Bobby Rogers's Birth Card: The 6 of Diamonds

In the record

Robert Edward Rogers (February 19, 1940 – March 3, 2013) was an American musician and tenor singer, best known as a founding member of Motown vocal group the Miracles from 1956 until his death. The birth-card coordinate for February 19 is the 6 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2012 Performers with The Miracles induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2012 Performers — inducted member of The Miracles

The 6 of Diamonds coordinate

Bobby Rogers's birthday maps to the 6 of Diamonds (The Generous Provider). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vote and not a verdict on Bobby Rogers. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move resources toward other people without erasing your own claim.

Live 6 of Diamonds meaning page

Bobby Rogers in the public record

He was inducted, in 2012, as a member of the Miracles to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to singing, he also contributed to writing some of the Miracles' songs. Rogers is the grandfather of R&B singer Brandi Williams from the R&B girl group Blaque and is a cousin of fellow Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson. Rogers was the son of Robert and Lois Rogers. He was born in Detroit on February 19, 1940, the same day and in the same Detroit hospital as fellow Miracles member Smokey Robinson, although the two would not meet until 15 years later. The 1960 single "Shop Around", with Smokey Robinson on lead, was Motown's first number one hit on the R&B singles chart, and the first big hit for the Miracles. The song was also Motown's first million selling hit single. The Miracles scored many more hits over the years including the #1 classics "Tears Of A Clown", and "Love Machine".

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Bobby Rogers (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 9 of Clubs

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Bobby Rogers, and not a forecast of induction.

You let a used-up framework go and keep the part that still works.

In addition to his work in the Miracles, Rogers was a part-time Motown songwriter; his most notable composition, authored with bandmate Smokey Robinson, was The Temptations' first hit single, "The Way You Do the Things You Do".

Paired on shared wording: part, work.

Also on the record

1. In addition to his work in the Miracles, Rogers was a part-time Motown songwriter; his most notable composition, authored with bandmate Smokey Robinson, was The Temptations' first hit single, "The Way You Do the Things You Do".
2. Rogers also co-wrote The Temptations' 1965 hit "My Baby", Mary Wells' hit, "What Love Has Joined Together", The Contours' 1965 hit "First I Look at the Purse", (later covered by the J.
3. Geils Band), Marvin Gaye's 1966 Top 40 hit, "One More Heartache" and the Miracles' own 1964 Top 40 hit, "That's What Love Is Made Of", and their 1966 hit, "Going to a Go-Go".
4. He is also noted for doing co-lead vocals on the Miracles' 1962 Top 10 smash, "You've Really Got a Hold on Me", and singing lead on the group's 1964 song, "You're So Fine And Sweet".

Other inductees with this card

• Anthony Kiedis — 2012 Performers with Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Bon Scott — 2003 Performers with AC/DC
• Brad Wilk — 2023 Performers with Rage Against the Machine
• Bruce Dickinson — 2026 Performers with Iron Maiden
• Chubby Checker — 2025 Performers
• Danny Kirwan — 1998 Performers with Fleetwood Mac
• Ed O'Brien — 2019 Performers with Radiohead
• Eddie Cochran — 1987 Performers
• Freddie Mercury — 2001 Performers with Queen
• Herb Reed — 1990 Performers with The Platters
• Jack White — 2025 Performers with The White Stripes
• Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell — 2009 Performers with Run-DMC
• 13 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Bobby Rogers's birth card?

The 6 of Diamonds. February 19 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Rock Hall induction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Bobby Rogers's dates come from?

Birth date 1940-02-19 is the day-precision date on Bobby Rogers's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Inductee identity comes from the Wikipedia Performers list, which cites RockHall.com. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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