In 2012, he received a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Ministry of Culture. Hodgson continued to tour worldwide in many formats including in a duo, with a band, and with a symphony orchestra. Welcome to the Official Youtube Channel of Roger Hodgson, the legendary co-founder of Supertramp and singer-songwriter of the classic hits Dreamer, Breakfast in America, Give a Little Bit, The. (The DVD would go multi-platinum in Canada and gold in France and Germany.) Classics Live, a collection of tracks from a solo tour of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Europe, and Canada, arrived in 2010. He continued to play solo shows as well, releasing a DVD of one such performance, Take the Long Way Home: Live in Montreal, in summer 2006. The album received positive responses from critics and fans alike, and Hodgson was subsequently recruited to tour with Ringo Starr as a member of the All-Starr Band. Open the Door, his first new studio effort in 13 years, appeared in the spring of 2000. A live solo album, Rites of Passage, followed three years later and featured Hodgson collaborating with son Andrew. He has a gift for being able to express his feelings and emotions in words that resonate deep within our own souls, mirroring what so. Roger's lyrics have deeply touched people around the globe and for many of us, his songs have become the soundtrack to our lives. Within days of issuing the follow-up, 1987's Hai Hai, Hodgson fell and broke both of his wrists the accident kept him out of action for several years, and he did not resurface until he co-wrote several songs on Yes' 1994 album, Talk. Roger Hodgson wrote the lyrics and composed the music for all of the songs below. Famous Last Words., Hodgson left Supertramp and relocated to Northern California to focus on his family, eventually issuing his solo debut, In the Eye of the Storm, in 1984. However, 1974's Crime of the Century was a major hit, launching the radio favorites "Dreamer" and "Bloody Well Right." After scoring an international hit in 1977 with "Give a Little Bit" from the album Even in the Quietest Moments., Supertramp reached their commercial peak with 1979's chart-topping Breakfast in America, which yielded the smashes "Take the Long Way Home," "The Logical Song," and "Goodbye, Stranger" on its way to selling 20 million copies. Originally funded by Dutch millionaire Stanley August Mieseages, the group lost his patronage after their first two albums failed to generate much interest. He began recording during the late '60s, issuing a single in 1969 as part of the session band Argosy with Elton John (then known as Reg Dwight).Īlso in 1969, he co-founded Supertramp, serving with Rick Davies as songwriter and vocalist for 14 years. While growing up in Oxford, Hodgson started playing guitar before he was a teenager, and was soon writing songs while at boarding school. Available with an Apple Music subscription. Best known for his stint fronting art pop hitmakers Supertramp, Roger Hodgson was born in Portsmouth, England, on March 21, 1950. Best known for his stint fronting art pop hitmakers Supertramp, Roger Hodgson was born in Portsmouth, England, on March 21, 1950.