Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers is proof that the most important person in a hit is often the one you cannot see on the cover. That instantly recognizable Chic guitar cut runs through hundreds of millions of records, much of it crafted for other artists. What I find most admirable is his refusal to abandon funk when disco became a punchline; he simply kept the groove alive until the world came back around. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Polar Music Prize are overdue acknowledgments of a craftsman who treats studio work as an art form. He is, in the truest sense, cool that has never gone out of style.

Name (English)

Nile Rodgers

Name (Japanese)

ナイル・ロジャース

Reading

ないる・ろじゃーす

Born

September 19, 1952 (age 73)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

guitarist / composer / songwriter / record producer / film score composer

Awards & achievements

• 2014 Icon Award
• 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• 2024 Polar Music Prize

• Official sitehttps://www.nilerodgers.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nilerodgers/
• Xhttps://x.com/nilerodgers
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile%20Rodgers
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q497759

Tags

• New York
• guitarist
• composer
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-16

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.