Smokey Robinson

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Motown artist human record producer singer songwriter

Smokey Robinson is an influential American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a defining figure of Motown and a pioneer of soul and R&B music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Motown artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
birthName William Robinson Jr. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-02-19 ⓘ
employer Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records
familyName Robinson ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
doo-wop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
influenced Diana Ross ⓘ
Michael Jackson ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
The Temptations ⓘ
memberOf Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ
surface form: The Miracles
movement Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown sound

R&B ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
name Smokey Robinson self-link ⓘ
nickname Smokey ⓘ
notableSongWrittenForOthers Get Ready ⓘ
My Girl ⓘ
My Guy ⓘ
notableWork Being with You ⓘ
Cruisin' ⓘ
Shop Around ⓘ
The Tears of a Clown ⓘ
The Tracks of My Tears ⓘ
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me ⓘ
occupation record executive ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
positionHeld chief songwriter of The Miracles ⓘ
lead singer of The Miracles ⓘ
producer for The Miracles ⓘ
vice president of Motown Records ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
Universal Motown Republic Group ⓘ
surface form: Universal Motown
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Claudette Robinson ⓘ
surface form: Claudette Rogers Robinson
vocalRange tenor ⓘ

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Grammy Legend Award → hasRecipient → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song → notableRecipient → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
The Temptations → associatedWith → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Gordy Records → associatedWith → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles → notableMember → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles → hasLeadVocalist → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles → hasPrimarySongwriter → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Three Times a Lady → hasCoverVersionBy → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
We Are the World → vocalPerformanceBy → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Hitsville U.S.A. → associatedWith → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Super Bowl XXXII → halftimeShowPerformer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Smokey Robinson → name → Smokey Robinson self-link ⓘ
More Love → composer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
More Love → lyricist → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
More Love → associatedAct → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Simon Climie → notableCollaborationWith → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Ventura → featuresArtist → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Motown: The Musical → featuresMusicBy → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Motown: The Musical → featuresCharacter → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
My Girl → writer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
My Girl → producer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Get Ready → writer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Get Ready → composer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Get Ready → producer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
The Way You Do the Things You Do → producer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
The Way You Do the Things You Do → writer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Meet The Temptations → producer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Shop Around → writer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Shop Around → leadVocalist → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan → associatedWith → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
subject surface form: Hitsville U.S.A.
Bobby Rogers → associatedAct → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Bobby Rogers → collaboratedWith → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Ronnie White → associatedAct → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Pete Moore → collaboratedWith → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Marv Tarplin → associatedAct → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me → writer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me → composer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me → vocalist → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me → producer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me → leadVocal → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
The Tracks of My Tears → leadVocalist → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
The Tracks of My Tears → writer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
The Tracks of My Tears → producer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
I Second That Emotion → songwriter → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
I Second That Emotion → producer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
The Tears of a Clown → vocalist → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
The Tears of a Clown → writer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
The Tears of a Clown → producer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Ooo Baby Baby → vocalist → Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Ooo Baby Baby → writer → Smokey Robinson ⓘ