Timmie Rogers - If I Were President LP Vinyl and 50 similar items

Autographed Cover is VG++ (shelf wear) Record is VG++ (looks barely played) Labels are very clean Visually Graded Tracklist Side 1 1 Election Night 1:00 2 Man On The Street 1:45 3 Inaugural Ball 0:55 4 Press Conference 0:45 5 Hot Line 0:25 6 Campaign Strategy 4:00 7 Man For The Job 0:45 8 Literacy Test 2:35 9 Mars Calling 1:00 10 Timmie's Dream 5:10 Side 2 1 The Timmie Rogers Story 1:00 2 Summit Conference 0:55 3 Mama Pays A Visit 2:45 4 Perilous Journey 1:05 5 Foreign Aid 3:05 6 Audition 0:20 7 Visiting Dignitary 0:45 8 Crisis 0:45 9 Senator Bullbo 3:30 10 Oh Yeah 2:45 Timmie Rogers (born Timothy Louis Ancrum July 4, 1915 – December 17, 2006) was an American comedian, singer-songwriter, bandleader and actor who appeared on many national TV shows in the 1960s and 1970s. Rogers was one of the first Black comedians allowed to directly address a white audience when he worked. Before Rogers, African-American funny men had to either work in pairs or groups, only conversing with each other, and they had to play a character, while popular white comedians, such as Bob Hope and Jack Benny got to play themselves. Rogers worked by himself, always dressed well, often wearing a tuxedo, and never wore blackface. His humor was clean, topical, and political. Rogers was inducted into the National Comedy Hall of Fame in 1993, and is often called the Jackie Robinson of comedy, because he opened the door for other performers such as Dick Gregory and Bill Cosby. As a singer, he often accompanied himself on a distinctive 10-stringed stringed instrument called a Martin tiple, including a 1975 television performance in a musical duet with Redd Foxx on the Sanford and Son series, playing a character named "Smiley Rogers."