Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. is an American record producer,guitarist,and composer. The co-founder of Chic has written,produced,and performed on records that have sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide. He is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee,and the recipient of six Grammy Awards,including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement/Special Merit Award. Known for his chucking guitar style,in 2014 Rolling Stone wrote that "the full scope of Nile Rodgers' career is still hard to fathom".
"Notorious" is the fourteenth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran. It was released internationally by EMI on 20 October 1986. "Notorious" was the first single issued from Duran Duran's fourth album Notorious (1986),and the first released by Duran Duran as a 3-piece band after the departure of Roger Taylor and Andy Taylor. It was a commercial success worldwide,reaching number seven on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100,and was a success in various other countries.
"Skin Trade" is the second single from Duran Duran's Notorious album,and the band's 15th single in total. It was released in January 1987,reached #22 on the UK Singles Chart,and #39 on the Billboard Hot 100.
We're an American Band is the seventh studio album by American hard rock band Grand Funk Railroad,credited as Grand Funk. The album was released by Capitol Records on July 15,1973 and was certified gold by the RIAA a little over a month after its release. Two singles were released from the album. The title track was the first single from the album released on July 2,1973 and the second,"Walk Like a Man",was released on October 29,1973. Both were sung by drummer Don Brewer. There was also an addition to the band's membership on this release - Craig Frost - who plays the organ,clavinet and Moog. Prior to We're an American Band being released,Grand Funk Railroad had been a trio. Craig was credited as an additional musician on Phoenix,which was released the previous year.
"Higher Love" is a 1986 song by English singer Steve Winwood. It was the first single released from his fourth solo LP,Back in the High Life (1986). It was written by Winwood and Will Jennings and produced by Russ Titelman and Winwood. The background vocals were performed by Chaka Khan,who also appeared in the music video.
My Romance is the 14th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon,released by Arista Records,on March 13,1990.
We Are Family is the third studio album by the American R&B vocal group Sister Sledge,released on January 22,1979,in the United States and on April 30,1979,in the United Kingdom by Cotillion Records. The album was written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the band Chic,and includes four hit singles:the title track,"He's the Greatest Dancer","Lost in Music" and "Thinking of You",all of which have been sampled,remixed,and reissued in the decades after the album's release. The album reached number one on the Top R&B Albums chart and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200,making it the band's most commercially successful album.
The Very Best of Carly Simon:Nobody Does It Better is the third greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon,released on December 15,1998.
Talking Back to the Night is the third solo studio album by English recording artist Steve Winwood. Released less than two years after the top 3 hit Arc of a Diver,it failed to see as much success as its predecessor,reaching #28 on the Billboard 200. "Valerie" was a minor hit in 1982,but when it and the title track were remixed and re-released in 1987 for Chronicles,the newer version of Valerie became a top 10 hit,while the remix of "Talking Back to the Night" hit the Billboard Hot 100,but failed to crack the Top 40. The track "Help Me Angel" was also remixed for Chronicles,and was then released for the first time as a single.
"He's the Greatest Dancer" is a 1979 song by the American vocal group Sister Sledge. Released on February 3,1979,the song was written and composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers,and recorded for the group's successful 1979 album We Are Family. Billboard named the song No. 66 on its list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time."
Will Powers was the stage name used by celebrity photographer Lynn Goldsmith when she created a self-help comedy music album. The 1983 album,entitled Dancing for Mental Health,used affirmations set to music to poke fun at the self-help entrepreneurs who "build the listener's inner self and encourage personal growth through the thought that anything is possible". Will Powers is portrayed by Goldsmith during the spoken word sections as well as in the sung sections,her voice shifted downward in pitch to sound male.
Here's to Future Days is the fifth studio album by the British pop group Thompson Twins,released on 20 September 1985 by Arista Records. It was the third and final release for the band as a trio,which was their most successful and recognisable line-up. It peaked at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 20 on the US Billboard 200.
The discography of Carly Simon,an American singer-songwriter,memoirist,and children's author,consists of 23 studio albums,two live albums,10 compilation albums,four soundtrack albums,two audiobooks,and 41 singles,on Elektra Records,Warner Bros. Records,Epic Records,Arista Records,Rhino Entertainment,Columbia Records,Hear Music,and Iris Records,with special releases on Qwest Records,Angel Records,Walt Disney Records,and Macmillan Audio. These lists include all live and studio albums,and the motion picture soundtracks list includes albums containing more than 50% of music by Simon.
Chic,currently called Nile Rodgers &Chic,is an American disco band that was formed in 1972 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It recorded many commercially successful disco songs,including "Dance,Dance,Dance " (1977),"Everybody Dance" (1977),"Le Freak" (1978),"I Want Your Love" (1978),"Good Times" (1979),and "My Forbidden Lover" (1979). The group regarded themselves as a rock band for the disco movement "that made good on hippie peace,love and freedom". In 2017,Chic was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the eleventh time.
Do You is the sixth English-language studio album from Scottish singer Sheena Easton. It was originally released in November 1985 by EMI Records,and later reissued and remastered by One Way Records in 2000,with additional B-sides and extended mixes. The album was produced by Nile Rodgers. Not as successful as her previous album,Do You peaked at number 40 in the US,but was certified gold and featured the top 30 hit "Do It for Love".
Soup for One is the soundtrack album to the movie Soup for One by American R&B band Chic et al.,released by Mirage Records in 1982. The album reached number 168 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and number 42 on the R&B chart. Besides three previously released tracks,Chic's "I Want Your Love" from 1978 album C'est Chic,Sister Sledge's "Let's Go On Vacation" from 1980s Love Somebody Today and "Jump,Jump" from Debbie Harry's KooKoo,the album contains five songs specifically written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers for the movie.
Heart on a Wall is a solo album by Blondie keyboardist and composer Jimmy Destri,released on Chrysalis Records in 1981. It remains unreleased on compact disc.
Robert Sabino is an American rock keyboardist. He was born and raised in the Bronx. Although classically trained,he became a rock performer.
"Afterglow" is a song recorded by Tina Turner,written and produced by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle,and produced by Britten. It appeared on her studio album Break Every Rule (1986),and featured Steve Winwood on keyboards. The song was the eighth and final song from the album to be released as a single,if only in the United States. It failed to crack the US Hot 100,but it reached number 5 on the US dance charts and number 20 on the Maxi Single Sales chart. A promo video for the track was filmed as part of the Break Every Rule TV special in 1986,in which it was the opening number. It shows Turner performing the song in her dressing room at the club Le Zero in Paris as she is preparing to go on stage.
"Attitude Dancing" is a song written by Carly Simon and Jacob Brackman,performed by Simon and produced by Richard Perry. The song served as lead single from Simon's fifth studio album,Playing Possum (1975).
