The clown. Smiling, funny, energetic... Masked. What's really going on? #SmokeyRobinsonAndTheMiracles use the archetype in The Tears Of A Clown (Aug 1967) to paint a picture of joy in the music, but hurt in the lyrics. Pagliacci, tragic.
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Smokey Robinson and The Miracles:
🎵 (Come Round Here) I’m the One You Need
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86 years old today: William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. #SmokeyRobinsonAndTheMiracles
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#OTD #TDIH #February19, 1940: #HBD #SmokeyRobinson! #TheMiracles #SmokeyRobinsonAndTheMiracles #Motown #RAndB #RNB #SoulMusic #PopMusic #DooWop #MotownSky #SoulSky #MusicSky
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Shop Around
Originally posted on Feb. 12/24
65 years ago today ‘Shop Around’ by #SmokeyRobinsonandtheMiracles became the first song on the Motown label to sell 1 million copies.
“Before you let her take your hand my son
Understand my son, be a man my son I know you can my son”
"The Tears of a Clown" is a song written by #HankCosby, Smokey Robinson, and #StevieWonder and originally recorded by #SmokeyRobinsonAndTheMiracles for the Tamla Records label subsidiary of #Motown, first appearing on the 1967 album #MakeItHappen.
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19/1970
#SmokeyRobinsonandtheMiracles stonden in 1970 1 week op 1 in de UK met 'The Tears of a Clown'. De song stond op de elpee 'Make it Happen' uit 1967 maar kwam pas in 1970 als single uit met wereldwijd succes.
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Going to a Go-Go by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (1965) is the daily album for January 18, 2026.
Listen now: https://nowplaying.quest/2026-01-18/
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#GeorgeHarrison, #SmokeyRobinsonAndTheMiracles, #The5thDimension, #BrianHyland, and more: A playlist of 15 songs that reached their peak chart position in December 1970. #70sMusic #1970sMusic
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Good morning for Motown tunes. Unfortunately, the cat prefers Mostuff on the floor. #nowspinning #smokeyrobinsonandthemiracles #catsarejerks
Released on this day in 1967: I Second That Emotion #SmokeyRobinsonAndTheMiracles
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Released on this day in 1970: The Tears Of A Clown (USA) #SmokeyRobinsonAndTheMiracles
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On this day in 1970, #SmokeyRobinsonAndTheMiracles were at Number One in the UK singles chart with Tears Of A Clown.
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"The Tears of a Clown" is a song written by #HankCosby, Smokey Robinson, and #StevieWonder and originally recorded by #SmokeyRobinsonAndTheMiracles for the Tamla Records label subsidiary of #Motown, first appearing on the 1967 album #MakeItHappen.
