600 free tickets to furloughed US Federal workers during the US Government Shutdown to the Nile Rodgers & Chic concert at the MGM National Harbor in Washington, DC. "[94] In December, NARAS announced that "Le Freak" would be inducted into The Grammy Hall of Fame. [99] In August, Rodgers launched FOLD Festival (FreakOut! Mi… Rodgers discovered his body. [34] They produced Deborah Harry's 1981 solo album Koo Koo, and produced the hit "Spacer" for the French disco act Sheila and B. [25] Between gigs, they recorded the song "Dance, Dance, Dance", with then-boss Luther Vandross on vocals. 07/13/2020 mediabest Lifestyle. Nile Rodgers über die Entstehung von "Let's Dance" von David Bowie Die 10 besten Songs von David Bowie. Exceptionally light, it has a maple fingerboard and a worn white finish. Rodgers co-wrote and played guitar on three tracks: "Give Life Back to Music", "Lose Yourself to Dance", and "Get Lucky". The 1978 album C'est Chic produced the hits "I Want Your Love" and "Le Freak", with the latter selling more than 7 million singles worldwide. [98] The song went to #1 on Billboard's Dance Music Chart, June 20, 2015. 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Up All Night reached No. Juli 2020 um 13:00 Uhr Nile Rodgers hatte der Ikone David Bowie erzählt, wie froh dieser darüber sein kann, nicht darüber nachdenken zu müssen, welcher Ethnie seine Musik gefällt. [123], Rodgers plays a 1960 Fender Stratocaster with a 1959 neck, nicknamed The Hitmaker, which he acquired as a trade-in at a shop in Miami Beach, Florida. "I was expecting Scary Monsters 2", he later said. [44][45] He worked extensively with Duran Duran, remixing their biggest-selling single, "The Reflex", producing "Wild Boys" on their 1984 live album, Arena, and co-producing the album Notorious. Atomstreit: Iran schlägt EU als Vermittler vor . Wer allerdings in diesem Zusammenhang den Namen Nile Rodgers in die Runde wirft, der liegt nicht ganz richtig. Nile Rodgers wurde 1952 in der New Yorker Bronxals Kind einer 13-jährigen Mutter geboren. [20] His cousin, trumpeter Robert "Spike" Mickens was a member of hitmakers Kool and the Gang from 1964 to 1986. [2] He is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a three-time Grammy Award-winner, and the chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. [18] As a teenager, he played guitar with African, Persian, Latin, jazz and Boogaloo bands. [122], Rodgers has appeared in documentaries about David Bowie, Diana Ross, Elton John, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Duran Duran, Daft Punk, Public Enemy, Madonna, Avicii, Studio 54, the Seventies, the Eighties, the Nineties, recorded music, girl groups, the disco era, disco, house music, funk, and soul music. Der Musiker Nile tat sich mit dem verstorbenen 'Starman'-Interpreten Bowie damals zusammen, um an seinem ikonischen 'Let's Dance'-Album von 1983 zu arbeiten. [59] He also produced projects for David Bowie, Eric Clapton,[60] The B-52s, David Lee Roth,[61] Ric Ocasek,[62] The Stray Cats[63] and others early in the decade, and worked on the soundtracks for Thelma and Louise, Cool World,[64] and The Beavis and Butt-head Experience. Eine herausragende Begabung, aber auch harte Arbeit, Menschlichkeit und Fairness verhalfen ihm zu seinem großen Erfolg im Musikgeschäft. [34], The 1979 disco backlash derailed Chic, and Edwards retreated from work,[38] while Rodgers' drug use accelerated. 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and yielded the singles "Love Shack", and "Roam". Inspired by Roxy Music, Chic developed a sound that was a fusion of jazz, soul, and funk grooves with melodies and lyrics with a European influence. Ganz anders als sein verstorbener Kollege David Bowie. Nile Rodgers: Neidisch auf David Bowie. [41] During the same time period, Chic's song "Good Times" was sampled on The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", the first multiple-platinum hip hop single. It's amazing to me! [26] Originally released by Buddah Records, it was a hit when it was re-released by Atlantic in the summer of 1977. [74], In 1997, Notorious BIG released "Mo Money Mo Problems" sampling Rodgers and Edwards' song "I'm Coming Out" from Diana Ross's platinum album, Diana. [43] He produced David Bowie's biggest selling album Let's Dance, which yielded the hit singles "Let's Dance", "China Girl", and "Modern Love". Nile Rodgers hatte der Ikone David Bowie erzählt, wie froh dieser darüber sein kann, nicht darüber nachdenken zu müssen, welcher Ethnie seine Musik gefällt. 1 on the R&B chart, and No. Rodgers claims it has a unique sound. Nile Rodgers played Cardiff Castle Wales on July 12, 2019, and on February 17, 2020 he participated in Eric Clapton's tribute concert for Ginger Baker. I am flattered and I think it's cool, but I feel like somebody put me in the lifeboat and told my family they can't get in. Although there was label interest, record companies passed on the band after discovering its members were black, believing that black rock artists would be too hard to promote.[24]. The track, released as a B-side by Michael's label in 1990, was reworked by Rodgers and featured him prominently on guitar. I've had records which have done well [in the UK], but not in the States. The BBC also broadcast Nile Rodgers: How To Make It in the Music Business, a three-hour, three part special. [22][23] The band dissolved after their second album failed to yield a hit, but Nile and Bernard joined forces with drummer Tony Thompson, and worked and recorded as a funk rock band called The Boys, which played numerous gigs up and down the East Coast. January 12, 2016 9:09 AM EST Nile Rodgers is a Grammy-winning guitarist, record producer and co-founder of Chic. Devotion. [48] To complete the decade, he produced albums for Grace Jones, Al Jarreau (L is for Lover), Earth Wind and Fire's vocalist Philip Bailey, and performed on "Higher Love" with Steve Winwood, as well as on records for Cyndi Lauper, and others. That Bowie album(2) to me was almost as much mine as his; it was a breakthrough moment in my life. [27], The band scored numerous top ten hits and helped propel disco to new levels of popularity, with "Le Freak", "I Want Your Love", "Everybody Dance",[28] "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)",[29] "My Forbidden Lover", and "Good Times" becoming club/pop/R&B standards. Sein Name findet sich nämlich vielfach auf der anderen Seite der Medaille und dient als Referenz für nicht wenige der Stars, die ihn engagierten. [90] The record, Random Access Memories was released in 2013. [32] Following Chic's breakup, Rodgers released his first solo album, Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove. Von ihm stammen unter anderem die Disco-Klassiker "Le Freak", "We Are Family" und "Lost in Music". [112] Let's Dance), A multi-day event with a diverse line-up of artists including Beck, Duran Duran, Chaka Khan, Keith Urban, Janelle Monáe, Ginger Minj, Chic and many others. Nile Rodgers hatte der Ikone David Bowie erzählt, wie froh dieser darüber sein kann, nicht darüber nachdenken zu müssen, welcher Ethnie seine Musik gefällt. 6 and No. "Mo Money, Mo Problems" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks[75] and was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. A leading light of the disco scene in the late 1970's, he recorded as part of Chic and with bandmate Bernard Edwards produced many of the most popular and memorable disco hits of the 1970's and 1980's. Nile Rodgers talks to Mary Anne about the making of 'Let's Dance' with David Bowie. The Chic … The album was not overdubbed or changed in order to keep the recording pure. He produced the single "Original Sin" by INXS, and in 1984, he produced Madonna's album Like a Virgin, which scored three hit singles including its title track, "Material Girl", and "Dress You Up". I plugged directly into the board and it was that Nile Rodgers/Chic sound. [3][4] Known for his "chucking" guitar style, Rolling Stone wrote in 2014 that "the full scope of Nile Rodgers' career is still hard to fathom". [88] It was named one of the top 10 of the 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time by Rolling Stone. [107] Two singles from the album were subsequently released: "Sober" featuring Craig David and Stefflon Don, and "Do You Wanna Party" featuring LunchMoney Lewis. Ich mache mir nie Sorgen darüber, welches Publikum es mögen wird' und ich erinnere mich daran, wie ich meinte, 'Mensch, es muss großartig sein, weiß zu sein.' 3 and remained on the charts well into 1980. Nile Rodgers is one of the few musicians who worked with both David Bowie and Prince. Was David Bowie und Nile Rodgers vor ihrem folgenreichen Treffen 1982 in einem New Yorker Nachtklub voneinander womöglich nicht wussten, war, dass beide mit einem gewissen Grad an Frust zu hadern hatte – „jammern auf hohem Niveau“, könnte man meinen, aber auch dieses Unbehagen, das den natürlichen Fluss der Inspiration dramatisch hemmen kann. ", The Fender Custom Shop introduced a limited edition Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster, a recreation of Rodgers' guitar, in January 2014. [93] In March, Rolling Stone named Nile Rodgers one of the 50 Most Important People in EDM, stating, "The full scope of Nile Rodgers' career is still hard to fathom, and it's not just ongoing, it's in overdrive. [49][50] In 1989, he co-produced the B-52's multi-platinum album Cosmic Thing; it reached No. An 80-minute documentary, The Making and Meaning of We Are Family, directed by Danny Schechter,[84] premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002. Als er heranwuchs, heiratete seine Mutter einen Weißen, und Rodgers und seine Familie waren nun ständig und bewusst mit alltäglichem Rassismus konfrontiert, was er bis dahin nicht so deutlich erlebt hatte. [129] At his performance at the Hollywood Bowl, on July 4, 2019, Rodgers announced that he was "100% cancer-free. Rodgers won three Grammy Awards for his work with Daft Punk and Random Access Memories, including Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Record of the Year and Album of the Year. He later said that when Edwards died he "cried like a baby and suffered intensely but eventually realised the best tribute to him would be to carry on and be the best I could be. For the next few nights straight, while my roommate pursued all manner of trysts, I was having a love affair in the bathroom with my new ax. Der 67-jährige Nile gab zu, dass er Bowie beneidete, weil dieser sich keine Sorgen darüber machen musste, wer sich seine Musik anhören würde und der 'Changes'-Musiker soll seinen Frust darüber "komplett verstanden" haben. Der Musiker Nile tat sich damals mit dem verstorbenen «Starman»-Interpreten Bowie zusammen. Thus, in 1977 the band was renamed as Chic. [102] In 2017, after 11 nominations for Chic, Rodgers was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with an award for Musical Excellence. [76], In 1998, Rodgers founded Sumthing Else Music Works record label and Sumthing Distribution, an independent music label distributor. [58], In September 1990, shortly after the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Rodgers-produced Vaughan Brothers album, Family Style was released. [69][70], Rodgers started playing live concerts again while composing and producing music for film soundtracks: Beverly Hills Cop III,[71] Blue Chips,[72] The Flintstones[73] and Feeling Minnesota, working with Bob Dylan, among others. I'm flabbergasted!" His biological father, Nile Rodgers Sr. – a traveling percussionist who specialized in Afro-Cuban beats – 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 1970. [105], In June 2018, "Till the World Falls", the first single from Nile Rodgers & Chic's first album since 1992, It's About Time, was released. They thought, "There's no way David Bowie is calling Nile Rodgers." Nile Rodgers zählt heutzutage zu den größten Musikern aller Zeiten, doch diesen Titel musste er sich hart erkämpfen. Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and arranger. Rodgers' critically acclaimed autobiography, Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny was published by Spiegel & Grau, a Random House imprint, in late 2011. [85] In July 2002, Rodgers co-founded the We Are Family Foundation with his In December 2018, Nile Rodgers & Chic began their first UK arena tour. The mass was surgically removed in November 2017. Nile Rodgers (67) feierte in den 70er Jahren mit seiner Funkband Chic große Erfolge. [97] The song, created by Rodgers from original Chic outtake tapes from the 70s, with Bernard Edwards, Tony Thompson, and vocalists Alfa Anderson and Luci Martin. Er konnte es absolut nachvollziehen. 1 in August 1979 in spite of that year's "Disco Sucks" movement protesting that style of music. She gave birth to Rodgers when she was 13. The co-founder of Chic, Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on albums that have cumulatively sold more than 500 million units and 75 million singles worldwide. life partner, Nancy Hunt. [113] The single debuted at number 7 on the Official UK Singles Chart[114] and number 1 on both the Official UK Singles Sales Chart and the Official UK Singles Download Chart. As the Big Apple Band, Rodgers and Edwards worked with Ashford & Simpson, Luther Vandross, and many others. Er meinte, 'Ich denke einfach darüber nach, was ich fühle und was ich sehe. Profil: Influential guitarist, songwriter and producer, born 19 September 1952 in New York City. Finally, they said, "Mr. Rodgers, some jerk keeps calling up and saying he's David Bowie." [...] Als ich mit Künstlern wie David Bowie arbeitete, erzählte er mir, dass er nie darüber nachdenkt. Nile Rodgers. [130][131], American record producer, songwriter, musician, and arranger, 1970s: Formation of Chic, "Le Freak", Sister Sledge, 1980s: Diana Ross, David Bowie, INXS, Madonna, Duran Duran, 1990s: Production, reformed Chic and death of Edwards, Sumthing Else, 2000s: Film and video game soundtracks, We Are Family Foundation. The song "Good Times" from the 1979 album Risqué was a number one single on the pop and soul charts, and became one of the most-sampled songs of all time, "ushering in" hip-hop via the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", inspiring Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust", and anchoring the Daft Punk hit "Around the World". [16] Glanzrock and Goodman were addicted to heroin, and Rodgers began using drugs at 13. 2 on the UK Compilation Album Chart for the week ending July 13, 2013. Nile Rodgers zählt heutzutage zu den größten Musikern aller Zeiten, doch diesen Titel musste er sich hart erkämpfen. Nile Rodgers, Gitarrist der 70er Jahre-Band Chic, aber auch Komponist und Produzent, schrieb zwischen 1983 und 1989 Hits für Größen wie Mick Jagger oder David Bowie. He is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a three-time Grammy Award-winner, and the chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. His work in the CHIC Organization and his productions for artists like David Bowie, Diana Ross, and Madonna have sold over 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide while his innovative, trendsetting collaborations with Daft Punk, Avicii, Sigala, Disclosure, and Sam Smith reflect the vanguard of contemporary music. 2010s: Autobiography, Daft Punk, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah), Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove, Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, Get Lucky" ft. 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Nile Rodgers on How Little Richard, Jazz and Museums Shaped David Bowie “He was compelled to do things that he felt were just the right thing to do,” Chic producer says. He documented his illness on a blog called Walking on Planet C.[128] He was given the all-clear in 2013. The Grammy-winning producer and Chic guitarist shares some memories and … Der Musikproduzent Nile Rodgers wurde 1952 in einem armen Stadtteil von New York geboren. Seine Karriere begann in der Band der "Sesamstraße", später spielte er für die Hausband des legendären Apollo Theater in Harlem. [95], Rodgers' solo single "Do What You Wanna Do (IMS Anthem)" was released on August 10, 2014[96] to benefit the We Are Family Foundation. Das Konzert wurde 2013 auf dem Jazz Fest Wien aufgezeichnet. [116] He has been the subject of documentaries including the BBC's Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker,[117][118][119] Front and Center: Songwriters Hall of Fame: Nile Rodgers on PBS, Arte France's Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker,[120] and the short film Composing America: The Musical Talents of Nile Rodgers. Nile Rodgers has recalled a discussion he had with David Bowie about race and revealed why he was envious of the late icon's freedom. 08.07.2020. [83], Following the September 11 attacks, to start the healing process, Rodgers brought together more than 200 musicians and celebrities to record "We Are Family". "Get Lucky" became one of the UK's biggest-selling singles of all time. Bowie told Rodgers, "I just want to make a good groove record", a move that surprised Rodgers. 3, only 24 hours after its release, and two weeks later rose to No. ", "Songwriters Hall of Fame 2014 Nominees For Induction Announced", "See Daft Punk and Stevie Wonder's Funky Disco Smash-Up", "Nile Rodgers – 50 Most Important People in EDM", "Hear Nile Rodgers' New Summer Jam 'Do What You Wanna Do' – Premiere", "Nile Rodgers Enlists Supermodel Karlie Kloss for Chic's "I'll Be There" Video", "Nile Rodgers Revives Chic For Funky New Single 'I'll Be There, "Watch Lady Gaga, Nile Rodgers Update Chic's 'Want Your Love, "Nile Rodgers To Be Inducted Into Songwriters Hall of Fame, Remembers 'Le Freak' & More", "Pearl Jam, Joan Baez Lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2017 Class", "Glastonbury 2017: Sunday daytime with Chic, Barry Gibb and the Killers – as it happened", "Nile's 'tears' over George Michael song", "Nile Rodgers & Chic Release New Song, 'Till The World Falls,' Announce Album Date", "Nile Rodgers treated fans to hit after hit from his peerless back catalogue", "Good times! The first two singles, "He's the Greatest Dancer" and the title cut "We Are Family" both reached No. The song continued to influence the sounds of others, including Queen, (with the 1980 hit "Another One Bites the Dust") and Blondie, who had a #1 hit with "Rapture". Rodgers provided sleevenotes for the set, which was also reissued in 2013.
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