Go-Go-Girl~Lee Rogers~1966

Rogers Lee Craton (Roger Crayton),Born in Mississippi, Tennessee.
Singer and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. Best known for his single 'I Want You To Have Everything' which peaked at #17 on the R&B charts in 1965. Co-founded the Detroit soul label Gold Top Records.
Lee Rogers was born Rogers Craton, December 15, 1942. His mother lived in Southern Mississippi. In those days, if a young woman got pregnant and was not married, the family “shipped” her off to relatives in the North. Lee Rogers’ mother was no exception. Her family sent her to Detroit.
Lee was an avid basketball player. His early life was totally devoted to becoming a professional player. Lee soon realized that he was too short, and really not that fast, but his determination found expression, and he made the Michigan State 1957 Championship Team from Brewster High School. It was Lee who shot the winning basket from the center of the court during the last seconds of the game. Suddenly, Lee was an instant hometown hero.
After high school, Lee took his determination and talents to the music industry. Jack Sorrell, a local disc jockey talked Lee and several of his friends into entering a talent show on a local television show. The group was named the Peppermints. Lee’s group won the talent search.
Sorrell did not waste any time introducing them to Ms. Carmen C. Murphy, who owned House of Beauty Cosmetics Company, and where she had started to venture into record manufacturing with the HOB Records label.
After a string of hit records which included “I Want You To Have Everything”; “I’m A Practical Guy”, “Sad Affair”, “Troubles”, “Just You And I” between 1957 to 1967, Rogers found himself without a label and started recording on his own.
By the end of 1971, Rogers left Detroit for San Francisco. Rogers’ first hit record came in 1972, with Loadstone Records. “Love Bandit” written by Rogers and RG Ingersoll smashed its way to the top of the R&B charts and stayed there for several months.
Loadstone’s recording roster featured only two acts – Lee Rogers and an obscure new group named Sly & the Family Stone who found their way to Columbia Records.
Lee moved on to Hollywood, where he formed a songwriting partnership with Jimmy Holliday. Holliday was already riding high as the co-writer with Jackie DeShannon for her Number #1 hit single “Put A Little Love In Your Heart” (for Imperial Records, owned by Liberty Records, which is owned by EMI-Capitol Records today).
Lee Rogers was the most successful artist on the D-Town catalog. Another group called the Fabulous Peps did quite well. The Staple Singers and Roosevelt Grier came aboard and sold some records as well. Roosevelt Grier was a star football player for the Detroit Lions. He and his friends provided
enough backing to keep the company afloat and out of the Motown family of labels, as Berry was buying out all the small labels. Rogers' records sold well and paid the bills for all the other acts.
Lee Rogers passed away in August of 1989

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