Category: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

MOTOWN MONDAY! A Detroit Free Press NEWSPRINT BACK-PAGE: SMOKEY ROBINSON HEADS WEST

Detroit Free Press [DETROIT Magazine] Sunday, July 23, 1972

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“If everybody will keep on remembering, keep the music alive, our children and grandchildren will know what this was.” — Claudette Robinson, November 21, 2009

Motown 50 Ball Golden Gala, Detroit Marriott, Det., MI.

Detroit Free Press [DETROIT Magazine] Sunday, July 23, 1972

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FINAL 1970 RECALL: HIGHLIGHTING THE NATION’S NUMBER ONE HITS!

— NUMBER ONE 1970 —

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SIXTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “The Tears Of A Clown” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles peaked at #1 on December 12 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending December 12 through week ending December 19. (Source: Billboard)

For our previous Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits 1970 go HERE

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * DECEMBER 12-19, 1970

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MOTOWN MONDAY DETROIT RECORD FLASHBACK ’69

 

SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES

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 Released January 18, “Baby Baby Don’t Cry”  peaked at #3 for two weeks (12 total weeks) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1969. B-side: “Your Mother’s Only Daughter”

TAMLA 54178 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)

 

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A 1967 SMOKEY ROBINSON DETROIT SUNDAY FEATURE

DETROIT FREE PRESS August 6, 1967
DETROIT FREE PRESS August 6, 1967
DETROIT FREE PRESS August 6, 1967
DETROIT FREE PRESS August 6, 1967
DETROIT FREE PRESS August 6, 1967

 

 

Sunday, August 6, 1967

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A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE

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MOTOWN FLASHBACK: SMOKEY & THE MIRACLES! 1968

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles performing on stage at Ohio University. 02-17-1968 (Photo credit: Ken Steinhoff)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles live on stage at Ohio University. 02-17-1968 (Photo credit: Ken Steinhoff)

A MCRFB MOTOWN NOTE: You can view these photographs plus 16 others taken by Ken Steinhoff, who also as well, wrote a short story when Smokey Robinson & The Miracles performed at the Ohio University, in February 1968 — GO HERE

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MOTOWN MONDAYS: 1968 MOTOWN NEWS PRINT ADS

Detroit American Wednesday, July 17, 1968
Detroit Free Press Wednesday, August 28, 1968. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles billing performances at the 1968 Michigan State Fair!

Wednesday, July 17, 1968 | Wednesday, August 28, 1968

MOTOWN MONDAYS ‘BACK-PAGE’ NEWS PRINT ADS

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