Smokey Robinson: A Quiet Storm
Pete Wingfield, Let It Rock, September 1975
COULD THIS BE Smokey's What's Going On the album to elevate him, like Marvin Gaye, from a singles-orientated soul veteran to an across-the-board contemporary album giant?
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