©©Bobby (Robert) Rogers, former member and co-founder of The
Miracles, passed into the next world on March 3, 2013 at the age of 73,
following a long illness. He and Smokey Robinson shared the same birthdate of
February 19, 1940, although the two didn't meet until they were classmates at
Detroit's Northern High School. There they formed a singing group that evolved
into The Miracles.
Bobby shared writing duties with Smokey, co-writing songs for
various Motown acts such as The Temptations, Mary Wells, and Marvin Gaye, and
was known as an excellent dancer and choreographer. He also co-wrote one of The
Miracles's own hits, “You've Really Got a Hold On Me.” Remarkably, Rogers's
cousin Claudette (once a member of The Miracles) married Smokey, and Rogers
himself married Wanda Young of the Marvelettes. Motown became a family in the
truest sense of the word.
The Miracles were a virtual hit-making machine from the late
1950s until the early 1970s. Bobby was a member of the group from 1956 until
2011, performing as an "oldies" group in later years. The Miracles
were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2009 and inducted
into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
The Miracles were one of my very favorite groups; now I have to
find some old songs and take a walk (or a dance) down memory lane. Tears of a
clown....
Bobby Rogers [1940 – 2013]
© 03/13/2013
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