now on bbc news, amol rajan speaks to musician nile rodgers.asked you who the most influential musician in modern history was, i reckon i could guess your answer. one of the beatles, perhaps, or maybe one of the stones, madonna, prince, or maybe my hero, bob marley. over the next hour, i want to persuade you that there might be a better answer. in fact, i want to go further and introduce you to him, because today i've been invited to get to know an icon and so have you. his name is nile rodgers. one, two... # ah, freak out! # le freak, c'est chic. # freak out! # ah, freak out... just don't call him the godfather of disco. raised by heroin addicts and beatniks and coming of age in �*60s new york, it's true that with his ensemble chic, he wrote several of the biggest dance floor fillers of all time with his long—term musical partner bernard edwards. prepare to be astonished by the range of legendary tunes that he wrote or produced and on which you had no idea he was involved. many of the most celebrated songs by sister sledge, diana ross, madonna

his name is nile rodgers. # ah, freak out # le freak, c'est chic— # freak out # ah, freak out...him the godfather of disco. raised by heroin addicts and beatniks and coming of age in �*60s new york, it's true that with his ensemble chic, he wrote several of the biggest dance floor fillers of all time with his long—term musical partner bernard edwards. prepare to be astonished by the range of legendary tunes that he wrote or produced and on which you had no idea he was involved. many of the most celebrated songs by sister sledge, diana ross, madonna, david bowie, duran duran and, yes, daft punk are all part of his story. his genius is estimated to have created billions of dollars in worldwide sales, reinventing whole genres and artistic careers along the way. and today, after several brushes with death, whether through addictions or cancers, he's more productive than ever. he's chief creative advisor at london's abbey road studios. but he's notjust a musician. he's a thinker, a global influencer and activist fighting for racial equality and a better deal for artists in the age of

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