# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/smokey-robinson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:57:45.706Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/smokey-robinson"
name: "Smokey Robinson"
slug: "smokey-robinson"
description: "William \"Smokey\" Robinson Jr. is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. He led the group from its 1955 origins, when they were called the Five Chimes, until 1972, when he retired from the group to focus on his role as Motown Records vice president. Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year. He left Motown in 1999."
tagline: "American R&B singer, songwriter and producer (born 1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Smokey_Robinson_at_Hollyrod_2023_Design_Care_gala_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-02-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump