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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".
In 2009, the group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with Bobby Rogers, Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Pete Moore, Claudette Robinson, and Billy Griffin in attendance. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] Following another PBS appearance, Rogers was forced into retirement due to health issues, dying less than two years later. [ 62 ]
(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)
The exhibit at the Motown Museum features records, vintage articles and rare photos, including a snapshot of Claudette and Smokey Robinson's wedding.
The song was recorded in Motown's Studio A on October 16, 1962, with Robinson on lead vocals, and Miracles' second tenor Bobby Rogers on harmony co-lead. Robinson was the producer, and he had Eddie Willis and Miracle Marv Tarplin share the guitar parts. [1]
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 ).
Robinson's inspiration for writing "My Girl" was his wife, Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson. The song was included on the Temptations 1965 album The Temptations Sing Smokey . In 2017, the song was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically ...
"The Tears of a Clown" is a song written by Hank Cosby, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder and originally recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for the Tamla Records label subsidiary of Motown, first appearing on the 1967 album Make It Happen.