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Smokey Robinson was born Williarn Robinson, 19th February 1940, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

He was the founding member of the Miracles at Northern High School, Detroit. In 1955, Robinson became one of the major figures in the local music scene by the end of the Fifties. That year he met Berry Gordy, who was writing songs for R & B star Jackie Wilson, and looking for local acts to produce. Berry Gordy took the teenager under his wing.