Smokey helped make the band a Motown standout.

Did Smokey Robinson write "The Agony and the Ecstasy" about his affair with Diana Ross? In a new interview with The Times, the 84-year-old Motown legend was asked about the 1975 track from his A ...

Growing up, the odds were stacked against young William Robinson. His family lived in one of the roughest parts of Detroit – awash with “alcoholics, junkies, prostitutes, everything” – and ...

Smokey Robinson’s exquisitely crafted songs and singing of infinite ... Because these people were talented, we wouldn’t have signed them if they weren’t. Towards the end of the ’60s you had your first ...

As we celebrate Smokey Robinson's 85th birthday, the genius described by Bob Dylan as America’s greatest living poet looks back over his amazing life and songs in BBC interviews. Show more Named ...