Motown Records turned 66 on January 12. The nursery for soul giants like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The ...

On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey that would forever change the music industry. The following year, it merged ...

Smokey Robinson performs his greatest hits plus songs from his new album Time Flies When You're ... Smokey delivered a string of hits with his band the Miracles including singles like The Tracks ...

Smokey Robinson will headline opening night of the 2025 Rochester Jazz Fest on Friday, June 20, at the Kodak Hall at Eastman ...

Eventually, he found himself writing for singer Jackie Wilson and helping young singer William “Smokey” Robinson and his ... putting musicians on album covers so they wouldn’t be immediately ...

1974's Pure Smokey was Robinson's second solo album after leaving the Miracles. He's joined by another former Miracle, Marv Tarplin, who cowrote four songs and plays guitar throughout. Tarpaulin left ...

The label’s first group was The Miracles, featuring a kid called William “Smokey” Robinson who not only ... in their cool street clothes on their album sleeve. The Supremes cut the pulsing ...

Those vinyl discs lining your shelf – are they a record collection or an album collection? Does Taylor Swift have 11 hit records or albums? Did Adele’s “Hello” win record of the year or ...

Sometimes you don’t need to overcomplicate your album cover. All that is really required is a stunning image that draws a listener in. Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away certainly checks that box.