Lelan Rogers
Lelan Edward Rogers was an American record producer and record company executive.
He was born in Cherokee County, Texas, the eldest in a family of eight. which included his brother, singer Kenny Rogers. He set up several record labels in Texas, beginning in the early 1960s, including Lynn and Sabra. In 1966 he joined the International Artists label, for which he signed and produced artists including the 13th Floor Elevators, the Red Crayola, Bubble Puppy, and the Golden Dawn. His other labels included Lenox, Silver Fox and House of the Fox. He produced recordings for Elderberry Jak, Bettye LaVette and Big Al Downing.
Rogers died of respiratory failure in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2002, at the age of 74.
