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Smokey Robinson
Rare rehearsal footage of Smokey Robinson, curated from across the internet. Browse 1 clip below.
Rehearsal footage captures music in its rawest form — before the performance is polished, before the audience arrives, before anyone is watching. These clips often reveal how arrangements evolved, how musicians communicated, and how the versions we know were shaped through trial and error. Some of the most fascinating footage in the archive is of bands working through songs that would become classics.
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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