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Smokey Robinson has a message for all those TikTokers who just found out about his latest album Gasms: “Get your mind off of sex.” Recently, a TikTok user named “Hollywoodnut” posted a video where he shares his amazement learning about the soul legend’s 2022 LP and its eye-catching album title. “This is insane,” he noted in the video that’s been viewed upward of 1.8 million times. “Like in what context would I listen to this song?” Somehow, Hollywoodnut’s inquiry reached Robinson, who took apparently took a…

If there’s one thing that rings true about American popular culture, it’s that audiences will always crave speed and fast cars. There is no reason we should have 10 Fast & Furious movies, but people can’t seem to get enough of explosions and vehicles doing insane stunts. This is generational, and in the late ’70s the ultimate car-chase movie was the beloved Smokey and the Bandit. Released in 1977, the movie starred Burt Reynolds and a then 31-year-old Sally Field as they speed their way through the South on a beer…

Smokey Robinson and Diana Ross were intimately involved.Robinson admitted to the affair in a new interview with The Guardian, telling the outlet that they were seeing each other for “about a year” during his marriage to his first wife, Claudette Rogers.“I was married at the time. were working together and it just happened. But it was beautiful,” he said. “She’s a beautiful lady, and I love her right til today. She’s one of my closest people. She was young and trying to get her career together.”The 83-year-old explained…

RANCHO MIRAGE —  Smokey Robinson rises from an overstuffed armchair and lowers the volume of the Masters golf tournament on the TV in his 11th-floor suite at the Agua Caliente casino here.The 83-year-old Motown legend is here in the desert to play a sold-out gig several weeks ahead of Friday’s release of his provocatively titled new album, “Gasms.” (You know what that’s short for.) But Robinson, who calls golf “the heroin of sports,” drove out early from his home in Los Angeles to squeeze in a round before…

Smokey Robinson’s first collection of new songs in 14 years is gorgeous, tender and utterly filthy – a concept album about sex called Gasms. Robinson, 83, admits he thought the title would be good for business. “When people think of gasms, they think of orgasms first and foremost … I tell everybody: ‘Whatever your gasm is, that’s exactly what I’m talking about.’” He bursts out laughing. Within seconds of meeting him, you can tell this is a man who’s done a hell of a lot of laughing, loving and living.On the title track,…

Friday night’s MusiCares Persons of the Year gala marked the first time the Recording Academy’s charitable organization honored the work and philanthropy of two musicians instead of just one at its annual Grammy weekend tribute concert.It was also the first time one honoree sang a tender song of devotion to the other.“In my life I have been blessed enough to get a few awards,” Smokey Robinson told the crowd of donors and industry types at the Los Angeles Convention Center near the end of the two-hour event. “But this one…

Motown icons Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy were honored in star-studded fashion Friday at the MusiCares Persons of the Year Gala, with a tribute lineup that included Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, John Legend, Brandi Carlile, Chloe and Halle Bailey, Sheryl Crow, Mumford & Sons and The Temptations. Robinson and Motown Records founder Gordy became the first duo to be recognized with the honor, which is awarded to musicians for their artistic achievement in the music industry and dedication to…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto & GTA Music Publishing date: Jun 19, 2022  •  26 minutes ago  •  3 minute read  •  Join the conversation Smokey Robinson Photo by Craig Hunter Ross /Toronto Sun Article content At 82, Smokey Robinson is a miracle. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The Motown singer and prolific songwriter — who once fronted Smokey Robinson and the Miracles — is still going…