Occupation(s) Singer Years active 2000–present Role Singer | Instruments Vocals Name Brandon Rogers Albums Automatic | |
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Born December 11, 1977 (age 46) ( 1977-12-11 ) Origin Los Angeles, California, United States Labels Brand CR Music (Independent)
Authentik Artists (Independent) Education John Muir High School, University of North Texas Genres Pop music, Rhythm and blues Similar People Haley Scarnato, Gina Glocksen, Chris Sligh, LaKisha Jones, Phil Stacey | ||
Brandon Rogers (born December 11, 1977) is an American singer who has worked as a professional backup vocalist, and who was the 12th place finalist on the sixth season of American Idol.
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Early years
Rogers is a graduate of the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, and a graduate of John Muir High School, class of 1996. Rogers attended UNT from 1996 to 1999 and performed in the UNT Jazz Singers, the centerpiece ensemble of the university's vocal jazz studies program. His classmates included Grammy-winning musician Norah Jones and singer song-writer David Angerstein. Rogers' mother is a published songwriter.
His first big break was part of a group brought together through a radio boy band competition in Dallas, Texas in 2000. The Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show on 106.1 "KISS-FM" put together an audition originally as a joke to see if they could really construct a boy band. However, they ended up with five talented singers which they named Sons of Harmony. Mexican pop singer Marcos Hernandez was also a member of this band. When the group broke up, Brandon moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in music.
Career
As a professional backup vocalist, Rogers performed on Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera's 2003 Justified and Stripped Tour and Anastacia's 2005 Encore Tour. Rogers has also worked as a voice coach and wedding singer.
Rogers auditioned for American Idol in Los Angeles, where the judges (including guest judge Olivia Newton-John) were impressed with his vocals. Judge Simon Cowell later mentioned he was the best who auditioned from Los Angeles. He got through the subsequent Hollywood, cut-down, and semi-final rounds to make the Top 12 finals round. However, in his initial performance he forgot the words to several bars of "You Can't Hurry Love", and was the first finalist eliminated from the show on March 14, 2007. Neither Rogers nor 11th place finisher Stephanie Edwards were invited to perform on the American Idol annual summer tour.
On May 12, 2008 Rogers guest starred on the crime drama Bones on FOX.. He will appear as a recurring character on a web-oriented series "Valley Peaks". Authentik Artists will release his new single, "Broken".
In June 2008 Brandon starred as one of the headliners for a live music show in Branson, MO, named "America's Favorite Finalists". The show featured 6 top 12 American Idol Finalists performing their own music, cover songs and group numbers. The show ran at the Grand Palace and was produced by Steve Drummond, America's Favorite Finanlists.
Discography
He has released an R&B album called Automatic on July 24, 2006, which was produced by Authentik Artists.
Track listing
- Joy
- All in Me
- Automatic
- Movin On
- Call Me Back
- Broken (First Single)
- Take A Chance
- Got You Back
- One Night
- Out Of Style
- Out Of Style (Outro)
Songs
You Can't Hurry Love
Out of Style
All in Me
Got Your Back
She's My Christmas
Call Me Back
Who Do You Think You Are?
One Night
Broken
Movin On
Look
Automatic
Joy
Take a Chance