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Part 7: Smokey Robinson Got Shot At Trying to Use a "Whites Only" Bathroom in Jim Crow South
Part 5: Smokey Robinson: I Met Berry Gordy the Same Day I was Told "I'll Never Make It"
Part 1: Smokey Robinson: My Dad Stabbed a White Bully at 12, Ran Away to Save Family
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In this clip, Smokey Robinson recounted recording and releasing his first hit record, “Got a Job,” with The Miracles and getting married around the same time at the age of 19. Smokey also detailed why Berry Gordy named his label “Motown” and how Berry made him re-record “Shop Around,” which turned it from a good song to Motown’s first platinum hit.
