The saying "work hard and play fair" suggests that diligence and ethical conduct will lead to positive outcomes. While hard work is generally associated with success and personal growth, playing fair also emphasizes integrity and positive relationships, which can contribute to a more fulfilling life. Frank Rogers is a living, breathing template for these things.

If I had to draw a road map to success for an up-and-coming producer/songwriter/publisher/musician, it would probably look a lot like the path Franks life has been on since leaving South Carolina to pursue “Music City” USA. His accomplishments leave one in awe, you simply must respect this man’s achievements manifested through diligence and work ethic. Above all else you must love him for being a South Carolina son!

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Biography compiled from Entersong, SCNOW, Music Week, and MusicRow:

​Frank Mandeville Rogers V was born in Florence, SC to Frank M. (Buzz) Rogers, IV and Rae Rogers. With the encouragement of his father, Frank started playing guitar at the age of 12. Growing up in Sumter, SC he performed in several bands around the area and was a member of the high school choir. At age 17, he wrote a heartfelt song after Hurricane Hugo left its path of destruction through South Carolina. His father took him to a recording studio in McBee to have a professional cut of the song made. When the producer asked for a “B” side song, Frank sat down at the piano and proceeded to construct a ballad. “I was shocked at how melodic the song was,” Buzz said. “The studio owner and I were both impressed with the quality of the song from a high school student, adding that he had never seen anyone that young so at ease in the studio recording process".

In Frank’s senior year of high school, he had planned to attend the University of South Carolina majoring in both business and music but an impromptu decision to visit the campus of Belmont University, (named “college” at that time), quickly changed his mind and he found himself Nashville-bound. In 1990 Frank began attending Belmont, which is located near Music Row in Nashville, having ample opportunities to take advantage of internships in various music industry venues and to meet key players in and around “Music City” he formed relationships that would last throughout his professional career and personal life. This included his wife, Jessica Rogers, whom he met while the two were students on Belmont campus. Other notable lifelong Belmont friends and fellow alumni included Brad Paisley and Luke Wooten.

Frank and his wife Jessica have since endowed a scholarship at Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Business and they also co-founded Notes For Education which supports arts education in Nashville, TN and Napa, CA.

In 1992, while finishing college, he started working part-time for EMI Music Publishing. In addition to EMI and school, Frank worked as a freelance engineer in many studios and continued to write songs. He graduated from Belmont in December 1994 and started working for EMI Nashville Productions full-time in February of 1995. He signed co-publishing and production deals with EMI in 1996. Frank became vice president of EMI Nashville Productions where he signed artists including Brad Paisley and Darryl Worley. In 1999, Frank co-founded Sea Gayle Music with Brad Paisley and Chris DuBois where he signed artists including Chris Stapleton and Ingrid Andress. The successful publishing company has had over 60 Billboard Number One songs, including the 2003 Grammy Best Country Song, “It’s Five O’clock Somewhere” and 2009 CMA Song Of The Year, “In Color”. In 2010 and 2011, Sea Gayle Music was named ASCAP Country Publisher of the Year. In 2009, the three partners also formed Sea Gayle Records, whose roster has included the likes of Sheryl Crow and Jerrod Niemann.

In 2016 Frank entered a multi-faceted agreement with Spirit Music Nashville whereby Spirit acquired one-third interest in certain copyrights of Nashville publisher Sea Gayle Music, according to Spirit Music Chairman & CEO David Renzer and Spirit Music Nashville president Daniel Hill. As part of the agreement, Spirit formed the joint venture Fluid Music Revolution with Frank, allowing him to bring new artists, producers and writers to the company. he also joined Spirit’s roster as a songwriter, while the company exclusively administered all of Franks new compositions. In 2019 Frank was appointed CEO of Spirit Music Nashville and President of Fluid Music Revolution.

As a record producer, Frank has worked with artists such as Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Josh Turner, Trace Adkins, Scotty McCreery, Chris Stapleton, Hootie and The Blowfish, Phil Vassar, Granger Smith, Darryl Worley and The Jompson Brothers to name a few. His work has resulted in 42 Number One singles, over 80 Top Twenty singles with over 40 singles and 20 albums being certified by the RIAA as multi-platinum, platinum and gold. He has received 18 Country Music Association (CMA) award nominations (with one win) and 27 Academy of Country Music (ACM) award nominations (with five wins). He has been named Billboard magazine’s No. 1 Hot Country Producer Award five times (2006–2010) and MusicRow Magazine Producer of the Year four times (2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009). He has produced 17 Grammy nominated songs or albums including 4 Grammy winners. Other artists Frank has recorded include Allison Krauss, Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, BB King, Vince Gill, Lady Antebellum, Don Henley (The Eagles), Dolly Parton, Trisha Yearwood, Snoop Dogg, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), George Jones, Buck Owens, Colbie Caillat, Clint Black, Kidd Rock, Lee Brice, and Michael Ray.

As a songwriter, Frank has had songs recorded by artists such as Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Josh Turner, Trace Adkins, Granger Smith, Kenny Rogers, Chris Stapleton, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Hootie and The Blowfish, Gin Wigmore, Matthew West, Clint Black, Thompson Square, Scotty McCreery, Maddie and Tae, Julie Roberts, Montgomery Gentry, Steve Holy, Michael Ray, Lee Brice, Kidd Rock, Billy Gibbons, Tim Montana, The Cadillac Three and Frank Ray among others. Frank’s songwriting credits include eight Billboard Number One songs: “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song)” by Brad Paisley, “Alright” and “This” by Darius Rucker, “Backroad Song” by Granger Smith and “Five More Minutes”, “This Is It”, “In Between” and “You Time” by Scotty McCreery. He has received 13 ASCAP Songwriter Awards to date.

Frank has written and recorded many songs for movies and TV including songs for Disney Pixar’s Cars, Cars 2, Monte Carlo, Kit Kittredge An American Girl and the theme song for the TruTV series “Black Gold”.