Rare home recording footage of Smokey Robinson, curated from across the internet. Browse 2 clips below.
Home recordings are windows into the most private moments of the creative process — demos recorded in bedrooms, four-track experiments, and early versions of songs that would later be transformed by professional studios. These clips capture the spark before the polish.
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. He led the group from its 1955 origins, when they were called the Five Chimes, until 1972, when he retired from the group to focus on his role as Motown Records vice...
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2:33Wilson Pickett, Brenda Lee, J.O.E., James Brown, Eddy, Stevie Wonder, Freddy Fender, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, L.A.B., Head, The Rolling Stones, Sine, The Temptations, Elvis Presley, Dionne Warwick, Carla Thomas, Rhythm and blues, Jimmy Reed, Sam Cooke, Barbara Lynn, Jackie Wilson, Moby, soo, NME, Tina Turner, Guitar Slim, Smokey Robinson, Rolling Stones, Songwriter, Y&T
3:52Wilson Pickett, Brenda Lee, J.O.E., James Brown, Eddy, Stevie Wonder, Freddy Fender, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, L.A.B., Head, The Rolling Stones, Sine, The Temptations, Elvis Presley, Dionne Warwick, Carla Thomas, Rhythm and blues, Jimmy Reed, Sam Cooke, Barbara Lynn, Jackie Wilson, Moby, soo, NME, Tina Turner, Guitar Slim, Smokey Robinson, Rolling Stones, Songwriter, Y&T