Smokey Robinson heard this Sam Cooke hit and knew he wanted to write something of his own.

Robinson is duly recognized as one of our greatest songwriters, but he may be under-recognized as a live performer.

Bobby Rogers, a founding member of Motown group The Miracles and a songwriting collaborator with Smokey Robinson, died March 3 at his home in Southfield, Mich., a Detroit suburb. He was 73. Motown ...