Nile Rodgers

Flash (1985), produced by Nile Rodgers, was Beck’s most commercial release. It contained the Grammy Award-winning track “Escape,” as well as a cover of the Impressions’ “People Get Ready,” which featured Stewart on vocals and became Beck’s first hit single. In later years Beck maintained a relatively low profile,…

…Alomar and ace nouveau-funk producer Nile Rodgers for “Let’s Dance” (1983), when he needed a hit. As music, Low and its sequels, “Heroes” (1977) and Lodger (1979), would prove to be Bowie’s most influential and lasting, serving as a blueprint for a later generation of techno-rock. In the short run,…

…features rhythm guitar by Chic’s Nile Rodgers and vocals by American singer and producer Pharrell Williams. Irresistibly upbeat, the song spent 13 weeks at the top of Billboard’s dance chart and won record of the year at the 2014 Grammy Awards ceremony, indicating disco’s enduring appeal.

…Williams and rhythm guitar by Nile Rodgers (of the influential disco group Chic), the album sold millions of copies worldwide. In the United States, where sales of Daft Punk’s previous releases had not been as strong as elsewhere, Random Access Memories was considered a breakthrough, and in 2014 Daft Punk…

…Diana (1980), produced by Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, were both hits, but aside from a controversial concert in Central Park, New York City, in 1983 and some American television appearances, Ross spent the rest of the 1980s and ’90s cultivating a foreign fan base that outstripped her popularity…

After the group’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were refused entry to Studio 54 one night, they went home, channeled their anger into a jam session, and ended up composing one of Chic’s biggest hits.