Sheila Rogers is an American columnist and television producer, known for her work in the field of music. She wrote for
''Rolling Stone'' magazine, and has been a producer for ''
The Late Show with David Letterman
''Late Show with David Letterman'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the ''Late Show'' franchise. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and was produced by Letterman's production comp ...
'', for which she shares 7
Emmy
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nominations, and ''
The Late Late Show with James Corden
''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' (also known simply as ''Late Late'') is an American late-night talk show that aired on CBS from 2015 to 2023. It is the fourth and final iteration of '' The Late Late Show'', and aired in the United Sta ...
''.
Writing
Rogers was a writer for ''
''Rolling Stone'' magazine''.
She began her career as a writer for ''Rolling Stone'' as its Random Notes columnist in 1986. She later branched out into special feature articles including interviews with
the Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of the most popular, influential, and enduring bands of the Album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the band pione ...
, the
Eagles
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,
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Idol achieved fame in the 1970s on the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of Generation X ...
, and
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raitt (; born November 8, 1949) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In 1971, Raitt released her Bonnie Raitt (album), self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed Americana (mu ...
. Rogers occasionally reviewed concerts and the
Grammys
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for ''Rolling Stone''.
Television
She, with the other producers of ''
The Late Show with David Letterman
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'', were nominated for the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series
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seven years in a row, between 2003 and 2009.
Rogers became a
talent scout
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for ''
Late Night with David Letterman
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'' in 1991, and her first day was depicted in a remote that aired in the show. Rogers continued through ''
The Late Show with David Letterman
''Late Show with David Letterman'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the ''Late Show'' franchise. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and was produced by Letterman's production comp ...
'', where she also became supervising producer.
She also became
executive producer
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for the ''
Live on Letterman
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'' concert series,
and co-produced the first and only ''Live on Letterman'' music CD featuring various popular artists' live performance material including that of
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Honored as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Soul", she was twice named by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine as the Roll ...
,
Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television host. According to ''Rolling Stone'', Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical ...
,
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 196 ...
and
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is noted for her Optimism, optimistic and Idealism, idealistic subject matter, and incorporation of genres including Rock music, rock, Po ...
.
After the announcement of David Letterman's retirement in 2014, CBS announced that Sheila Rogers would be the new supervising producer for ''
The Late Late Show with James Corden
''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' (also known simply as ''Late Late'') is an American late-night talk show that aired on CBS from 2015 to 2023. It is the fourth and final iteration of '' The Late Late Show'', and aired in the United Sta ...
'' debuting in 2015.
Personal life
Rogers and ''
Saturday Night Live
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'' music producer
Hal Willner
Hal Willner (April 6, 1956 – April 7, 2020) was an American music producer working in recording, films, television, and live events. He was best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical sty ...
were married and had a son in November 2004.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American music critics
American women music critics
American television producers
American women television producers
American women journalists
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Rolling Stone people
American women columnists
American women writers about music
21st-century American women