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Roger Hodgson’s trademark way of setting beautiful introspective lyrics to upbeat melodies resonated and found its way into the hearts and minds of people from cultures around the globe.
He is the Voice you have been listening to on almost all the classic hit songs that were recorded by Supertramp, the Voice people all over the world love.
Roger began writing songs at the age of 12 and performed his first concert of original songs at the age of 13. He later recorded some of his songs with Supertramp and many of them have become the soundtrack of our lives. Although Roger and Supertramp’s other co-founder, Rick Davies, shared writing credit, they actually wrote and composed separately with each singing their own songs. Every song Roger performs in concert was written and composed by him.
Uniting four generations at his concerts,
Roger transports baby boomers back to their youth and gives younger generations a taste of why his heartfelt songs have endured. Audiences are once again experiencing the magic and spirit that
Roger Hodgson created with Supertramp.
“I love performing these songs which continue to resound for me as a performer and for the fans. My songs come from a very personal place inside me and they carry my beliefs and my dreams and my philosophy of life. I understand the deep connection that fans have with my songs that have been a part of so many peoples’ lives around the world.”
All the songs below that Roger recorded with Supertramp
(**) were credited Hodgson/Davies, Roger and Rick actually wrote separately after the album Indelibly Stamped onward. In fact, many of Roger’s songs he wrote before he met Rick Davies and co-founded Supertramp in 1969.
Supertramp was hardly an overnight success. It wasn't until 1974, with Roger Hodgson’s composition, “Dreamer,”
released on the band's "Crime of the
Century" album, that Supertramp had a top selling single. It
was two years later, with the Hodgson penned song, “Give A Little Bit”
that the group had a top twenty United States hit. Out of the top ten Supertramp hits, eight
were written and composed by Roger
Hodgson.
Supertramp, the band, did not write the
songs and does not own the songs. The
name Supertramp is a brand name that has
been trademarked by Rick Davies and his
wife.
While Roger is credited on the songs Rick Davies wrote, they are not listed in Roger’s repertoire and he does not perform them in concert.
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Song Title (Click title for video,
speaker
for audio)
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Album(s)/DVD (Key Below)
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The Logical Song
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Classics Live 1, BIA, ROP, Montreal
DVD |
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Dreamer **
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Classics Live 1, Crime, Montreal DVD |
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Give a Little Bit
**
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Classics Live 1, EIQM, ROP, DVD |
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Take the Long Way Home
**
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Classics Live 1, BIA, ROP, DVD |
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Breakfast in America
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Classics Live 1, BIA, Montreal DVD |
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It's Raining Again
**
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Classics Live 1, Famous, Montreal
DVD |
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School **
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Classics Live 1, Crime, Montreal DVD |
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Fool's Overture **
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EIQM, Montreal DVD |
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Hide in Your Shell
**
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Classics Live 1, Crime, Montreal DVD |
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Even in the Quietest Moments
**
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EIQM, Montreal DVD |
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Child of Vision **
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Breakfast in America |
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Lord is it Mine **
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Classics Live 1, Breakfast in
America |
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Only Because of You
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Classics Live 1, In the Eye of the
Storm |
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In Jeopardy
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In the Eye of the Storm, ROP |
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Had a Dream
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In the Eye of the Storm |
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Don't Leave Me Now
**
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Famous Last Words, Montreal DVD |
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Two of Us **
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Classics Live 1, Crisis, Montreal
DVD |
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A Soapbox Opera **
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Crisis, What Crisis? |
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Lady **
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Crisis, What Crisis? |
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Lovers in the Wind
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In the Eye of the Storm, Montreal
DVD |
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Open the Door
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Open the Door |
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Along Came Mary
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Open the Door |
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You Make Me
Love You
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Hai Hai |
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Love is a Thousand Times
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Open the Door |
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Crazy **
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Famous Last Words |
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The More I Look
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Open the Door |
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Hungry
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Open the Door |
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If Everyone Was Listening
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Crime of the Century |
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Babaji **
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Even in the Quietest Moments |
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Easy Does It **
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Crisis, What Crisis?, Montreal DVD |
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Sister Moonshine
**
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Crisis, What Crisis?, Montreal DVD |
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Death and a Zoo
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Open the Door |
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C'est le Bon **
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Famous Last Words |
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Rosie Had Everything Planned
**
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Indelibly Stamped |
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The Meaning **
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Crisis, What Crisis? |
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Know Who You Are
**
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Famous Last Words |
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London
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Hai Hai |
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Land Ho
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Hai Hai |
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Puppet Dance
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Hai Hai |
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Say Goodbye
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Open the Door |
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The Garden
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Open the Door |
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Time Waits for
No One
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Rites of Passage |
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Don't You Want
to Get High
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Rites of Passage |
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Every Trick in
the Book
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Rites of Passage |
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Hooked on a Problem
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In the Eye of the Storm |
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House on the
Corner
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Hai Hai |
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I'm Not Afraid
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In the Eye of the Storm |
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Desert Love
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Hai Hai |
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For Every Man
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Open the Door |
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Give Me Love, Give Me Life
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In the Eye of the Storm |
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Hai Hai
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Hai Hai |
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My Magazine
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Hai Hai |
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Red Lake
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Rites of Passage |
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Right Place
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Hai Hai |
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Showdown
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Open the Door |
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Who's Afraid
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Hai Hai |
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Aries
**
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Indelibly Stamped |
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Potter
**
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Indelibly Stamped |
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Travelled
**
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Indelibly Stamped |
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Oh Brother
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Montreal DVD |
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The Awakening
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Montreal DVD |
Singles
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Imagine
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Argosy |
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Mr. Boyd
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Argosy |
Co-Written Collaborations with Other Artists
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For Every Man (written w/Alan Simon) |
Open the Door |
Rosie Had Everything Planned
(written w/Frank Farrell)
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Indelibly Stamped |
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Walls (written w/Trevor Rabin)
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Yes, "Talk", Trevor Rabin,
"90124" |
The Moon Says Hello
(written w/
Carlos Núñez)
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Carlos Núñez, "Mayo Longo" |
Key for Abbreviated Albums/DVD
Crime – Crime of the Century
Crisis – Crisis, What Crisis?
EIQM – Even in the Quietest Moments
BIA – Breakfast in America
Famous – Famous Last Words
DVD – Take the Long Way Home – Live in
Montreal
ROP – Rites of Passage
Interviews
Enjoy more interview
videos
where Roger discusses his songwriting,
composing, and
legacy of songs.
Journalist Reviews of Concerts:
“For most of my life, I've loudly and proudly identified myself as a Supertramp fan. All these years I thought I was a Supertramp fan only to discover that I am, in fact, first and foremost, a Roger Hodgson fan. The second Roger Hodgson opened his voice, I said ‘that’s Supertramp.’ He is Supertramp. His is the voice that spoke to me as a young man, and speaks to me even more powerfully all these years later. What a show! WOW is all I can say.”
David
Wild, Contributing editor, Rolling Stone
“The name Roger Hodgson may not be familiar
to some, but his voice will be. His songs
have filled the airwaves for over three
decades, with his former band Supertramp.
During the evening, Roger had spoken about
the healing effect of music and of
forgetting your troubles for an hour or two,
and that is exactly what happened to the
audience. For any difficult times in your
life, you should be able to get a show like
the one Roger Hodgson gave us – on
prescription!”
Paul Ray ~ Fireworks Magazine
“If you were
ever a fan of Supertramp then attending a
Roger Hodgson concert these days is as good
as it gets and it gets good. As the
principal songwriter of Supertramp and lead
singer of the songs he wrote, Hodgson
concerts sounds exactly like Supertramp,
which is a good thing. The Roger Hodgson set
list reads like a history of music.” ~
Undercover
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