Smokey Robinson - The Tracks Of My Tears Live (1965)
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Smokey Robinson The Tracks Of My Tears Live (1965)
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Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville (born January 24, 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American soul and R&B; singer and musician. He made his debut in 1966 with the hit single "Tell It Like It Is", a Number One hit on the Billboard R&B; charts. Neville did not chart again, however, until 1989, when he collaborated with Linda Ronstadt on three consecutive duets: "Don't Know Much", "All My Life", and "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby", the first two reached Number One on the Adult Contemporary charts. Neville has released more than 20 singles, including three Number Ones on the Adult Contemporary format, and a fourth on the R&B; format.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer of musical theatre. He started composing at the age of six, and published his first piece at the age of nine.
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Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy, Jr. (born November 28, 1929) is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.
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Billy Griffin
Billy Griffin (born in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known for replacing Smokey Robinson as lead singer of The Miracles.
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Bobby Rogers
Bobby Rogers (born Robert E. Rogers on February 19, 1940) is an African American soul singer and songwriter, notable as a member of Motown Records' first signed act and first million selling group The Miracles from 1956 to present. He is also the grandfather of R&B; singer Brandi Williams from R&B; girl group Blaque
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Brenda Holloway
Brenda Holloway (born June 21, 1946 in Atascadero, California, United States) is an American singer and songwriter, a recording artist for the Motown label during the 1960s. Her best-known recordings are the soul hits, "Every Little Bit Hurts" and "You've Made Me So Very Happy." The latter was later widely popularized when it became a Top Ten hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears.
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Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight (born June 5, 1969 in Buffalo, New York) is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, and R&B; musician, as well as currently hosting his own evening talk show. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays nine instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussions, trombone, tuba, French horn and trumpet.
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Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican American rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. Rolling Stone named Santana number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards.
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Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens; March 23, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the seventies as the front woman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career. Her signature hits, both with Rufus and solo, include "Tell Me Something Good", "Sweet Thing", "Ain't Nobody", "I'm Every Woman", "I Feel for You" and "Through the Fire".
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Clint Black
Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his ''Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Although his momentum gradually slowed throughout the 1990s, Black consistently charted hit songs into the 2000s. He has amassed more than thirty singles on the U.S. Billboard country charts (of which twenty-two have reached Number One), in addition to releasing nine studio albums and several compilation albums. In 2003, Black founded his own record label, Equity Music Group. Black has also ventured into acting, having made a cameo appearance in the 1994 film Maverick'', as well as a starring role in 1998's Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack.
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Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album ''She's So Unusual'' and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album. Lauper has released 11 albums and over 40 singles, and as of 2008 had sold more than 30 million records worldwide.
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Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall (born Daryl Franklin Hohl; October 11, 1946) is an American rock, R&B; and soul singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the founder and half of the music duo Hall & Oates (with music partner/founder/guitarist John Oates), who also served as lead vocalist.
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David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter and arranger, noted for discovering successful singers Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Charice and Michael Bublé and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world.
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Diana Ross
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown sound as lead singer of The Supremes, before leaving the group for a solo career on January 14, 1970. Since the beginning of her career with The Supremes and as a solo artist, Ross has sold more than 150 million records.
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Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick (born December 12, 1940) is an American singer and actress who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health.
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Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music.
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Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known by the stage name Elvis Costello, is a British singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the Punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; the critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes him as a "pop encyclopedia," able to "reinvent the past in his own image".Stephen Thomas Erlewine, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql;=10:ly09kect7q70 Get Happy!! [Ryko Bonus Tracks]], Allmusic. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only person who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times; as a solo performer, as well as a member of rock bands the Yardbirds and Cream. Throughout his career, Clapton has been viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the "Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In 2010, Clapton was ranked #4 on ''Gibson's'' Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
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George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian mysticism, and helped broaden the horizons of the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
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India Arie
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles and, with Paul McCartney, formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
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Joss Stone
Joss Stone (born Joscelyn Eve Stoker; 11 April 1987) is an English soul and R&B; singer–songwriter and actress. Stone emerged to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist. Her second album, the equally multiplatinum Mind Body & Soul, topped the UK Albums Chart for one week and spawned the top ten hit "You Had Me", Stone's most successful single on the UK Singles Chart to date. Both album and single each received one nomination at the 2005 Grammy Awards, while Stone herself was nominated for Best New Artist, and in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2004 was ranked fifth as a predicted breakthrough act of 2004. She became the youngest British female singer to top the UK Albums Chart in history to have her first album at number one. Stone's third album, Introducing Joss Stone, released in March 2007, achieved gold record status by the RIAA and yielded the second-ever highest debut for a British female solo artist on the Billboard 200. Stone released her fourth album, Colour Me Free!, on 20 October 2009, which did reach Top 10 on Billboard, but was her least selling album in her career.
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Kenny Loggins
Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter known best for "soft rock" and "adult contemporary" music beginning during the 1970s. Originally a part of the duo Loggins and Messina, he became a solo artist and has written songs for other artists.
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Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie (born June 20, 1949), is an American singer-songwriter and record producer who has sold (solo or as group member) more than 100 million records.
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Macy Gray
Macy Gray (born Natalie Renee McIntyre; September 6, 1967), also credited as Natalie Hinds in her music, is an American R&B; and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis.
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Marv Tarplin
Marvin "Marv" Tarplin (born 13 June 1941, Atlanta, Georgia) is an American guitarist and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for The Miracles during the 1950s through the early '70's, and is one of the group's original members.
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr. (April 2, 1939April 1, 1984), better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960 signing with the Tamla subsidiary of Motown Records. After starting off as a session drummer, Gaye ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the sixties.
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Mary Wells
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer who defined the emerging sound of Motown in the early sixties. Along with The Miracles, The Temptations, The Supremes, and The Four Tops, Wells was said to have been part of the charge in black music onto radio stations and record shelves of mainstream America "bridging the color lines in music at the time."
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Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin; February 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a former rock singer. He is best known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals.
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Patti Labelle
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Pete Moore
Pete Moore (born Warren Moore on November 19, 1939, Detroit, Michigan) is an African American soul singer,and songwriter, notable as the bass singer for Motown group The Miracles from 1955 onwards, and is one of the group's original members . A childhood friend of Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson,the two first met at a musical event given by the Detroit Public School system,where Pete spotted Smokey singing as part of the show. The two became friends,and decided to form a singing group, which eventually became The Miracles. Besides his work in The Miracles, Moore is also notable for having helped Miracles member Smokey Robinson write several hit songs, including The Temptations' "It's Growing" and "Since I Lost My Baby", and two of Marvin Gaye's biggest hits ,the Top 10 million sellers," Ain't That Peculiar ", and "I'll Be Doggone".
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Randy Travis
Randy Bruce Traywick (born May 4, 1959), better known as Randy Travis is an American country singer. Active since 1985, he has recorded more than a dozen studio albums to date, in addition to charting more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which sixteen have reached Number One.
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Richard Marx
Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard". Although most of his major hit songs were slow ballads, many of his songs had a classic rock style, such as "Don't Mean Nothing," "Should've Known Better," "Satisfied," and "Too Late To Say Goodbye". Marx placed himself in the record books by being the first solo artist to have his first seven singles hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart (3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4). His record sales worldwide exceed 30 million. Aside from songs that he has sung himself, he has written, co-written, and produced successful tracks for other artists such as "This I Promise You" by NSYNC and "Dance With My Father" by Luther Vandross. The latter song won several Grammy Awards.
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Rick James
Rick James (February 1, 1948August 6, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. James was a popular R&B; and funk singer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four #1 hits on the U.S. R&B; charts. Among his well known songs are "Super Freak" and "You and I". In addition to his music James gained notoriety for his wild lifestyle, which led to widely publicized legal problems.
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Ronald White
Ronald "Ronnie" White (April 5, 1939 – August 26, 1995) was an African American soul singer and songwriter, notable as a founding member of The Miracles, and the only member to survive all of that group's line-up changes. He is also noted as the man who discovered Stevie Wonder, then White's 11-year-old neighbor, and brought him to the attention of Motown head, Berry Gordy Jr.
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg, (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer and video game designer. In a career spanning six decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an archetype of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing such issues as the Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism. He is considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He is also one of the founders of DreamWorks.
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Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music.
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Detroit
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Howard University
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Kennedy Center
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Santa Ynez
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United Kingdom
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles-The Tears Of A Clown
1970 HIT!!! ALL OVER THE WORLD.
Smokey Robinson - Being With You
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- Duration: 4:03
- Published: 25 Dec 2009
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Music video by Smokey Robinson performing Being With You. (C) 1981 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson
One of smokey greatest hits Cruisin' Oldies
Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'
Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You Really Got A Hold On Me
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- Duration: 2:58
- Published: 02 Sep 2007
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- Author: latacabre1
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The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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- Duration: 2:55
- Published: 21 Nov 2008
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- Author: oldiesphxmannyb
Classic Motown
Michael Jackson Memorial Service - Smokey Robinson
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- Duration: 5:27
- Published: 07 Jul 2009
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- Author: PoliticsNewsPolitics
Smokey Robinson eulogizes Michael Jackson.
Classic Sesame Street - U Really Got a Hold On Me
Smokey Robinson's got a problem with U ...
Smokey Robinson - Just To See Her
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- Duration: 4:01
- Published: 25 Dec 2009
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Music video by Smokey Robinson performing Just To See Her. (C) 1987 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles: "Ooo Baby Baby"
A most famous song from my favorite group
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You really got a hold on me
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- Duration: 2:34
- Published: 17 Aug 2007
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You really got a hold on me
"Shop Around" TRUE STEREO MIX Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1960) HQ Sound
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- Duration: 2:54
- Published: 04 Jun 2009
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This is a TRUE STEREO MIX of "Shop Around" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles. Originally recorded on a two-track tape machine. At the end you see the surviving members receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2009.
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Will You Still Love Me
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- Published: 19 May 2008
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Smokey Robinson - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow ALBUM: Motown Lengeds
Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat
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- Duration: 4:07
- Published: 24 Dec 2009
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Music video by Smokey Robinson performing One Heartbeat. (C) 1987 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
TIME Magazine Interviews: Smokey Robinson
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- Duration: 6:26
- Published: 26 Jan 2009
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READ MORE: tinyurl.com As Motown celebrates its 50th anniversary, Robinson looks back at his time at Hitsville, USA He answers reader questions here
Ooh Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Cruisin' Oldies (lil rob - Ooh baby baby)
Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm
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- Duration: 7:47
- Published: 20 Aug 2007
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- Author: takemetomedani
Has always been another favorite of mine..Enjoy.
Smokey Robinson - Being With You
Smokey Robinson - Being With You
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES - GOING TO A GO-GO
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- Duration: 3:00
- Published: 16 Mar 2008
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- Author: door2yourheart
Smokey and the Miracles, a classic track, and long time (43 years) floor filler!
Smokey Robinson, Def Poet "Black American"
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- Duration: 6:59
- Published: 18 Apr 2008
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- Author: sugafoot777
Smokey Robinson's "Black American" on Def Poetry. He snapped on this! Usually i don't like use of the word "n*****" but he represented on this one. Kudos.
Episode 22: Smokey Robinson - Tears Of A Clown
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- Published: 19 Aug 2009
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HISTORIC PAIRING BETWEEN DARYL HALL AND LEGENDARY MOTOWN SINGER/SONGWRITER SMOKEY ROBINSON FEATURED ON LIVE FROM DARYLS HOUSE AUGUST 15 22nd edition of acclaimed web show finds Daryl and Smokey joining together on nine-song set
SXSW 2010: Smokey Robinson Keynote
Smokey Robinson is one of the architects of the "Motown sound" and his voice and songs established the label's profound impact on culture across the globe. Robinson's artistry has been celebrated worldwide, having received Kennedy Center Honors, a membership in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the "UK Special Achievement Award" at the Ivor Novello Awards and The ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Heritage Award. Bob Dylan called Robinson "America's greatest living poet," and his work as an executive at Motown was central in establishing a unique chapter in popular music history. Robinson continues to forge new trails, mentoring "American Idol" contestants in 2009 and writing and recording new music. Robinson's current CD "Time Flies When You're Having Fun," was released in 2009 on his own Robso Records and the songs sound as fresh and timeless as his pioneering work from the 60's.
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Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
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Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
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Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
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Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
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Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
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Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
Smokey Robinson performing at the Miami Children's Hospital Diamond Ball and Private Concert in Miami, Florida on October 5, 2008.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
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Smokey Robinson
| Coordinates | 23°22′0.0006″N93°40′0.0012″N |
|---|---|
| Name | Smokey Robinson |
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | William Robinson, Jr. |
| Born | February 19, 1940 (age 70) |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Instrument | Vocals, piano |
| Genre | R&B;, soul |
| Occupation | Singer, songwriter, record producer, record executive |
| Years active | 1955–1972 (Groups)1972–present (Solo) |
| Label | Motown, Universal, SBK, Liquid 8 |
| Url | smokeyrobinson.com |
| Associated acts | The Miracles, The Temptations, Mary Wells |
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B; and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy. Robinson's consistent commercial success and creative contributions to the label have earned him the title "King of Motown."
As an original member of Motown Records' first vocal group The Miracles and as a solo artist, Robinson delivered thirty-seven Top 40 hits for Motown between 1960 and 1987. He also served as the company's vice president from 1961 to 1988.
Biography
Early years and formation of The Miracles
Robinson was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan's North End neighborhood.According to Entertainment Weekly, "when he was 6 or 7, his Uncle Claude christened him Smokey Joe, which the young William, a Western-movie enthusiast, at first assumed to be his cowboy name for me. Some time later, he learned the deeper significance of his nickname: It derived from smokey, a pejorative term for dark-skinned blacks. "I'm doing this," his uncle told the light-skinned boy, "so you won't ever forget that you're black."
In his teens, "Smokey Joe" was shortened to "Smokey." In an interview, Robinson claims he has been friends with Diana Ross since she was eight (I seen smokey on the Monique show last night and he said he met her when he was 8 years old) years old. Around this time Robinson began listening to Nolan Strong & The Diablos, a Fortune Records recording artist. Strong's high tenor voice would be a primary influence on Robinson. In a 2008 interview with Goldmine, Robinson said: "There was a guy who lived in Detroit and had a group called The Diablos. His name was Nolan Strong. They were my favorite vocalists at that time."
In 1955, Robinson co-founded a vocal group called The Five Chimes with his best friend Ronald White, and Northern High School classmates Pete Moore, Clarence Dawson, and James Grice. By 1957, the group was renamed the Matadors and included cousins Emerson and Bobby Rogers in place of Dawson and Grice. Emerson was replaced by his sister Claudette Rogers, who later married Robinson. Guitarist Marv Tarplin joined the group in 1958. With Robinson as lead singer, the Matadors began touring Detroit venues.
Motown and The Miracles
After finishing high school Robinsion made plans to attend college, with his studies to begin in January 1959. However, in August 1958, Robinson met songwriter Berry Gordy and, as he awaited his enrollment in school, Robinson pursued his musical career with Gordy, who co-wrote for the Miracles the single "Got a Job," an answer song to the Silhouettes' hit single "Get a Job." The group renamed itself the Miracles, and began recording with Gordy on the End Records label in November 1958.Robinson has said that he did, in fact, enroll in college and began classes that January, studying electrical engineering. However, The Miracles' first record was released a few weeks later and Robinson left school shortly thereafter, his college career having lasted approximately two months. However, in a move that has since sparked much controversy, for unknown reasons the other original members of the Miracles – Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin, and Claudette Robinson – were not inducted.
When Motown was sold to MCA in 1988, Robinson resigned from his position as vice president. After one last album for Motown, Love, Smokey (1990), Robinson left the label. He released one record for SBK Records, Double Good Everything (1991), the same year he won a Soul Train Music Award for Career Achievement. Eight years later, he returned to Motown, which by then was a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and released Intimate (1999). The same year, Smokey Robinson received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2002, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Since then, Smokey has continued to perform and tour periodically. In 2003, Robinson served as a guest judge for American Idol during "Billy Joel Week." He issued a gospel LP, Food for the Spirit in 2004. In 2005, Smokey Robinson was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame. A new album of pop standards from the early 20th century, Timeless Love, was released in June 2006. It was originally recorded with a jazz combo, but strings were added after the fact, giving the album more of a lush sound but removing much of the jazz feeling of the disc.
In 2004, Robinson's company, SFGL Foods, launched a special brand of gumbo called "Smokey Robinson's 'The Soul is in the Bowl' Gumbo". Smokey Robinson is the spokesman of the Great American Smokeout, which takes place annually one week before Thanksgiving. It is a day when smokers quit smoking for at least a day.
Robinson has appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives, and on The Rachael Ray Show. He is scheduled to appear on Duets on Fox with Clint Black, Michael Bolton, Macy Gray, Chaka Khan, Patti Labelle, Cyndi Lauper, Kenny Loggins, Richard Marx, Brian McKnight, Aaron Neville, Randy Travis, and Dionne Warwick. David Foster will be a judge.
laughs with singers Dolly Parton and Robinson during a reception for the Kennedy Center honorees in the East Room of the White House on Sunday, December 3, 2006.]] At its 138th Commencement Convocation in May 2006, Howard University conferred on Robinson the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa. In December 2006 Robinson was one of five Kennedy Center honorees, along with Dolly Parton (with whom Robinson had recorded a 1987 duet, "I Know You By Heart"), Zubin Mehta, Steven Spielberg and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The ceremony was held on December 3, 2006, and broadcast on CBS on December 26, 2006.
Robinson sang "The Tracks Of My Tears" as a cameo in the 2006 film Last Holiday. Also in late 2006, Robinson reunited with fellow Miracles Bobby Rogers and Pete Moore for the group's first extended interview. This interview forms the basis of the Universal Music DVD release Smokey Robinson and The Miracles: The Definitive Performances, a video retrospective of the group's music and career.
On February 11, 2007 Robinson sang "Tracks Of My Tears" at the 49th annual Grammy Awards, as part of a tribute to R&B; music which included Motown labelmate Lionel Richie and current R&B; star Chris Brown. Robinson was also a judge on the sixth season of American Idol and was claimed to be outdone by contestant Adam Lambert after Lambert sang "Tracks of My Tears." on Robinson performed on the sixth season finale of American Idol on May 23, 2007. Robinson and the top six male contestants performed a medley of his hits.
In November 2007, Robinson toured Australia and performed with Australian band Human Nature on the set of local television programme Dancing With The Stars. On 22 November 2007, Robinson was interviewed by Bob Rogers (not to be confused with Bobby Rogers of The Miracles) on Sydney radio station 2CH.
On August 6, 2008, Robinson appeared at Harlem's Apollo Theater with English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello to record a television special combining on-stage interview and performance segments.
On March 25, 2009, Robinson appeared as a mentor on the popular television show American Idol. He coached the top 10 contestants of Season 8, who performed classic Motown songs. He also premiered the first single, "You're the One For Me", which features Joss Stone. The song also became available on iTunes and Amazon, March 26, 2009. The song is an updated version of the song "You're The One For Me Bobby," which he wrote and produced for The Marvelettes in 1968 for their album "Sophisticated Soul." On March 20, 2009, The Miracles were finally honored as a group with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Smokey was present with original Miracles members Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore ,ex-wife (and Bobby's cousin) Claudette Rogers Robinson, and ,Gloria White, accepting for her husband , the late Ronnie White, whose daughter Pamela and granddaughter Maya were there representing him as well. Smokey's replacement, 70's Miracles lead singer, Billy Griffin was also honored. Controversially, original Miracle Marv Tarplin was not honored, against the wishes of his fellow Miracles, and the group's fans, who felt that he should have also been there to share the honor.
On May 9, 2009, Smokey Robinson received an honorary doctorate degree and gave a commencement speech at Berklee College of Music's commencement ceremony.
Smokey Robinson appeared in episode 22 with Daryl Hall on Live From Daryl's House.
On August 25, 2009 Robinson released Time Flies When You're Having Fun. A self produced and written CD of mostly new material on his own RobSo label. The CD includes a cover of the Norah Jones hit "Don't Know Why". Special guests on the LP include India Arie, Carlos Santana, and Joss Stone. The Joss Stone duet "You're the one for me" was performed on American Idol. The CD also contains a homage to early Motown and Michael Jackson with the hidden bonus track "I Want You Back."
As the finale to the BBC Electric Proms 2009, Robinson and his band appeared on 24 October with the BBC Concert Orchestra at The Roundhouse, London, in a performance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Motown Records. Brand new arrangements of Robinson's songs had been specially commissioned by the Electric Proms. The show saw him perform a mix of classics, including those written for other Motown artists as well as himself, and new material from his forthcoming 'Time Flies When You’re Having Fun' album. While in the UK Robinson also appeared on Later with Jools Holland (Oct 20), giving a short interview and performing two songs, with Eric Clapton as a backing guitarist (according to Jools Holland during the broadcast, this was at Clapton's request when he heard that Robinson would be appearing).
Smokey Robinson in popular culture
ABC recorded a tribute song called "When Smokey Sings" that referenced his influence on the music industry. The single peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. For the week of October 3, 1987, it dropped to #8 as Smokey Robinson's single "One Heartbeat" was peaking at #10. That instance of having a tributor and tributee in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time was a rarity if not a unique event.The character C.C. White, a budding songwriter who finds success as an R&B; label's main creative force in the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, is based upon Smokey Robinson. In the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls, C.C. is portrayed by Keith Robinson.
Personal life
Smokey Robinson is today married to Frances Gladney. His ex-wife is Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson with whom he had two children: Berry Robinson (named after Berry Gordy) and Tamla Robinson (named after the Motown imprint for which Robinson and The Miracles recorded). He also has another son, Trey Robinson, from another relationship.According to NFL.COM, Robinson has a great-nephew Duke Robinson, who played offensive tackle for the Oklahoma Sooners, and was drafted in 2009 by the NFL's Carolina Panthers.
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