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| name = Robert Brookins | image = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = | birth_place = | birth_date = {{birth date|1962|10|7}} | death_date = {{death date |2009|4|15}} | origin = Sacramento, California, United States | instrument = Singing, keyboards, drums | genre = | occupation = Singer, songwriter, producer | years_active = 1979-2009 | label = {{hlist|ARC|Columbia|MCA}} | associated_acts = {{hlist|George Duke|Jeffrey Osborne|Earth, Wind & Fire|Philip Bailey|Stanley Clarke}} | website = }}Robert Franklin Brookins (October 7, 1962 – April 15, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, producer and musician. Brookins was a member of Earth, Wind & Fire.[1] Early yearsBrookins was born and raised in Del Paso Heights, Sacramento, California.[2] He began singing at the age of four, drumming at five and playing keyboards at nine years old. At the age of 11 he started up his own band entitled Little Robert & the Fondeles.[1] The band went on to win Motown's 1974 Soul Search Contest.[1] Brookins was also an alumnus of Grant Union High School.[2] Musical career{{listen| filename = Robert Brookins In Our Lives.ogg | title = In Our Lives | description = An audio sample of "In Our Lives" (released 1986) | pos = }} Brookins later formed a group with his brother Michael known as Afterbach.[1] The duo issued a critically acclaimed album entitled Matinee in 1981 on Maurice White's ARC Records, an imprint of Columbia Records.[1] After such he performed on Philip Bailey's 1983 album Continuation as well as Ramsey Lewis and Nancy Wilson's 1984 album The Two of Us.[3] Brookins went on to compose on Deniece Williams 1984 album Let's Hear It For The Boy and The Isley Brothers' 1985 LP Masterpiece.[3] He also made a guest appearance on Stanley Clarke's 1985 LP Find Out!, [4] then composed on Rebbie Jackson's 1986 LP Reaction and Al Jarreau's 1985 LP L Is for Lover.[3] During 1986 he released his debut solo album entitled In the Night. Brookins played on Stanley Clarke's 1986 album Hideaway and George Duke's 1986 self titled LP. He later produced Bobby Brown's 1987 album King of Stage and Stephanie Mills' 1987 LP If I Were Your Woman.[3] Brookins composed on Nancy Wilson's 1987 album Forbidden and guested on George Duke's 1988 album Thief in the Night. He worked as a songwriter on Jeffrey Osborne's 1988 LP One Love-One Dream and Jackie Jackson's 1988 album Be the One.[1][3][5] Brookins then produced The Whispers' on their 1989 album More of the Nightand Jeffrey Osborne on his 1989 LP Only Human.[3] Brookins went on to join up with the band Earth, Wind & Fire on their 1990 studio album Heritage. He later featured on Stanley Clarke and George Duke's 1990 LP 3 and produced Keisha Jackson's 1991 self titled album.[3] Brookins later produced Philip Bailey's 1994 self titled album. He then played on Wayman Tisdale's LP Power Forward and produced his 1996 album In The Zone as well.[3] Brookins also appeared on George Duke's Cool (2000) and Earth, Wind & Fire's The Promise (2003).[3] Death and legacyWriting for AllMusic, Andrew Hamilton said: "The often overused term multi-talented is true to its definition when referring to Robert F. Brookins."[1] Brookins died on April 15, 2009 from a heart attack.[6][7][2] He was survived by a son.[6] Since his death an annual tribute event has been held in his honor.[8] Solo discographyAlbumsStudio albums
Singles
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|first= Andrew |last= Hamilton |title= Robert Brookins – Artist Biography |website= AllMusic |accessdate= October 20, 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/robert-brookins-mn0000828545/biography}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url= http://www.sacculturalhub.com/entertainment-and-news/2803-remembering-scramento-native-robert-f-brookins |title= Remembering Sacramento Native, Robert F. Brookins |publisher= Sac Cultural Club |date= April 15, 2013 |accessdate= October 20, 2014 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://archive.is/20141021042336/http://www.sacculturalhub.com/entertainment-and-news/2803-remembering-scramento-native-robert-f-brookins |archivedate= October 21, 2014}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web|title= Robert Brookins – Credits |website= AllMusic |accessdate= May 26, 2018 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/robert-brookins-mn0000828545/credits}} 4. ^{{cite web|first= Richard S. |last= Ginell |title= Stanley Clarke – Find Out! |website= AllMusic |accessdate= October 20, 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/find-out!-mw0000191614}} 5. ^{{cite magazine|first= Charles L. |last= Sanders |title= Sounding Off – The Best in Recorded Music |url= https://books.google.com/?id=xMwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=%22robert+brookins%22 |magazine= Ebony |volume= 44 |issue= 9 |date= July 1989 |issn= 0012-9011}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|title= Robert Brookins Soul Music Tribute |publisher= Sac Cultural Club |date= May 1, 2009 |accessdate= August 24, 2018 |url= http://www.sacculturalhub.com/urban-weekly/issue-may-1-2009}} 7. ^{{cite web|first= Kevin |last= Ross |title= Singer/Producer/Songwriter Robert Brookins has Died |website= Radio Facts |date= April 16, 2009 |accessdate= August 24, 2018 |url= https://radiofacts.com/singerproducersongerwriter-robert-brookins-has-died/}} 8. ^{{cite web|title= Always Remembered: Robert F. Brookins Black Music Month Celebration |publisher= Sacramento365 |date= June 1, 2013 |url= http://www.sacramento365.com/event/detail/441782200/Always_Remembered_Robert_F_Brookins_Black_Music_Month_Celebration |accessdate= October 20, 2014 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20141021003914/http://www.sacramento365.com/event/detail/441782200/Always_Remembered_Robert_F_Brookins_Black_Music_Month_Celebration |archivedate= October 21, 2014}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|title= Robert Brookins – Awards |website= AllMusic |accessdate= October 20, 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/robert-brookins-mn0000828545/awards |archivedate= March 13, 2016 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160313052735/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/robert-brookins-mn0000828545/awards}} External links
8 : 1962 births|2009 deaths|20th-century American singers|American keyboardists|American male singers|Singers from California|Earth, Wind & Fire members|Musicians from Sacramento, California |
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