ROGERS, ALEXANDER C. (ALEX
). Lyricist/Entertainer, theater ( in Nashville, Tennessee; in New York, New York). He began his professional career when he was eighteen, touring with a minstrel troupe. He left the troupe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he met
James Vaughn
. The two men collaborated on writing The Sultan of Zulu (c1900), which was bought by George Walker, partner of Bert Williams. Later Rogers settled in New York, where he joined the
Walker/Williams...