David Rogers

Singer/songwriter David Rogers reached peak popularity throughout the 1970s. Across sixteen years he placed thirty-seven singles on the country charts, two of them landing inside the Top Ten. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he first picked up guitar at age eleven. In 1956 he auditioned for Roger Miller, only to be drafted soon afterward. After his discharge Rogers held several jobs before forming the Atlanta-based David Rogers Band. He began performing at the Egyptian Ballroom in 1962 and continued there for several years. Venue owner Kathleen Jackson later became his manager and financed his first demo tape. Frank Jones at Columbia heard the recording and offered a contract. Rogers issued his debut single, “Forgiven Fruit,” in 1967. Later that year he made his Grand Ole Opry debut and started appearing regularly on the WWVA Wheeling Jamboree. His second single, “I’d Be Your Fool Again,” reached the lower chart positions in 1968. He scored a few more hits that year before relocating to Nashville, where he appeared on several television programs, among them the Ralph Emery Show. The move launched his extended run of chart success, which closed in 1979 with the Top 40 single “You’re Amazing.” He staged a modest return in 1981 via the minor hit “Houston Blue.” Between 1982 and 1984 he registered several additional minor chart entries and kept touring the United States and Britain until his death in 1993.