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(b. 19 February 1940 in Detroit, Michigan), singer, songwriter, record producer, and record-company executive who in the 1960s led the Miracles, a popular rhythm and blues (R&B) group, and contributed to the careers of several other R&B artists at Motown Records.

Robinson's father, William Robinson, Sr., worked in a bowling alley; his mother, Flossie Smith Bynum Ligon, was a homemaker.

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His parents divorced when he was three, and his mother died when he was ten, after which he was raised in a household containing many family members, including his sister Geraldine and his father. The nickname "Smokey" was applied to him ironically because he was actually quite light skinned.

Robinson was interested in singing as early as the age of six and formed his first vocal group in grade school; he also began writing songs at an early age. His voice was a high tenor, and he claimed to use falsetto only rarely to hit high notes.

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