Famed songwriter Nile Rodgers is widely regarded as one of the true masters of funk, propelling disco to dizzying heights and making it a worldwide phenomenon.
Nine Below Zero started life in South London during 1977, in the midst of the punk rock boom in England -- but their sound and inspiration were so totally counterintuitive to what was going on in punk rock that they scarcely seemed to be part of that movement, apart from their extremely energetic attack on their instruments.