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Nile Rodgers: Disco Pioneer Returns with “Get Lucky” Hit

4/28/2026

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Nile Rodgers created disco anthems that defined the genre’s global reach.
Rodgers co-founded Chic with bassist Bernard Edwards (d. 1996) during New York’s late-70s disco boom.
Rodgers’ guitar riffs appear on hits such as “Good Times,” “I Want Your Love,” and “Lost in Music.”
Rodgers returned to the charts in 2013 by playing guitar on Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams’s worldwide hit “Get Lucky.”

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Nile Rodgers created disco anthems that defined the genre’s global reach.
Rodgers co-founded Chic with bassist Bernard Edwards (d. 1996) during New York’s late-70s disco boom.
Rodgers’ guitar riffs appear on hits such as “Good Times,” “I Want Your Love,” and “Lost in Music.”
Rodgers returned to the charts in 2013 by playing guitar on Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams’s worldwide hit “Get Lucky.”