Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker Remastered
Updated documentary about Nile Rodgers. With Chic, he was one of disco's most successful artists. As a producer, he then went on to help create some of the biggest hits of the 80s.
The last two years have seen Nile Rodgers launched back into the limelight following the massive success of Daft Punk's single Get Lucky, his distinctive guitar work helping the French dance music duo to one of their biggest hits.
This 2013 documentary has been brought up to date to tell the story of his work with Daft Punk and how his band Chic has been introduced to a brand new audience.
As the co-founder, songwriter, producer and guitarist of Chic he helped define the sound of the 70s, as disco took the world by storm. But the music that had made Chic would also break them, thanks to the 'Disco Sucks' backlash. What could have been the end for Nile Rodgers would actually be a new beginning as a producer, helping create some of the biggest hits of the '80s for the likes of Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna and Duran Duran.
The ever-charismatic Rogers contributes an engaging and often frank interview to tell the tale of how, born to beatnik, heroin-addict parents in New York, he picked up a guitar as a teenager and embarked on a journey to learn his craft as a musician, before becoming one of disco's most successful artists.
In the '70s and '80s he lived the party lifestyle thanks to his success with Chic and as one of the music industry's hottest producers. Drugs and alcohol would become part of everyday life for Nile, contributing in part to the break-up of Chic in the early '80s. The band would reform in the mid '90s, but their return was quickly marked by tragedy with the death of Nile's long-time friend and musical partner Bernard Edwards in 1996.
The film recounts a captivating and moving story of a man who has been making hit music for nearly four decades and has found himself back in the limelight once again.
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Music Played
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Chic
I Want Your Love
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Chic
Le Freak
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Chic
Good Times
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Sister Sledge
We Are Family
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David Bowie
Let's Dance
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Chic
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Thelonious Monk
It Don't Mean A Thing
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John Coltrane
Blue Train
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The Beatles
A Day In The Life
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Aretha Franklin
Don't Play That Song You Lied
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The Meters
Cissy Strut
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New York City
I'm Doing Fine Now
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MFSB
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) (feat. The Three Degrees)
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Big Apple Band
You Should Be Dancing
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Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
A Fifth Of Beethoven
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Roxy Music
Do The Strand
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Chic
Everybody Dance
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Donna Summer
I Feel Love
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Chic
Strike Up The Band
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Chic
Everybody Dance
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Chic
Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
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KISS
I Wanna Rock N Roll All Night
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The Trammps
Disco Inferno
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Grace Jones
La Vie En Rose
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Sister Sledge
Love Don't Go Through No Changes
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Sister Sledge
He's The Greatest Dancer
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Diana Ross
Upside Down
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Diana Ross
I'm Coming Out
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Kevin Cronin
Keep On Loving You
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Nile Rodgers
The Land Of The Good Groove
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David Bowie
Modern Love
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INXS
Original Sin
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Duran Duran
The Reflex
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Duran Duran
Wild Boys
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Duran Duran
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Madonna
Like A Virgin
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Madonna
Material Girl
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The B‐52s
Dz
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Steve Winwood
Higher Love
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Bryan Ferry
Don't Stop The Dance
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Chic
Soup For One
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The Power Station
Some Like It Hot
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Chic
Chic Mystique
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The Sugarhill Gang
Rapper's Delight
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The Notorious B.I.G.
Mo Money Mo Problems
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Will Smith
Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
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Chic
At Last I Am Free
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Nina Sosanya |
Director | Martyn Stevens |
Producer | Martyn Stevens |
Executive Producer | Paul Bullock |
Interviewed Guest | Nile Rodgers |
Broadcasts
- Fri 29 Mar 2013 21:00
- Sat 30 Mar 2013 02:00
- Sun 31 Mar 2013 23:45
- Fri 6 Mar 2015 23:50
- Mon 9 Mar 2015 01:30
- Fri 19 Jun 2015 23:30
- Mon 22 Jun 2015 03:00
- Sat 26 Sep 2015 00:30
- Sun 27 Sep 2015 02:00
- Sat 9 Apr 2016 00:00
- Sun 10 Apr 2016 01:35
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