One night in a disco on the outskirts of Frisco a man had a vision. Technically it wasn’t Frisco, it was London and it wasn’t a disco, it was a Roxy Music gig.  Nile Rodgers was inspired to reconnect with an old bandmate, Bernard Edwards, who was back in New York and to start his own smooth and classy funk group. That group would eventually become Chic and 42 years later, Nile Rodgers is still making number one songs. This podcast of Turn The Beat Around is a celebration of the legacy of music that Nile has crafted and the defining imprint that he has made on pop music culture. He has worked through the alphabet of musical acts including, Madonna, Diana Ross, Daft Punk, George Michael, Avicii, Tina Arena, Sigala, Mick Jagger and so on and so on and so on. Sit back and relax, or better still get up and freak out to 36 disco bangers spread out over two podcasts. Enjoy

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

* CHANGE OF HEART Cyndi Lauper 1987

* MODERN LOVE David Bowie 1983