Roger Davies is an Australian artist manager, business manager, and music producer in the global music industry. Davies was born in 1952. He has managed multiple pop and rock performers, including Sherbet (1970 – 1979), Olivia Newton-John (1979 – 1986), Tina Turner (1981 - 2010), Dalbello (1984), James Reyne (1986 – 1990), Tony Joe White (1989 – 2000), Janet Jackson (1989 – 2002), Joe Cocker (1991 to 2014), Sade (1991 – present), M People (1997 – 2000), Cher (1999 – present), and Pink (2001 – present). Biography Roger Davies was born in 1952 and grew up in Melbourne. In 1970, at the age of 18, Davies left university life to become a roadie for a progressive rock band, Company Caine. The following year, he relocated to Sydney and worked for a booking agency, Consolidated Rock, which was set up by Michael Browning and Michael Gudinski. At age 20, in October of 1972, along with a fellow workmate, Michael Chugg, he set up Sunrise booking agency. Among their clients included Sherbet Sherbet (1970 - 1979) Davies became the talent manager for the pop-rock group Sherbet where he was impressed by the group's attitude: their "willingness to work anywhere, anytime, whatever it took." According to musicologist, Ian McFarlane, "Under the direction of astute manager Roger Davies, the band also pioneered the concept of the national rock tour by undertaking arduous, cross-country treks to play in the far-flung corners of the continent. Sherbet's carefully cultivated image tended to alienate the 'serious' music fan, although the band's ability to deliver well-crafted pop music has never been in doubt.". Unusual for the time, Sherbet, under Davies’ direction, the band established its own record label, publishing company, and merchandising company. With no previous management experience, Davies proceeded along the path he perceived successful English bands to have taken. Starting their own record label was a major achievement and for a band to also have a merchandising company put them ahead of their time. Sherbet evolved from a soul-based covers band into a teen-oriented pop, rock outfit, that relied mostly on original material. They had 11 singles peak in the Australian top ten. From 1975, Davies and Sherbet turned their attention to the international market. The single, "Howzat" (1976), was inspired by the sport of cricket, which went to #1 in Australia, and New Zealand. It was a Top 10 hit in several European countries – including