Roshell Anderson was born on September 16, 1952 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and raised in New Orleans. He worked at a number of southern radio stations as announcer and disc jockey beginning in 1970, releasing his first single Snake Out of Green Grass in 1972, with a debut album, Introducing, coming out in 1973. Scattered singles continued in the mid-70s as he hit the touring circuit. In 1978-79 he switched his focus to a journalism career and became more well-known as television reporter and anchor Mike Anderson in Birmingham, Alabama, Seattle, Washington; and ultimately in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. A 1987 single, Wild Dreams, sparked renewed interest in his recording career, and five more albums followed between 1988 and 1992 on Atlanta-based Ichiban Records, released in parallel with his journalism career. He passed on April 21, 2020. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.