Rodgers Talent Group

Michael Rodgers is a multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter and producer. Rodgers Talent Group runs on that same experience — a company built by an artist, for artists.

The son of Jimmie Rodgers — a multiple Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter whose 49 Top 20 singles, including "Honeycomb," "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," and "Oh Oh I'm Falling In Love Again," plus standards like "It's Over," sold over 150 million records worldwide — Michael was raised around the finest singers and songwriters in the business, sharpening his musical ear and his instincts early. He got his start as a nightclub DJ in the top clubs of Los Angeles, remixing some of the biggest hits of the 1980s for radio and clubs worldwide.

From there he moved into radio promotions at Warner/Elektra/Asylum, recording his own demos on the side. He stamped the tapes "Requested Material," delivered them himself dressed as a courier, and was discovered by the President of Atlantic Records — landing his own deal. One of those demos, "I Like It Like That," made the Coming to America soundtrack, reaching Top 10 on the Billboard R&B and dance charts as the album sold over a million copies. He then signed with Sony/CBS, where his debut album, I Got Love, delivered three Top 10 singles across the US and Europe.

His songwriting and production credits run just as deep: sixteen co-written songs with jazz icon Al Jarreau, whose career he guided at the management level, plus cuts recorded by Natalie Cole and Luther Vandross. His vocal contribution to Neil Young's Living with War — which earned three Grammy nominations — brought him personal Grammy recognition, and he's shared the stage with Stephen Stills, Willie Nelson, Delbert McClinton, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Leroy Parnell, Ringo Starr, and numerous others. At Radio City Music Hall, he produced a musical feature for HBO's Comic Relief built around his own song "Mr. President" — anchored by a historic, one-time-only pairing of Al Jarreau and Natalie Cole on stage together.

He's lived every side of this business — as a DJ, a recording artist, a songwriter, and a producer — and now brings that hard-won perspective to every artist he represents.