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Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson | |
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Smokey Robinson in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, on August 17, 2006. | |
| Born | (1940-02-19) February 19, 1940 (age 84) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
William "Smokey" Robinson (born February 19, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan) is an AmericanR&Bsinger-songwriter.
Most of his hit records were on Motown Records or one of its labels, and many of them were performed with The Miracles, his longtime band.
Robinson is an African American. His mother died when he was young; his sister raised him afterwards.
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Robinson met Berry Gordy when Motown first became famous. He showed Gordy the lyrics to a song he had written. When Gordy asked if Smokey had any other songs, the young man pulled out a notebook with nearly a hundred of them. Few of the songs had potential, but Gordy liked what he saw in Robinson, and signed him and his band to Motown.
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