Ron Rogers


Ronald Bruce Rogers , better known as Ron Rogers or Ronnie Rogers, is a songwriter, composer, recording artist and record producer from New York City. His career spanned from the late 1970s until the 1990s.

Life and career

Rogers was born in Soundview, South Bronx, New York in 1952.
After recording a debut RCA Victor LP entitled Gichy Dan’s Beachwood # 9, co-produced with songwriter August Darnell, Rogers composed the words and music to Don Armando's hit "Deputy of Love", which reached number one on the Billboard U.S. dance chart. Following this initial success, Michael Zilkha, founder of ZE Records, began publishing Rogers' compositions through Island Records. The compositions were recorded on 24-track analog recording decks by New York session musicians, including Rogers multitracking on piano, drums and vocals. Among the disco-inspired recordings were: "Spooks In Space" by The Aural Exciters, written by Rogers; Gichy Dan's "Cowboys and Gangsters", written and produced by Rogers; and Rogers' own solo EP "Don't Play With My Emotions", all released on ZE Records / Arista Records / Island Records.
Rogers went on to compose, produce and perform on recordings including "The Lifeboat Party", lead track of the Kid Creole and the Coconuts album Doppelganger; "Gina Gina", from Kid Creole's Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places LP; "City Nights/ Manhattan Cafe's" and "In The Middle Of The Night", released on Rogers' own Blue Chip record label, featuring vocalist Cory Daye of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band; and Elbow Bones and the Racketeers' UK Top 40 hit "A Night In New York", co-written with lyricist D. Clarkin and released on EMI. In total Rogers has writing or production credits on over 30 recordings.

Selected discography

* X = denotes re-issues/remixes+number of releases
YearSong Producer Written ByArtistTitle/Label
1979Deputy of Love* August Darnell / Andy HernandezRon RogersDon ArmandoDon Armando's Rhumba Band / Ze Records
1978 all cutsRon Rogers / August DarnellAugust DarnellGichy DanGichy Dan's Beachwood # 9 / RCA
1983The Lifeboat Party * 3XAugust DarnellRon Rogers / August DarnellKid Creole and the CoconutsDoppelganger ZE / Island Records
1984Take Me For A Night In NY* 2XAugust DarnellRon Rogers / D. ClarkinElbow Bones and the RacketeersNew York At Dawn / EMI America
1983Cowboys & Gangsters * 5XRon RogersRon RogersGichy DanGichy Dan / ZE / Island Records
1979Spooks In Space* 5XBob BlankRon RogersAural ExcitersSpooks In Space / ZE
1987So Far So Good * 2XRon RogersRon Rogers August DarnellKid CreoleI Too Have Seen The Woods / Sire Records
1986City Nights / Manhattan Cafe'sRon RogersRon Rogers / B.D.HutzCory DayeCory Daye / Profile Records
1987Gina GinaAugust DarnellRon Rogers / August DarnellKid Creole and the CoconutsFresh Fruit In Foreign Places / Ze Records
1987In The Middle Of The Night - all cutsRon RogersRon RogersCory DayeIn The Middle of the Night / Blue Chip / Profile Records
1983Don't Play With My Emotions * - all cutsRon Rogers / Vince TrainaRon RogersRon RogersDon't Play With My Emotions / ZE / Island Records
1983Piranana * - all cutsRon RogersRon Rogers / Caroline LoebCaroline LoebPiranana / ZE
1995Dr. ParadiseRon RogersAugust DarnellKid CreolePrivate Waters in the Great Divide / Columbia
1995Calling Out to MarlboroRon RogersAugust Darnell Ron RogersKid CreoleTraveling Sideways / ---
2004Naughty Boy / YA YARon RogersRon RogersRon RogersMutant Disco / Strut Records
2009Various cutsRon RogersRon Rogers CompilationZevolution / Strut Records