Nile Rogers has sold more than 500 million albums!
Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards met in New York in 1970. After going through a few bands together, they hooked up with Labelle’s drummer Tony Thompson, and keyboard player Raymond Jones, and started playing covers.
The boys soon recruited Norma Jean Wright for lead vocals and Bob Clearmountain to engineer what would become some of the best-known tunes of the Disco era, not just for their band Chic, but let’s start with them!
Particularly the first three albums Chic released in 77-79 did extremely well thanks to the now legendary singles I Want Your Love, Dance, Dance, Dance, Le Freak, Everybody Dance, and Good Times.
Also worth mentioning is the side project the band ran with vocal group Sister Sledge during this time, here they had even bigger hits, especially on the We Are Family album. Released in 1979, this is possibly the best Disco album ever made.
This must have spurred Nile Rodgers on as he would extend his collaboration work to include not just Sister Sledge but also Madonna, Duran Duran, David Bowie, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The B-52’s, Thompson Twins, Grace Jones, INXS, David Lee Roth, Diana Ross, Paul Young, Avicii, and Daft Punk (Get Lucky).
One of my favourite things to do is to read autobiographies by artists and without a doubt, the craziest one I’ve ever read was that of Nile Rodgers entitled Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny.
In it, he tells the story of how his best friend, Bernard Edwards died on stage for a few seconds. After the gig, Nile went up to him and said: “I like how you dropped out for that section, we should do that again tomorrow!”
The next morning, Bernard was found dead in his Hotel room.
Nile would often say that it was Bernard who was the true genius of Chic. He may have a point, but the fact is, Nile has with and without Bernard’s help sold 500 million albums.
Chic Tunes | Related Pages
Everybody Dance
You can learn how to play Everybody Dance by Chic using chords, lyrics, and the original recording.
| Cm7 Bb11 | C11 |
Everybody dance, do-do-do…
Get Lucky
Learn to play Get Lucky by Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers, and Pharrell Williams using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, and the original recording.
| Bm | D | F#m | E |
Like the legend of the Phoenix, huh. All ends with beginnings…
Good Times
You can learn how to play Good Times by Chic using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, and the original recording.
| Em7 | E7sus4 | Asus4 | A6 |
Good times, these are the good times…
He’s The Greatest Dancer
You can learn how to play He’s The Greatest Dancer by Sister Sledge using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, and the original recording.
| Cm7 Dm7 | F#dim7 Gm7 |
Oh, what, wow, he’s the greatest dancer…
I’m Coming Out
You can learn how to play I’m Coming Out by Diana Ross using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, and the original recording.
| Dm7 Am7 | Gm7 | F/A Bb Bb6 | F/A Bb Bb6 Am7 |
I’m coming out, I want the world to know, got to let it show…
Le Freak
You can learn how to play Le Freak by Chic using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, and the original recording.
| Am7 | D9 |
Have you heard about the new dance craze…
Let’s Dance
You can learn how to play Let’s Dance by David Bowie and Nile Rodgers using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, and the original recording.
| Bb7sus4 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s dance. Put on your red shoes and dance the blues…
Lost in Music
You can learn how to play Lost in Music by Sister Sledge using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, and the original recording.
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, caught in a trap…
Thinking of You
You can learn how to play Thinking of You by Sister Sledge using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, and the original recording.
| Gm7 Dm7 | Eb Bbmaj7 |
Everybody let me tell you ’bout my love…
Upside Down
You can learn how to play Upside Down by Diana Ross using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, TAB, and the original recording.
| Bb B C | F Gm | Bb B C | F Gm |
Upside down, boy you turn me. Inside out and round and round…
We Are Family
You can learn how to play We Are Family by Sister Sledge using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, and the original recording.
| A (A6) | G (G6) | D (Dadd9) | F/G (Fadd9/G) |
We are family, I got all my sisters with me…
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