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\…