Sheila Rogers
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Biography
Sheila Rogers began her career as a writer for Rolling Stone Magazine as its Random Notes columnist in 1986. She later branched out into special feature articles including interviews with the Rolling Stones, the Eagles (band), Phoebe Snow (musician) http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/snow-phoebe-biography, Billy IdolBilly Idol
William Michael Albert Broad , better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X...
, and Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...
http://books.google.com/books?id=oZheLOqm-9wC&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=%22bonnie+raitt%22+sheila+rogers&source=bl&ots=-jGQbQYolf&sig=6feTSAerHmHysFeaeANVhNNpCok&hl=en&ei=VmInTKrAFNG1nAfG_4nhBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22bonnie%20raitt%22%20sheila%20rogers&f=false. Rogers occasionally reviewed concerts, celebrity charity events http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-11-24/features/8902110687_1_elton-john-patti-labelle-roll-hall and the Grammys for Rolling Stone. Rogers has also been nominated for several Emmy's, including in 2004 http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000223/2004, as part of the music production team of the David Letterman Show.
After leaving writing in 1992, Rogers got a big break with an opportunity to move into television production as a talent scout with The David Letterman Show
The David Letterman Show
The David Letterman Show was a live morning NBC talk show hosted by David Letterman from June 23 to October 24, 1980. The show originally ran for 90 minutes, then 60 minutes from August 4 onward.-Background:...
. In 1996, Rogers became one of the show's music producers and co-produced the first and only Letterman music CD Live on Letterman http://www.amazon.com/review/R3OTIUW3JVGF2E/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm featuring various popular artists' live performance material including that of Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
, Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
, Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
and Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow
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Sheila Rogers has been one of the music producers for The Letterman Show since 1992 to present. Along with the production team, she has been nominated for several Emmys. In 2004 David Letterman announced on national television Rogers had a son with the music producer for Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
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, Hal Willner
Hal Willner
Hal Willner is an American music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events. He is best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles...
. Rogers and Willner are recognized as highly influential in Manhattan entertainment circles and had a child in November, 2004 together.
A graduate of Reed College
Reed College
Reed College is a private, independent, liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style, and a forested canyon wilderness...
in 1980, Rogers also attended American University of Paris
American University of Paris
The American University of Paris is a private, independent, and accredited liberal arts and sciences university in Paris, France. Founded in 1962, the university is one of the oldest American institutions of higher education in Europe...
and finished her B.A. in History at UC Berkeley.
A native Southern Californian, Sheila Rogers is the youngest of 4 siblings from the wealthy suburb of Palos Verdes Estates California as the daughter of Rita Rogers, MD a renowned psychiatrist who practiced in Palos Verdes Estates' Malaga Cove for nearly three decades, and the late Allen Rogers, MD, a brain surgeon who practiced in Torrance, California.
Career highlights
- Random Notes Columnist, Rolling Stone Magazine (1986–1992)
- Talent Scout, The David Letterman Show (1992–1997)
- Music Producer, The David Letterman Show (1997–present)
- Music Producer, Letterman Live CD (1997)
- Emmy nominations (4), Music Production Team - The David Letterman Show (2004–2006)
- Letterman's announcement on National Television of the birth of Rogers/Wilner's child (2004)