I’ve run down all but three of the artists named on The New York Times‘ list of the ’30 Greatest Living American Songwriters,’ so I’ll cover the rest today.
Nile Rodgers is another songwriter who worked with a now-deceased partner (Bernard Edwards). Together they founded the funk/disco band Chic, which had #1 hits with ‘Le Freak’ and ‘Good Times.’
They carried that unmistakable sound over to songs written for other artists, including ‘We Are Family’ for Sister Sledge and ‘I’m Coming Out’ for Diana Ross, not to mention the countless hip-hop songs that have sampled their music over the decades.
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