| The gentle giant from Cleveland,
Ohio, USA, Born as Kenny Rogers (son of a music teacher, alongside three
brothers and sisters, and was raised on a diet of gospel and soul...),wisely
changed his name from Kenny to avoid confusion with the country/pop
singer.James Brown nicknamed him CeCe ('little C.C.' Shortened to CeCe)
as a teenage boy,after watching the young Rogers imitate Chubby Checker.Rogers
later studied music in Boston, where he was a classmate of Wynton Marsalis.Wynton
Marsalis urged him to concentrate on his vocals.Rogers moved to New
Jersey and formed "Ce Ce & Company", where he worked with vocalist Sybil.After
producer Marshall Jefferson saw his show, he recruited Ce Ce Rogers
to sing the vocals on a song he'd written titled "Someday." The song
did well enough for Ce Ce Rogers to land his own deal. His 1989 album
was well received by dance audiences, and he followed it in 1991 with
"Never give up".Now CeCe Rogers is a legend in house music movement.
CeCe Rogers is respected throughout the world as one of the pioneers
of house music. He has produced written and performed with Marshall
Jefferson, David Morales, Frankie knuckles, George Morel, Sounds of
Blackness, Luther Vandros, Janet Jackson, Kym Mazzelle, Jocelyn Brown,
Byron Stingly, Aretha Franklin, Mas Collective, D'Angelo, Kenny Bobien
and SuSu Bobien to name a few. http://www.cecerogers.com |
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