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A Loving Retrospective Of The Life, Times And Music Of Smokey Robinson, The Great American Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer And Motown Records Executive Who Was The Founder And Frontman Of The Rhythm And Blues Vocal Group The Miracles And Produced And/Or Wrote Songs For The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, The Marvellettes And More, As Seen Through Archival Footage And Exclusive Interviews With Smokey Himself And Special Guests Anita Baker, Dick Clark, Terence Trent D'Arby, Lamont Dozier, Berry Gordy, Linda Ronstadt, Oliver Stone, Luther Vandross, Mary Wells And More, And Narrated By Whoopi Goldberg, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD, MP4 Video Download Or USB Flash Drive! (Color, 1990, 60 Minutes.) #SmokeyRobinson #TheMiracles #SmokeyRobinsonAndTheMiracles #Motown #RAndB #RNB #SoulMusic #PopMusic #DooWop #DVD #VideoDownload #MP4 #USBFlashDrive #USB #USBDrive #FlashDrive #ThumbDrive
Smokey Robinson, American singer, songwriter record producer and record executive, founding member and front man of the Motown vocal group The Miracles was born William Robinson Jr. to an African-American father and a mother of African-American and French ancestry into a poor family in the North End area of Detroit, Michigan ("Motown"), United States. His ancestry is part Nigerian, French, Scandinavian, Portuguese, and Cherokee. His uncle Claude gave him the nickname "Smokey Joe" when he was a child. Smokey Robinson served as The Miracle's chief songwriter and producer. Robinson led the group from its 1955 origins as the Five Chimes until 1972 when he announced a retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown's vice president. However, Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year. Following the sale of Motown Records in 1988, Robinson left the company in 1990. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Robinson was awarded the 2016 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for his lifetime contributions to popular music. Bob Dylan once quipped that Smokey Robinsons was America's greatest living poet.