where was he from?
Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson was born to an African-American father and a mother of African-American and French ancestry into a poor family in the North End area of Detroit, Michigan, United States. H
who sang i heard it thru the grapevine The Miracles. who are the members of this band? Smokey Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore, Ronnie White, Clarence Dawson and James Grice. when was it formed? 1955. in the list mentioned above, when was the first person born? 19 February 1940.
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Smokey Robinson [SEP] Early life and early career
Smokey Robinson was born to an African-American father and a mother of African-American and French ancestry into a poor family in the North End area of Detroit, Michigan, United States. His ancestry is part Nigerian, Scandinavian, Portuguese, and Cherokee. His uncle Claude gave him the nickname "Smokey Joe" when he was a child. He attended Northern High School, where he was above average academically and a keen athlete, though his main interest was music and he formed a doo-wop group named the Five Chimes. At one point, he and Aretha Franklin lived several houses from each other on Belmont; he once said he knew Franklin since she was about five.