| 词条 | Rodger Penzabene |
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| name = Rodger Penzabene | background = non_performing_personnel | image = | alt = | caption = | alias = | birth_date = 1944 | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date|1967|12|31}} (age 23) | death_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | genre = Soul music | occupation = Lyricist | years_active = 1966–1967 | other_names = | known_for = }}Rodger Penzabene (1944 – December 31, 1967) was an American songwriter for the Motown label. Among his most notable compositions as a lyricist are "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" by Gladys Knight & the Pips; "The End of Our Road" by Gladys Knight & the Pips and Marvin Gaye; and a trilogy of hits for The Temptations: "You're My Everything", "I Wish It Would Rain", and "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)".[1][2] Penzabene was of Sicilian and Irish descent. He attended Mumford High School in Detroit, Michigan. He was a childhood friend and neighbor of Cornelius Grant, with whom he wrote "You're My Everything". After Grant became musical director for the Temptations, Penzabene continued to contribute songs for the group, and for other Motown acts.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} The mournful songs "I Wish It Would Rain" and "I Could Never Love Another" reportedly drew from Penzabene's real-life pain and suffering. Otis Williams wrote that: "We liked Roger a lot. He was young, nice-looking, but kind of quiet and reserved, and very humble. The inspiration for these great songs was his unhappy personal life."[3] On New Year's Eve 1967, a week after the release of "I Wish It Would Rain", Penzabene committed suicide by gunshot at the age of 23.[3] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/626894-Roger-Penzabene?page=1|title=Roger Penzabene|website=Discogs|accessdate=30 July 2018}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Penzabene, Rodger}}{{US-songwriter-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://cherchesonlyrics.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/the-real-pain-of-roger-penzabene/|title=The Real Pain of Rodger Penzabene|date=2 February 2014|website=Cherchesonlyrics.wordpress.com|accessdate=31 July 2018}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KMJo37QXc7gC&pg=PA116&dq=%22roger+penzabene%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v3XyU4ZGg7LsBs-9gLgF&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22roger+penzabene%22&f=false|title=Temptations|first1=Otis|last1=Williams|first2=Patricia Romanowski|last2=Bashe|isbn= 9780815412182|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|pages=118–119}} 10 : 1944 births|1967 deaths|American songwriters|Motown artists|Composers who committed suicide|American people of Sicilian descent|American people of Irish descent|Suicides by firearm in Michigan|Male suicides|20th-century American composers |
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