D. J. Rogers
Encyclopedia
D.J. Rogers is an American singer, songwriter, record producer
and multi-instrumentalist
. He is best known for the tender acoustic piano-based ballad "Say You Love Me," a charting single from his 1976 RCA
album It's Good to Be Alive
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
. He is best known for the tender acoustic piano-based ballad "Say You Love Me," a charting single from his 1976 RCA
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
album It's Good to Be Alive
It's Good to Be Alive (album)
It's Good To Be Alive is the second album by D. J. Rogers.-Reception:Released in 1975. Produced and written by D.J. Rogers, this would be his debut album on RCA.-Track listing:#"Hold On, Be Strong" 3:28 #"It's Good to Be Alive" 3:22...
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1973 | D.J. Rogers D.J. Rogers (album) D.J. Rogers is the debut album by D.J. Rogers.Released in 1973 on Shelter Records. This was the only album released on Shelter by D.J. Rogers before moving on to RCA Records a couple years later.-Track listing:All songs written by D.J... |
— | — | Shelter Records Shelter Records Shelter Records was a U.S. record label started by Leon Russell and Denny Cordell that operated from 1969 to 1981. The company established offices in both Los Angeles and Tulsa, Russell's home town, where the label sought to promote a "workshop atmosphere" with a recording studio in a converted... |
| 1975 | It's Good to Be Alive It's Good to Be Alive (album) It's Good To Be Alive is the second album by D. J. Rogers.-Reception:Released in 1975. Produced and written by D.J. Rogers, this would be his debut album on RCA.-Track listing:#"Hold On, Be Strong" 3:28 #"It's Good to Be Alive" 3:22... |
— | 36 | RCA Records RCA Records RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label... |
| 1976 | On the Road Again On the Road Again (D.J. Rogers album) -Reception:Released in 1976. This would be D.J. Rogers second album with RCA Records.-Track listing:All songs written by D.J. Rogers except where indicated.#"On the Road Again" #"One More Day" #"Love Can Be Found" #"Let My Life Shine"... |
175 | 49 | |
| 1977 | Love, Music and Life Love, Music and Life -Reception:Released in the fall of 1977. This would be the final RCA album for D.J. Rogers.-Track listing:All songs written by D.J. Rogers#"Love Will Make It Better" #"Hold Out For Love" #"Love Is On The Way" #"She Has Eyes For Me"... |
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| 1978 | Love Brought Me Back Love Brought Me Back -Reception:Released in 1978. This would be D.J. Rogers first Columbia Records album.-Track listing:All songs written by D.J. Rogers except where indicated#Love Brought Me Back #Joy From You #When Love Is Gone #Yesterday Never Returns... |
— | 54 | Columbia Records Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... |
| 1979 | Trust Me | — | — | ARC Records |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
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| 1976 | "Let My Life Shine" | — | 78 |
| "Say You Love Me" | 98 | 51 | |
| 1978 | "All My Love" | — | 87 |
| "Love Brought Me Back" | — | 40 | |
| 1980 | "Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up" | — | 47 |
| "Love Cycles" | — | 44 | |
| "She Believes in Me" | — | 66 | |