Bobby Rogers (far right)
The legends of Motown keep fading away.
The latest: Bobby Rogers, one of the founding members of the Miracles, which was headed up by Smokey Robinson, died Sunday morning at his Southfield home, writes Detroit News reporter Susan Whitall. He was 73.
He died of complications from diabetes.
Whithall wrote:
His singing would have been enough, but the tall, bespectacled Rogers was the most graceful dancer in the group, and he proved to be a deft hand at songwriting as well. With Robinson, he co-wrote many songs, notably "First I Look at the Purse," recorded by the Contours; "The Way You Do the Things You Do" by the Temptations; Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar" and "One More Heartache"; and the Miracles' smash "Going to A Go-Go."
