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Nile Rodgers

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BRhythm and blues

Nile Rodgers is a Contemporary R&B and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Roy Hargrove, Omar Hakim, Princess Chelsea, Shalamar and Tim Berg. Those roots explain a lot about how Nile Rodgers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Change, Brothers Johnson, Kool & The Gang, The Whispers and Patrice Rushen, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into M People, Sister Sledge, The Martinez Brothers, Agoria and Sarah Dash, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 67 connections around Nile Rodgers, reaching back through Roy Hargrove and forward to M People. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Nile RodgersRoy HargroveOmar HakimPrincess ChelseaShalamarTim BergLaura MvulaThe TymesMoney MarkM PeopleSister SledgeThe Martinez BrothersAgoriaSarah DashThe ShapeshiftersMystery JetsSay She SheChangeBrothers JohnsonKool & The GangThe WhispersPatrice RushenA Taste of HoneyThe Gap BandRose Royce

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Nile Rodgers grew out of Roy Hargrove, Omar Hakim, Princess Chelsea and Shalamar, shares an orbit with Change, Brothers Johnson, Kool & The Gang and The Whispers, went on to shape M People, Sister Sledge, The Martinez Brothers and Agoria. 67 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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