-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-the9513_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-the9513-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> After leaving the services, Rogers performed at the Egyptian Ballroom for several years, and was eventually discovered by representatives of <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>, who signed him in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_2-2" class