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Smokey Robinson is one of the most prolific artists of all time and has helped countless artists reach success while serving as the Vice President of Motown Records.

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00:00 - Sample all of mine.

00:02 Put every song I have on my, sample all of them please.

00:05 Out of the billions of songs that are on earth.

00:08 Hey man, I can't beat that as a songwriter.

00:11 - For Black History Month, Billboard is celebrating

00:13 by highlighting some of the greatest

00:15 black executives in music.

00:17 And today we're celebrating Smokey Robinson.

00:19 (upbeat music)

00:22 ♪ People can change ♪

00:25 ♪ They always do ♪

00:27 - With four top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100,

00:30 two number one hot R&B hip hop songs,

00:32 and one Grammy, Smokey Robinson is one

00:35 of the most prolific artists of all time.

00:37 Smokey contributed to the success of many artists

00:40 as the vice president of Motown Records.

00:42 Over the course of his almost seven decade spanning career,

00:46 he's received the Grammy Legend Award in 1990,

00:48 was inducted into the Kennedy Center Honors in 2006,

00:52 and was last year's Music Cares Person of the Year.

00:55 - It's confirmation that people enjoy what you do.

01:00 - Also last year, Smokey released his 24th album, "Gasms",

01:05 his first album with all new material since 2009.

01:09 ♪ Make all my dreams come true ♪

01:13 - At the age of 83, he continues to tour the country,

01:17 and even made time to stop by NPR's tiny desk.

01:21 ♪ We got each other, we got me ♪

01:23 ♪ Nothing big or less ♪

01:25 - Today we salute the legendary Smokey Robinson.

01:28 (whooshing)

01:30 (whooshing)

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