Smokey Robinson is an American R & B and soulsinger-songwriter,
recorder producer, and former record executive. Robinson
is noted for being one of the primary figures associated
with Motown Records, second only to the company’s
founder, Berry Gordy. As both a member of Motown group
The Miracles and a solo artist, Robinson recorded thirty-seven
Top 40 hits for Motown between 1960 and 1987, and also
served as the company’s vice president from 1961
to 1988.
