Smokey Robinson is the person R. Kelly cites as the inspiration for his song “Fool For You.” Find out what else R. Kelly shares about…
R&B icon Smokey Robinson feels sorry for Michael Jackson’s embattled personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray, insisting he believes the doctor merely wanted to be around Michael. Robinson feels sure Dr. Murray was only doing what Jackson told him to do, and unfortunately that may have involved administering the fatal dose of anaesthetic Propofol which cost […]
Motown legend Smokey Robinson will be the recipient of the 20th ELLA Award (named after Ella Fitzgerald) presented by the Society of Singers (SOS). “I’m very honored by this,” Robinson tells Billboard magazine. “Ella Fitzgerald was one of the first people that I ever heard in my life, as a baby growing up in Detroit. […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) The Hitsville Museum 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48208 When: April 14, 1960 What: Originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr., “Hitsville” became one of the first black-owned record labels. With its iconic artists and songwriters like Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, The Supremes and The Jackson 5, […]
One of the legendary architects of the Motown sound, Smokey Robins, addressed the eager crowd at South By Southwest In Texas and tells a hilarious story about the beginning of show business.
