R.I.P.: Bobby Rogers

Bobby Rogers, a founding member of the soul group the Miracles, died on Sunday morning March 3, 2013 at the age of 73.

Rogers was born in Detroit in February 1940, in the same hospital and on the same day as William "Smokey" Robinson. Sixteen years later, he joined Robinson in forming the Miracles with his cousin Claudette Rogers, Pete Moore and Ronnie White. In 1957, the group met Berry Gordy Jr. and soon became a staple in the record producer's rising Motown empire.

The Miracles' first big hit, 1960's "Shop Around," reached Number Two on the Hot 100, and became the first Motown record to sell a million copies. MORE HERE