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Smokey Robinson: Motown And Mafia, And Why He's Quitting The Miracles

Danny Holloway, NME, 15 July 1972

SMOKEY ROBINSON is a hell of a lot more than just a giant of soul or Motown. For more than a decade, his original and inventive talent has made the man a major influence in popular music as a whole. Bob Dylan once described him as one of America's greatest poets.

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