Smokey Robinson - Ooh Baby Baby (03:00)ДЎ 11.MOTOWN: REMIXED features a guest roster of producers, DJs, and mixers who reconstruct classic Motown singles, putting their individual spin on cuts like the Temptations' 'Papa Was a Rollin' Stone' and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles 'The Tears of a Clown.' The most successful tracks preserve the integrity and feel of the original by adding accents and colors that highlight the strengths of the master tapes. Before long, it caught on around the country and evolved into a new market. She used Smokey RobinsonвЂ™s composition as the theme song.

Smokey Robinson - The Tears Of A Clown (03:23)ДЎ 10. Briefly, radio mogul Cathy Hughes, owner of Radio One, was the general manager at Howard University radio WHUR during the early вЂ™70s when she created the format the quiet storm. Smokey Robinson - Ain't That Peculiar (03:47)ДЎ 09. Smokey Robinson - Being With You (04:15)ДЎ 08.

Month of release from Smokey Robinson Discography Record Collector August 1982 p.45. 4:48 Smokey Robinson - Babys That Backatcha. Smokey Robinson - The Way You Do (The Things You Do) (03:34)ДЎ 07. 7:47 Smokey Robinson - The Agony And The Ecstasy. Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm (04:58)ДЎ 06. Smokey Robinson - You Really Got A Hold On Me (03:25)ДЎ 05. Smokey Robinson - The Tracks Of My Tears (03:27)ДЎ 02. Had everyone recorded together, the set would have at least benefited from some unforced spontaneity.ДЎ 01. Compared to the originals, or even the better covers released during the intervening years, these versions are pleasant if sterile. Finally the 90s saw a blend of sub-genres from soulful ballads and contemporary hits that pushed the genre into the golden age of R&B NOW Decades Of Soul 4CD (2021) Blue-Eyed Soul, Doo-Wop, Show Tune, Reggae, Calypso, Quiet Storm, Jazz-Funk. One deviation - 'Get Ready,' where Smokey is joined by Gary Barlow - slathers modern dance-pop coloring to dismal effect. The 80s proved to be a great decade for soul music with sounds embracing elements of funk and synth-pop. The instrumental support is mostly middle-of-the-road adult contemporary R&B without any conscious attempt to sound retro. Among the backing musicians are Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson, John Mayer, Cornelius Mims, Jim Keltner, and Jackson himself. The noteworthy guests aren't limited to singers.

Blige ('Being with You'), while pairings with the likes of Elton John ('The Tracks of My Tears') and James Taylor ('Ain't That Peculiar') are livelier than expected but forgettable. Smokey gets the best results with the veteran R&B women, Ledisi ('Ooh Baby Baby') and Mary J. Not only is it a poor matchup with Smokey's typically sweet and steady delivery, but it's the song where the recording method - the vocalists didn't record together - is most obvious. For an instance of the latter, Steven Tyler wails, screeches, and ad libs all over 'You Really Got a Hold on Me' while Nicole Scherzinger, a prominent background voice, takes a reverent approach that verges on solemn. The array of vocal matchups alternates between suitable and, yeah, peculiar. 08.SMOKEY.ROBINSON - Quiet Storm (Groove Boutique Mix) 09.DIANA ROSS & The Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You Babe (Tranzition Remix) 10.THE TEMPTATIONS - My Imagination (EZ Mobi Mix) 11.THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH - Smiling Faces (FutureShock Mix) 12. Produced by Jackson, Smokey duets with his guests on fresh versions of popular compositions he wrote during the early '60s through the early '80s, popularized by Smokey himself - with and without the Miracles - or other artists, namely the Temptations and Marvin Gaye. Smokey & Friends seems like it's as much an American Idol judges and mentors project - or a sequel to Randy Jackson's Music Club - than a celebration of Smokey Robinson's career.

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