Roger St. Pierre

Roger St. Pierre (8 November 1941 – 12 October 2021) was a British journalist, writer, promoter, and broadcaster, particularly on R&B, rock music, travel, and cycling.

He was born in Weymouth, Dorset, but grew up in Goodmayes, Essex. He started writing for local newspapers and specialist cycling magazines in the late 1950s, and for a time was a successful amateur racing cyclist, before concentrating on music journalism and promotion.

His promotion company, Funk Funktion, promoted British number one hits by M, Althea & Donna, and others. He also set up several record labels including Now! and Energy. As a broadcaster, he appeared on pirate radio and on Solar Radio, broadcasting R&B music. For BBC Radio, he wrote several documentaries including programmes on Atlantic Records, Count Basie, Chuck Berry, and Robert Johnson; and also wrote the script for the television documentary series Reggae.

He died after a lengthy illness on 12 October 2021, aged 79.