WE REMEMBER ROBERT BROOKINS: Singer-songwriter-producer worked with George Duke, Bobby Brown, Stephanie Mills; he was 46.

     *Singer-songwriter-producer Robert Brookins, the featured singer on George Duke's 1986 self-titled album, died on April 15 after suffering a heart attack. He was 46.

      The Sacramento, Calif. native won the Motown Records Soul Search competition in 1974 with his group Little Robert and the Fondeles. In 1981, he joined the group Afterbach, along with his brother Michael on guitar, and sang the lead on their ARC Columbia album "Matinee," produced by Maurice and Verdine White of Earth Wind and Fire. 

       In 1986 he was the featured singer on George Duke's self-titled album. That year, he signed to MCA as a solo artist and recorded his first album, "In The Night," which included the tracks "Come To Me" and the Stephanie Mills duet "In The Nbsp;    

       As a writer and / or producer he has worked with The Reddings, Bobby Brown ("Seventeen"), Jackie Jackson, Stephanie Mills, Deniece Williams, Jeffrey Osborne and The Whispers ('Innocent').      

       Brookins also played keyboards behind such acts as the late George Howard ("A Nice Place To Be"), Ramsey Lewis and Nancy Wilson ("The Two of Us"), Stanley Clarke ('"Find Out") and Roy Ayers.

Watch Robert Brookins and Stephnie Mills duet on "Where Is The Love?":

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