Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Claudette Annette Rogers Robinson (née Rogers; born June 20, 1942) is an American singer, best known as a member of the vocal group The Miracles from 1957 to 1972. Her brother Emerson "Sonny" Rogers was a founding member of the group, which before 1957 was named "The Matadors".
[7] [9] In 1957, Sonny Rogers left to join the United States Army and Claudette Rogers, his sister, who had been singing with the sister group the Matadorettes, joined them shortly afterwards, and in 1958, the group became the Miracles. [8] Following two years of courtship, Smokey and Claudette married in November 1959.
(same members; group name changed to spotlight lead singer) Smokey Robinson; Ronnie White; Pete Moore; Bobby Rogers; Marv Tarplin; Claudette Robinson (though she remained as a non-touring member of The Miracles performing background vocals, she retired from live performing from 1964 until Smokey's last show with the Miracles in 1972)
Two years later, they were renamed the Matadors and included Bobby Rogers. Another member, Emerson (Sonny) Rogers, Bobby Rogers' cousin, was replaced by his sister, Claudette Rogers (who would marry Smokey Robinson in 1959). The group's guitarist, Marv Tarplin, joined them sometime in 1958. The Matadors began touring Detroit venues around this ...
The album cover features Miracles background vocalist Claudette Rogers Robinson, wife of Smokey Robinson. This was the first Miracles album to feature her on the cover since 1963's The Fabulous Miracles (and the group's aborted 1964 album I Like It Like That). As of 2019, this album has not been released on CD.
Robert Edward Rogers (February 19, 1940 – March 3, 2013) [1] was an American musician and tenor singer, best known as a founding member of Motown vocal group the Miracles from 1956 until his death. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was inducted, in 2012, as a member of the Miracles to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
[13] Original Miracles member Claudette Rogers-Robinson placed flowers on the Miracles' Hollywood Walk of Fame Star on November 21, 2017, in Hollywood, California in tribute to Moore. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] According to Tina, his wife of over 40 years, the cause of death was complications of diabetes.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page