Nile Rodgers recalls a memorable phone call with Thom Bell, the producer of the Philly soul sound who died this week at 79. David M. Benett/Getty Images. On Dec. 22, ...

Nile Rodgers: True. You know, I come from a culture where I was socialized to care about people, so I was a youth activist, honestly, when I was 11, 12. By the time I was 16, I was a subsection ...