True story.  Born in a blackout in NYC. (Take your pick,

the one in  ’77, ’65,  ’61, ’59?).... Didn’t look so great when the doctor shone a flashlight under my face, and my mom screamed and begged for tranquillizers....In any case, let’s jump ahead, past that rocky start, past a coupla sax-playing years...to this third-person bio:

Don Rosler has written and is currently producing a new CD, "Rosler's Recording Booth" which will feature performances by an eclectic group of formidable artists including (in reverse alphabetical order): Spottiswoode, Jeremy Sisto, Terry Radigan, John Margolis, Tam Lin, Isabel Keating, Tamara Hey, Kathena Bryant, Jon Albrink, and the black-out-baby, Don Rosler, himself, accompanied by such virtuoso background vocalists  and musicians such as Jim Beard, the Emily Bindiger Choir , Bill Blend, Everett Bradley, Joshua Camp, Dave Eggar, Jim Gately, Art Hays, bj Karpen, Mark Margolio, Ned Massey, Jim McNamara, Shawn Pelton, Mike Rosler, Gary Schreiner and David Winograd.

Don has also collaborated with many other stellar artists, including most recently, lyrics for three compositions by ten-time-Grammy-award-winning Bobby McFerrin & Roger Treece for the new Bobby McFerrin critically-acclaimed CD, “VOCAbuLarieS” (Decca/Universal), the brainchild of producer/manager Linda Goldstein.  Roger Treece and Don also teamed up to write for the 2009-Grammy-Award-winning Kings Singers, and one composition for the truly amazing Chicago Children’s Choir, performed for a special concert in January 2006 in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday.

Described by Singer Magazine as “a must add to any music connoisseur's collection,” John Margolis: Christine's Refrigerator -- created with Don Rosler -- received considerable airplay across the country and locally on WNYC (NPR) on “The Jonathan Schwartz Show”. The title track was awarded “Song of the Year” by JP Folks, and was featured on the Kitchen Sisters’ “KItchen Stories” report (NPR’s “Morning Edition”) and on their audio-book, “Hidden Kitchens”.  Another track from this CD, “Tanta Belleza (So Much Beauty)” was prominently featured in the HBO/Showtime film, “The Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt.”

Rosler co-wrote with: Jay Ward for a bunch of songs on Jay’s “dogbrain: nest” CD (released in 2008);  Everett Bradley with “Christmas Is Kickin' In”, which kicks off Everett’s Christmas CD “Toy” and“Christmas Past” for Everett’s 2010 “Holidelic” CD; and (with Peter Valentine) the title track “To Whom It May Concern” for RIFF (on EMI), produced by Grammy-award-winning  gospel great, Fred Hammond.  Don and Peter, along with Jim Gately, continued to have success together by placing a number of songs over the years on international soundtracks on Global/Som Livre, keeping company with Sheryl Crow, Toni Braxton and Crash Test Dummies.  Two of those soundtrack CDs sold close to a million copies combined, and were recently (in 2008) re-released in Brazil. Don has had many songs featured on indie films, prime time network t.v. shows and has co-written (with John Margolis) a big ol’ long-running jingle or two.