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American singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1940)

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William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.

He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer.^[1] He led the group from its 1955 origins, when they were called The Five Chimes, until 1972, when he retired from the group to focus on his role as Motown Records vice president.

Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year.

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He left Motown in 1999.

Robinson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and awarded the 2016 Library of CongressGershwin Prize for his lifetime contributions to popular music.^[2][3] He is a doubleHollywood Walk of Fame Inductee, as a solo artist (1983) and as a member of The Miracles (2009).

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