and Berry William Borope Robinson, named after Gordy. RELATED: Smokey Robinson’s Secret to Aging Gracefully: "I Get Up Every Day and I..." Berry was born in 1968 via surrogate. "When I was just ...

Smokey Robinson was born William Robinson Jr. in Detroit, Michigan on February 19, 1940 and is an American singer, songwriter, poet, record producer, and former record executive. Smokey began ...

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 ...