This week’s new R&B releases require your full attention. Rising crooners, JeRonelle and Will Gittens are also demanding space at the table as the former premieres his new album, Regret & Reflect, and ...
Smokey Robinson just dropped his first album of new material in 14 years, a nine-track collection provocatively titled “Gasms.” At 83, the iconic Motown singer-songwriter says he’s feeling creatively ...
In 1965, John Lennon bought a Swiss-Made KB Discomatic and created a personal, portable playlist, filling the antediluvian music box with 40 of his favorite 45s to keep him “company” on tour with the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As one of the most iconic figures in the history of Motown, Smokey Robinson has left an indelible mark on ...
During a 1987 interview with Warner Bros., a reporter brought up one of George’s biggest heroes, Smokey Robinson. There was one Smokey Robinson and the Miracles song that George absolutely loved.
The Beatles‘ songs are so great even Smokey Robinson is in awe of them. He named one of his favorite Beatles songs. Incidentally, The Miracles performed the tune on television. The song in question ...
It's impossible to overstate the importance of Smokey Robinson. Without Robinson, one could argue, there would never have been the Motown Records that we know and love. Artists like the Temptations, ...
How does the legendary composer of more than 4,000 songs top himself? The ever-young Smokey Robinson simply penned more numbers destined for greatness and put them all together in his latest CD, “Time ...
"She’s precious to me. She’s my longest living friend," said Robinson of Ross, whom he's spoken about having an affair with while married to Claudette Rogers Jack Irvin has over five years of ...
Smokey Robinson “could not possibly have experienced everything” he has written about in music. The legendary Motown artist’s songwriting career spans more than six decades, with countless hits that ...
Did Smokey Robinson write "The Agony and the Ecstasy" about his affair with Diana Ross? In a new interview with The Times, the 84-year-old Motown legend was asked about the 1975 track from his A Quiet ...