Alex Rogers (songwriter) explained

Alex Rogers
Birth Date:4 September 1876
Birth Place:Nashville, Tennessee, U. S.
Death Place:New York City, New York, U. S.

Alexander Claude Rogers (September 4, 1876 – September 14, 1930), known as Alex Rogers, was a composer and lyricist.[1] He wrote music including for the musical Bandanna Land and served as president and a board member of the Gotham-Attucks Music Publishing Company.[2] The firm published some of his songs.[3]

Rogers was born September 4, 1876 in Nashville, Tennessee. When he was 18, he moved to Philadelphia after joining a minstrel show then in 1902 met Bert Williams and George Walker. The three produced several successful shows the first being In Dahomey which they performed across the United States and England. Other shows with Williams and Walker included Bandanna Land and Abyssinia. Rogers specialized in writing in African American dialects.[4] [5]

After Williams died in 1922, Rogers wrote three Broadway musicals with Luckey Roberts: Go-Go (1923), Sharlee (1923), and My Magnolia (1926), the latter starring Adelaide Hall.[6] He also made several recordings on Victor Records with Eddie Hunter.[1]

Rogers died in September 14, 1930. His obituary ran on the first page of the New York Age and credited him with writing the lyrics to 2,000 songs.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alex Rogers. Discography of American Historical Recordings.
  2. Book: The Trow (formerly Wilson's) Copartnership and Corporation Directory of New York City . 1906 . Trow . 286 . en.
  3. Book: Sampson, Henry T. . Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows . 2013-10-30 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-8351-2 . 37 . en.
  4. News: 20 September 1930 . Alex Rodgers, Song Writer, Playwright, Dies Suddenly Following A Heart Attack . Front Page . The New York Age . subscription . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1930-12-21 . Alexander Claude Rogers . 4 . The Fresno Morning Republican . 2023-10-14.
  6. Book: Show Boat: Performing Race in an American Musical. Todd Decker. 107. Oxford University Press. 2013. 978-0-19-975937-8.
  7. Web site: I may be crazy, but I ain't no fool. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  8. Web site: Believe me! . .
  9. Floyd . Samuel A . 1974 . Black Music in the Driscoll Collection . The Black Perspective in Music . 2 . 2 . 169 . 10.2307/1214232 . 1214232 . JSTOR.
  10. Web site: In Dahomey - The Guide to Musical Theatre. www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com.

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