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Smokey Robinson at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury
by Mike Perciaccante
Smokey Robinson NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY October 11, 2015 Smokey Robinson stood at the center of the small revolving stage of the NYCB Theatre at Westbury. It was just him and a lone spotlight, the band situated off-stage in the pit, Robinson, dressed all in white (white suit, white shirt, white shoes and a contrasting dark tie) commanded the stage and had the audience's full attention. “Stevie Wonder is my ...
read moreSmokey Robinson Gives Moving Defense Of Artists Rights At Hearing Over Music Modernization Act
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HypeBot
Singer songwriter Smokey Robinson too the stage in a somewhat different capacity recently to act as a moving and powerful advocate for artists' rights, delivering a passionate defense to the Senate Judiciary Committee as they deliberate on the Music Modernization Act. Guest post Chris Castle of Music Technology Policy Smokey Robinson is one of the best witnesses for artist rights. Mr. Robinson was on stage yesterday in the clinch at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Music Modernization Act, ...
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Smokey Robinson At Lehman Center For The Performing Arts
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Joe Alterman
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts continues its tremendous 31st season with a superstar of popular song – the GRAMMY Award-winning “poet laureate of soul music,” Smokey Robinson, on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 8pm. The velvet-voiced singer/songwriter, whose $60-million-plus in record sales helped turn Motown into the largest Black-owned corporation in the world, recorded 37 Top 40 Motown hits between 1960 and 1987, including mega-hits “Tears of a Clown,” “Ooo Baby Baby,” “Shop Around,” and “The Tracks of My ...
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Interview: Smokey Robinson
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
My Girl was Motown's seventh No. 1 pop hit and 12th No. R&B chart hit. Released onDecember 21, 1964, the single reached the top position on Billboard's Hot 100 chart the first week of March 1965. It remained there for only one week before being knocked into the No. 2 spot by the Beatles' Eight Days a Week. Today, My Girl is considered Motown's de facto anthem and its most lucrative single. Smokey still performs his song during each of his ...
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Sat Eye Candy: Smokey Robinson
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JamBase
HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY, MR. ROBINSON R&B and soul music would be a much different thing without Smokey Robinson. Since the late 1950s Robinson has been shaping American music, and in turn influencing music around the world. He's produced almost 40 Top 40 Hits in his career, and has shown a rare tenacity in his field, continuing to make records and stay in the public spotlight to this day. A house writer and longtime vice-president for Motown, his reach goes far ...
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The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Honours Smokey Robinson, the Manhattan Transfer, Sonny Rollins, Richard Bona, Herman Leonard, Don Thompson, and Presents a Special Award to Dave Brubeck
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Michael Ricci
Smokey Robinson will be the fifth artist to receive the Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award. Created especially on the occasion of the 27th edition of the Festival, in 2006, this special award underlines a popular artists extraordinary contribution to the musical world. His very first single accompanied by the Miracles, Got a Job, was released the day he turned 18. And 50 years later, Smokey Robinson-who Bob Dylan described as the worlds greatest poet!-is still going strong! Instantly recognizable: how ...
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Star-Studded Lineup for the Smooth Jazz Cruise 2012 Includes Smokey Robinson
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Michael Ricci
Smooth sailing in the Caribbean with music legends and luminaries Star-studded lineup for The Smooth Jazz Cruise 2012 includes Smokey Robinson St. Louis, MO: Expect a Miracle at The Greatest Party at Sea. The stellar lineup to set sail from Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean aboard The Smooth Jazz Cruise in 2012 was announced today by Jazz Cruises, LLC. Motown legend Smokey Robinson will make his debut on The Smooth Jazz Cruise that will be hosted by David Sanborn and ...
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