Yahoo! Music - Oct 26, 2009
Courtesy of NME.com - Motown sound singer to follow in footsteps of Lou Reed at Austin event Motown legend Smokey Robinson will give the keynote speech of the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin...
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Berklee College of Music has announced that R&B legend Smokey Robinson, vocalist Linda Ronstadt and merengue pioneer Juan Luis Guerra will be awarded honorary degrees. The three will...
More »AP - Mar 24, 2009
Smokey Robinson, Michael McDonald and Dave Brubeck will join 800 other musicians and singers performing at this year s Rochester International Jazz Festival. The eighth-annual, nine-day festival kicks...
More »AP - Mar 20, 2009
Now when Smokey Robinson walks in Hollywood, he ll have two stars to dust off. Robinson was on hand Friday as The Miracles received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The group s frontman was previously...
More »AP - Mar 19, 2009
American Idol contestants are in Detroit to film segments with Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. and singer Smokey Robinson at the famous Hitsville USA building. Gordy and Robinson will work with Idol contestants...
More »AP - Sep 22, 2007
Legendary Motown singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson is being honored for his contributions to the miracle of education. Robinson, who helped put the fledgling Motown record label on the map in the early...
More »E! Online - Feb 23, 2007
And DreamWorks and Paramount are telling you, Dreamgirls is not going there. The studios behind the Oscar-nominated film did not react lightly to R&B star Smokey Robinson s recent comments that...
More »Reuters - Feb 5, 2007
Three-time Grammy winning pianist Joe Hunter of the Funk Brothers studio band behind numerous Motown hits has been found dead in his Detroit apartment, the Detroit Police said. Hunter, 79, was a diabetic...
More »E! Online - Dec 21, 2006
Dolly Parton may not have had a problem with Jessica Simpson s poorly executed rendition of 9 to 5 at the Kennedy Center Honors this month, but the same can t be said for Simpson herself. The younger...
More »E! Online - Dec 8, 2006
Dolly Parton doesn t know what the big fuss is about. Hoping to dispel the tongue-wagging set off by Jessica Simpson s less-than-stellar rendition of 9 to 5 during the 29th Annual Kennedy Center...
More »E! Online - Dec 7, 2006
Here s the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year Taking the Long Way, Dixie ChicksSt. Elsewhere, Gnarls...
More »Reuters - Dec 5, 2006
American Idol season five champ Taylor Hicks will tackle songs written by Bryan Adams, Rob Thomas and Marvin Gaye on his upcoming self-titled effort. The set is due December 12 via Arista. The silver...
More »Reuters - Sep 13, 2006
When his Modern Times debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, 65-year-old Bob Dylan became the oldest artist to top the album chart. Dylan benefited from associations with iTunes and Starbucks...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2006
When Smokey Robinson segued into a traditional pop segment at Saturday s Greek Theater concert, it was natural to expect a letdown. So many performers -- including Linda Ronstadt and Rod Stewart -- have...
More »AP - Jul 24, 2006
Chaka Khan, Clint Black and Michael Bolton are among the pop stars who will be part of Celebrity Duets, a new Fox TV show that pairs singers and celebrities trying to prove they can carry a tune. The...
More »AP - Jul 6, 2006
Smokey Robinson was cruising through the hits he wrote for his Miracles, the Temptations and other Motown stars — the audience enthusiastically singing along to Going to a Go-Go, Ooo Baby Baby and...
More »AP - Apr 11, 2006
The Rhythm & Blues Foundation, which halted its Pioneer Awards for soul legends three years ago as the organization battled money woes, is reviving the ceremony in June and relocating to Philadelphia,...
More »AP - Apr 6, 2006
Thom Bell, Mac Davis, Will Jennings, Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby have been tapped as inductees by the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The prolific songwriters will accept their awards at the 37th annual induction...
More »Reuters - Feb 20, 2006
A contemporary of Duke Ellington, pianist Mary Lou Williams was not only jazz s premier female instrumentalist but also a brilliant, yet underappreciated composer. Now, one of her rarely played masterworks...
More »AP - Feb 16, 2006
Smokey Robinson turned down the music and celebrated lesser-known black Americans while speaking in honor of Black History Month at the University of Memphis. The singer best known for classic Motown...
More »AP - Feb 16, 2006
Smokey Robinson turned down the music and celebrated lesser-known black Americans while speaking in honor of Black History Month at the University of Memphis. The singer best known for classic Motown...
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