Alex Rogers (songwriter)

When he was 18, he moved to Philadelphia after joining a minstrel show then in 1902 met Bert Williams and George Walker.

The three produced several successful shows the first being In Dahomey which they performed across the United States and England.

Other shows with Williams and Walker included Bandanna Land and Abyssinia.

[4][5] After Williams died in 1922, Rogers wrote three Broadway musicals with Luckey Roberts: Go-Go (1923), Sharlee (1923), and My Magnolia (1926), the latter starring Adelaide Hall.

His obituary ran on the first page of the New York Age and credited him with writing the lyrics to 2,000 songs.