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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bobby Rogers
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bobby Rogers.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 47 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Singer-songwriter Bobby Rogers was born on February 19, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of 15, Rogers joined Smokey Robinson's group, The Matadors. In 1959, he, along with Robinson, Claudette Rogers, Ronald White and Pete Moore, joined Berry Gordy's new Motown label, with the new name, The Miracles. Aside from being a key background vocalist, and early on, the group's choreographer, Rogers helped write several songs for both The Miracles and other Motown acts. These include The Way You Do The Thing You Do, by the Temptations, and The Miracles own hit, Going to A Go-Go. After Smokey Robinson's departure in 1972, Rogers stayed with the group, recording three additional hits, notably 1975's Love Machine. The Miracles were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001, and received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2009. Rogers passed away on March 3, 2013, at the age of 73.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Bobby Rogers
Bobby Rogers
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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