A key figure in the Motown revolution, Smokey Robinson became a lifelong fan of The Beatles when the band covered his hit single for their iconic 1963 album.

This singer of American soul music and great seducer before the Eternal was born in Detroit (Michigan) in 1940. Like many ...

To celebrate Smokey Robinson's 85th birthday, we're revisiting an interview with the R&B icon – originally published in Hot Press ahead of his 2007 show ...

Smokey Robinson’s exquisitely crafted songs and ... Born in 1940 into a preposterously febrile hotbed of Detroit musical talent, William Robinson exemplified the artistic excellence of Motown, the ...

Smokey Robinson has commented on the rumour he wrote ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy’ about his year-long affair with Diana Ross.

Smokey Robinson met and auditioned for pre-Motown Berry Gordy, who signed them as one of the first acts on Tamla in 1960, and their first song Shop Around was the label’s first million-selling ...

It's been nearly a decade since Smokey Robinson's last ... Brenda Holloway and Marvin Gaye. Robinson will soon be honored alongside fellow Motown musician Berry Gordy as the 2023 “Persons ...

Written by label founder Berry ... of Gordy from his days as a wannabe boxer in Detroit to his position as the head of the Motown record label. As Gordy discovers new talents like Smokey Robinson ...