| LC control no. | n 91046929 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML429.R64 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Rodgers, Nile |
| See also | Corporate body: Chic (Musical group) Corporate body: Honeydrippers (Musical group : 1981-1985) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1952-09-19 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Juilliard School Black Panther Party Big Apple Band We Are Family Foundation Sumthing Distribution (Firm) |
| Profession or occupation | Sound recording executives and producers Guitarists |
| Found in | Edwards, B. Risqué [SR] p1979: label (Nile Rodgers) Public enemy, 1999 ending credits (Nile Rodgers) WW Am., 1996 (Rodgers, Nile; b. Sept. 19, 1952, New York, N.Y.; musician; record producer) Wikipedia WWW Home page, Feb. 19, 2004 (Nile Rodgers; guitarist and music producer; active in the Black Panther Party in New York) African American National Biography, accessed April 8, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Rodgers, Nile, Jr.; guitarist, music producer, recording artist; born 19 September, 1952 in New York, United States: attended classes at the Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music; leader of Black Panther Party, in lower Manhattan (1968); guitarist for touring band Sesame Street, then at Harlem Apollo; formed Big Apple Band (later Chick), single “Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)” (1977) was nominated for a Grammy Award; Chick released six albums (1978-1983); producer for Chic Organization productions, produced David Bowie's Let's Dance and Madonna's Like A Virgin; released two solo albums; established Sumthing Distribution, the largest African American-owned music label distribution company in the United States (1998); founded the We Are Family Foundation (2002); received a lifetime achievement award from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences) |
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