Nile Rodgers

Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1970 with bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic released their self-titled debut album in 1977. It included the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "Everybody Dance." 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. The song "Good Times" from the 1979 album Risque 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." \n', ' With Edwards, Rodgers wrote and produced music for other artists, including the songs "He\'s the Greatest Dancer" and "We Are Family" for Sister Sledge and "I\'m Coming Out" for Diana Ross. After Chic\'s 1983 breakup Rodgers produced "a string of the post-disco era\'s biggest albums and singles," including David Bowie\'s Let\'s Dance, Original Sin by INXS, Duran Duran\'s "The Reflex" and "Notorious", and Madonna\'s Like a Virgin. 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.\n', ' Rodgers was born in New York City, on September 19, 1952, to Beverly Goodman. She became pregnant the first time she had sex, and gave birth to Rodgers when she was 14. 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. \n', '