The Westport mansion of Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Niles Rodgers has been listed for sale at $5.25 million.
The 4,100-square-foot home on a half-acre lot at 9 Covlee Drive was built in 1953 and features five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a half-bathroom, an indoor pool, a library, a fireplace and approximately 90 feet of private waterfront space.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Rodgers purchased the property in 1980 for $269,000 and installed a recording studio where he wrote the arrangements for the David Bowie album “Let”™s Dance,” orchestrations for Madonna”™s album “Like A Virgin” and the score of the Eddie Murphy film “Coming to America.”
“The whole house is a living art complex,” said Rodgers. “I have a lot of emotion about it.”
Rodgers told the Journal that will donate proceeds from the property”™s sale his We Are Family Foundation, which promotes cultural diversity and youth mentoring. “We Are Family” is the classic Sister Sledge song that Rodgers co-wrote in 1979.
Photo: Niles Rodgers, courtesy of Per-Olof Forsberg / Flickr Creative Commons
