Nile Rodgers

Year:
2017
Inducted by:
Pharrell
Category:
Musical Excellence

Introduction

Sonic innovator Nile Rodgers rocked beyond the boundaries of disco with inimitable guitar riffs fundamental to hip-hop, rock, and EDM.

Bowie, Madonna, Daft Punk & others sought out Rodgers’ production prowess–yielding unabashedly freaky, incredibly danceable rock records.

Pharrell Williams Inducts Nile Rodgers

Pharrell Williams Inducts Nile Rodgers at the 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Pharrell Williams Inducts Nile Rodgers

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Nile Rodgers Acceptance Speech

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Hall of Fame Essay

2017

Rob Bowman

Nile Rodgers’ influence on popular music over the past forty years is nearly unfathomable.

As a guitarist, songwriter, producer, arranger, and funkster extraordinaire, Rodgers has left his imprint on a stunningly wide array of genres including disco, R&B, rock, mainstream pop, hip-hop, and EDM.

Looking over the breadth of his career, a case could easily be made that no single individual has had a greater impact on the sound of pop, from the late 1970s to the present day.