One night in a disco on the outskirts of Frisco a man had a vision… actually it wasn’t Frisco, it was London and it wasn’t a disco, it was a Roxy Music gig circa 1973.  Nile Rodgers was in the audience witnessing the brilliance of Bryan Ferry and was so inspired that he wanted to start his own “smooth and classy funk group”. He reached out to an old bandmate, Bernard Edwards, who was back in New York and asked him to be onboard with the idea. Fast forward a few years and the end result was Chic, literally.

42 years later, Nile Rodgers is still making hit records and on this extended version of Turn The Beat Around, we celebrate the legacy of music that the musical maestro has crafted and the defining imprint that he has left on pop music culture. He has worked through the alphabet of musical acts including, Madonna, Diana Ross, Daft Punk, George Michael, Avicci, Tina Arena, Sigala, Mick Jagger and many more wait to collaborate with the guitar hero.

Show originally aired on Friday, 27 April 2018

Songs Played;

* NOTORIOUS Duran Duran 1986

* I’M COMING OUT Diana Ross 1980

* SENSITIVITY Shapeshifters & Chic 2006

* DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (YOWSAH, YOWSAH, YOWSAH) Chic 1977

* GET LUCKY Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers 2013

* LOST IN MUSIC (Special 1984 Nile Rodgers Remix) Sister Sledge 1984

* SPACER (Extended Version) Sheila & B. Devotion 1979

* I WANT YOUR LOVE Chic 1978

* COMING TO AMERICA The System 1988

* LIKE A VIRGIN Madonna 1984

* ORIGINAL SIN (Long Version) INXS 1983

* SORCERER Norma Jean Wright 1979

* HANGIN’ Chic 1982

* YOU FOOLED AROUND (Late Nite Tuff Guy Rework) Sister Sledge 1980

* LADY (HEAR ME TONIGHT) Modjo 2000

* SOUL MATE #9 Tina Arena 2001

* CHANGE OF HEART Cyndi Lauper 1987

* MODERN LOVE David Bowie 1983

LINK TO PART 2 https://joy.org.au/turnthebeataround/2020/07/11/nile-rodgers-tribute-the-podcast-pt2/