He married his wife Claudette on November 7, 1959. After their divorce, he married Frances Glandney in May 2002. He has two sons named Trey and Berry and a daughter named Tamla. Associated With He penned the popular Marvin Gaye songs "I'll Be Doggone" and "Ain't That Peculiar." Video...
Smokey Robinson and his ex-wife Claudette spent many years together. For those who don’t know, Smokey and Claudette began their relationship during the glory years of Motown Records. Smokey worked as an in-house producer and songwriter, while also singing lead alongside Claudette in their 5-...
”“You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” and “The Way You Do the Things You Do.” Now, though, America’s poet laureate of love is involved in a dispute with his ex-wife Claudette Robinson that could create precedent for those in the music business whose devotion...
FULL NAME: William Robinson Jr.BORN: February 19, 1940BIRTHPLACE: Detroit, MichiganSPOUSES: Claudette Rogers Robinson (1959–1986) and Frances Robinson (2002–present)CHILDREN: Berry, Tamla, and TreyASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Pisces Becoming the King of Motown ...
With the singer’s first wife, Claudette, singing back-ups, “Being With You” was recorded in three takes, with George combining the best sections from each.Next step was to play the song to Berry Gordy. It was an immediate thumbs down, but Smokey firmly insisted on its release. Within...
SMOKEY ROBINSON REVEALS: How Infidelity And Drugs Destroyed His MarriageWith the birth of his illegitimate child and his growing cocaine dependency, famed Motown singer's life took a devastating downward spiralI'M no shrink.When I've gone through hard times, I've never stopped to analyze why,...
I had no intention of going solo. Ever. When I retired from the Miracles, I was already a VP at Motown. I figured that would be the rest of my life, going to the office every day and making official decisions. At that point, my kids were born after my ex-wife Claudette had suffer...
Smokey Robinson, front, and his band The Miracles, who include Smokey's wife Claudette, disembarking from an airplane. Clockwise, from bottom, left: Ronnie White, Claudette Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore. The group are in the UK to take part in the Tamla-Motown Revue...
Robinson, 83, said in an interview withThe Guardianpublished April 27 that he and Ross were involved for “about a year” while he was married to his first wife, Claudette Rogers. Robinson was 19 years old when he and Rogers got married in 1959. They divorced in 1986. “I was married...
“After we’d been seeing each other for a while, Diana said to me she couldn’t do that because she knew Claudette, and she knew I still loved my wife,” the “Tears of a Clown” singer said “And I did. I loved my wife very much.” ...