Freaking out about songwriting with Nile Rodgers

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

There is no contemporary pop music without Nile Rodgers. Born in 1952, Rodgers grew up playing classical music on flute and clarinet before picking up jazz guitar. And at age 20, alongside bass player Bernard Edwards, Rodgers formed the band Chic. They wrote the biggest disco hits of the 70s, like: “Dance Dance Dance,” “Everybody Dance,” “Le Freak," and "Good TImes," which formed the core of Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper's Delight”. In his music career spanning six decades, Rodgers has produced and played on some of the biggest pop songs in history, for artists like Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna, Daft Punk, and Beyoncé. He is also the chair of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, so with the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony taking place this June, we invited him onto Switched on Pop to talk about the making of a great song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.0	There is no contemporary pop music without Nyle Rogers.
0:53.0	Nyle Rogers was born in 1952.
0:56.0	He grew up playing classical music on flute and clarinet
0:59.0	before picking up jazz guitar.
1:01.0	And at age 20, alongside bass player Bernard Edwards
1:03.7	Rogers formed the band Sheek. They wrote the biggest
1:07.4	disco hits of the 70s like Dance Dance Dance.
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