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Smokey Robinson 56 12 - "I Am, I Am" Smokey Robinson 56 6 - 1975 "Baby That's Backatcha" Smokey Robinson 26 1 - "The Agony and the Ecstasy " Smokey Robinson 36 7 - 1976 "Quiet Storm" Smokey Robinson 61 25 - 1999: Mobb Deep, #35 R&B "Open" Smokey Robinson Pamela Young, Marv Tarplin: 81 10 - 1977 "Theme from Big Time" Smokey Robinson - 38 - 1978
However, this is not a complete collection of the group's pre-1960 singles. The single, "It" and its B-side, "Don't Say Bye Bye", which was originally issued on Argo and credited to Ron and Bill (aka. Ronnie White and Bill "William Smokey" Robinson) were omitted.
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. [1]
In early 1965, the group released Motown Records' first double album, The Miracles Greatest Hits from the Beginning, which was a success on Billboard's Pop and R&B Album Charts. Also in 1965, the Miracles released their landmark Top 10 album, Going to a Go-Go, under the new group name of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
The Miracles were the Motown Record Corporation's first group and its first million-selling recording artists. During their nineteen-year run on the American music charts, the Miracles charted over fifty hits and recorded in the genres of doo-wop, soul, disco, and R&B. Twenty-six Miracles songs reached the top 10 of the Billboard R&B singles chart, including four R&B number ones.
1 52 "One Heartbeat" 10 3 2 — "What's Too Much" 79 16 15 — 1988 "I Know You by Heart" (Dolly Parton with Smokey Robinson) — — 22 — "Love Don't Give No Reason" — 31 24 89 1989 "We've Saved the Best for Last" (Kenny G with Smokey Robinson) 47 18 4 — "Indestructible" (Four Tops featuring Smokey Robinson) 35 57 — 30 1990 "Everything ...
Robinson’s fanbase still loves him — I know because he’s still one of my mother’s favorite singers. He was in her top five back in the ’60s, and he’s still up there now.
The original version of "Shop Around" by the Miracles (credited as "The Miracles featuring Bill 'Smokey' Robinson"), was released in 1960 on Motown's Tamla label, catalog number T 54034. [3] The song, written by Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy , depicts a mother giving her now-grown son advice about how to find a woman worthy of being a ...