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Learn about Smokey Robinson, an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former Motown executive. He was the founder and lead singer of the Miracles, and wrote many hit songs for himself and other artists.
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Smithsonian Magaz... Jan 12, 2025
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Elemental Music starts off 2025 with more Smo...
Elemental Music's Motown reissue campaign moves and grooves into the new year with another three installments of...
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Smokey Robinson Announces Four UK Shows,...
Smokey Robinson announces four UK shows in July 2025, marking the 50th Anniversary of his 1975 breakthrough album, ‘A...
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Vinyl Minded with the Supremes, Smokey...
1974's Pure Smokey was Robinson's second solo album after leaving the Miracles. He's joined by another...
Music Connection Jan 17, 2025
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Smokey Robinson. Composer: Big Time. Multi-talented performer/writer/producer Smokey Robinson's career, and life, is inextricably tied up with Motown Records' founder Berry Gordy (his first two children are named Tamla, for the Gordy-owned label...
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, American vocal group that helped define the Motown sound of the 1960s and was led by one of the most gifted and influential singer-songwriters in 20th-century popular music. Learn more about Robinson, the Miracles,...
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles recorded the famed label's first complete holiday album with 1963's "Christmas With the Miracles," followed by Yuletide classics such as the 1973 star-studded "A ...
Smokey Robinson
American R&B singer
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. He led the group from its 1955 origins, when they were called The Five Chimes, until 1972, when he retired from the group to focus on his role as Motown Records vice president. Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year. He left Motown in 1999.... Read more
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