Cheryl Bogart
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Cheryl Bogart is an American music industry veteran and spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury
A spinal cord injury refers to any injury to the spinal cord that is caused by trauma instead of disease. Depending on where the spinal cord and nerve roots are damaged, the symptoms can vary widely, from pain to paralysis to incontinence...

 advocate.

Personal life

Bogart was born Cheryl Lynn Costanzo in Chicago, Illinois. She spent her early life in Beverly Hills, CA and graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1994, under the name Cheryl Lynn Scheid. She was married to music executive and songwriter Evan Bogart
Evan Bogart
Evan "Kidd" Bogart is an American music executive, television producer, music publisher and songwriter who has contributed to a long list of internationally successful artists...

 from 2002 to early 2004. In October 2005, Bogart sustained an incomplete spinal cord injury as a result of a fall. She became a passionate advocate for spinal cord injuries, supporting research and cures for regenerative medicine and nanotechnology, while still maintaining her place in the music industry.

Career

Bogart's career in the entertainment world began in her late teens, when she started scouting models, musicians and actors for No Limit Records
No Limit Records
No Limit Records was an American hip-hop record label that was founded in 1990 by hip-hop artist, Percy "Master P" Miller. It was distributed by Priority Records.-No Limit Early years:...

. She was mentored by Elliot Roberts
Elliot Roberts
Elliot Roberts is an American music manager, record executive, and philanthropist, best known for helping start the careers of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell....

 at Lookout Management, then went on to work for numerous record and management companies in Los Angeles and New York.

In 2002, Bogart helped then-husband, Evan Bogart, form Casbah Artists Management in tribute to her deceased father-in-law and Casablanca Records
Casablanca Records
Casablanca Records was an American record label started by Neil Bogart, who partnered with Cecil Holmes, Larry Harris, and Buck Reingold in 1973, and based in Los Angeles. The label was formed after all of them had left Buddah Records and secured financing by Warner Bros. Records to start the venture...

 founder, Neil Bogart
Neil Bogart
Neil Bogart was an American record executive. He is perhaps best known as the founder of Casablanca Records, with Peter Guber....

. During that time, Cheryl inspired Evan and his producer J.R. Rotem to develop the all-girl trio, Raw Candy. The song SOS (Rescue Me)
SOS (Rihanna song)
"SOS" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna from her second studio album, A Girl like Me. The song was produced by J. R. Rotem and written by Rotem and Evan "Kidd" Bogart. It was released as the lead single from the album...

, originally written for Raw Candy, eventually became a worldwide hit, popularized by the singer Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

.

Bogart went on to form her own management company, Spider Artists Management where she managed (among others) Richard Grieco
Richard Grieco
Richard John Grieco, Jr. is an American actor and former fashion model.-Early life:Richard Grieco was born in Watertown, New York, the son of Carolyn and Richard Grieco. He is of Italian and Irish descent. Grieco played football for Central Connecticut State University.-Career:Grieco worked as a...

's band, Wasteland Park. In 2009, She signed The Green Children
The Green Children
The Green Children are a European musical duo, who write and produce atmospheric electro-pop music.Milla Sunde , from Norway, and Marlow Bevan , from England, also established The Green Children Foundation, to support microcredit, education and healthcare...

, a duo from The United Kingdom and Norway, to a two album deal under her management company. During that same year, she took on the role as senior executive for Knightingale Entertainment
Knightingale Entertainment
Knightingale Entertainment is an Independent Record Company based in California. The label is home to The Green Children, a European music duo who write and produce atmospheric electro-pop....

, which is owned by The Green Children
The Green Children
The Green Children are a European musical duo, who write and produce atmospheric electro-pop music.Milla Sunde , from Norway, and Marlow Bevan , from England, also established The Green Children Foundation, to support microcredit, education and healthcare...

. Bogart secured a worldwide distribution deal for the group through Spinside Records, a subsidiary of Inside Recordings
Inside Recordings
Inside Recordings is a Los Angeles, California based independent record label founded by singer-songwriter Jackson Browne in 1999. Browne has stated that the mission of the label is to "create a haven for music that might not find a home in the mainstream." In 2005, Inside Recordings signed a...

, which is owned by the legendary Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....

. Bogart and The Green Children
The Green Children
The Green Children are a European musical duo, who write and produce atmospheric electro-pop music.Milla Sunde , from Norway, and Marlow Bevan , from England, also established The Green Children Foundation, to support microcredit, education and healthcare...

parted ways in 2011, and now she is focusing on creative production in Television.

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