Smokey Robinson on Seeing Michael Jackson Audition for Motown (Part 13) 

Err body’s opinion 😮😮

Smokey is Michael’s father

I disagree, it took him 10 years to become a legend.

Naw. I give all credit to Mr. Joe Jackson... and his belt

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And you never will again

Real talk. Most famous human being to ever walk Earth.

facts

Yes sir

Ya gotta add Prince to that too! Taught himself how to play 21 different instruments at the age of 12

@@haroldremus I call Prince the greatest pop Musician. I look at the two as related but different.

@@freakboy40 Prince was too much of a Diva for me. Him & Mike both were both equally good in their business aspects but talent wise, for me though, Prince was good with knowing how to play instruments& teaching himself to do so but Mike whole being as an individual was just full of talent & that we will never see again

I'm sure you heard Big Boy but if you bv havent, listen to it Its MJ's first actual recording at only 8 years old

@@soniam1499 damn

@@holdthetruthhostage ?

He was a kid...you creep

I agree.

Exactly!!

Sooo true!!!

Big up's to the mighty Joe Jackson!

All of them were prodigys.

Jermaine went on to have a decent solo career

very TRUTHFUL and unaffected by stardom. He just loves to make music.

It’s not humility…it’s just the truth!

Yes, he's truly a LIVING witness. He saw it ALL.

Right? I was thinking that, too. He remembers every little detail of things that happened 50 years ago. Remembering that Who's Loving You was on the back of the record and, even though Smokey probably hasn't listened to MJ's version of Who's Loving You in ages, he remembered exactly how MJ started the song to make it his own, which everybody went on to imitate.

And Frankie lymon

Lil Stevie

Stevie wonder?

That’s cause vlad is waisting this man’s time with routine questions

Smokey is listening to Vlad’s knowledge, doing his best to be cool when when he hears something not quite correct but at the same time giving him respect as the interviewer. (Even if some of his questions are ridiculous - asking Smokey how Aretha felt when she got pregnant).

@@andrewcrawford4635 💯💯

IKR? LOL! It looks like he's thinking, "Better come correct with those questions, now, young man. Don't be asking me no foolishness, now."

😂😂😂 that's how most people look at Vlad when he's talking

I think you’re right on point! I think ppl can also throw around the word legendary to easily. Smokey to me is a legendary artist because of the sheer scope of his output. Today an artist can have a few hits along with some popularity and ppl are ready to deem them legendary. Let 30, 40, 50 yrs go by and see if their catalog holds up, then we can talk legendary.

Me too, you are absolutely CORRECT.

Are you talking about MJ or Smokey

@@maximeajavon smokey.. The whole interview so far.I Don't think he interviewing MJ

Say that again 💯

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Michael Jackson was pedophile.

White people will say elvis and the beatles lmao ,

@@nadorriff9197 both were ok at best but extremely overrated paul carried the Beatles 🤣

Yes absolutely. He is very genuine.

....Michael had admitted that he was told how to sing certain things certain ways....but then he would do something brilliant and they would be amazed and they would keep it....they wanted him to be this very young boy that sang things beyond his level of comprehension....and ...smile...it worked...but all the while he said he wanted to ...sing freely...and the only person he said he ever saw at Motown that was able to sing EXACTLY they wanted to....and he loved the sound of her voice....was GLADYS KNIGHT....

Legend 👏👏👏💯

Straight no chaser

Absolutely TRUE.

Yes indeed, absolutely CORRECT.

I agree👏🏾👏🏾I like it!!

Yes, they were a band.

Wow that’s amazing it never charted

A remastered version did chart in the UK. it peaked at #36 in July 2009

Yes.

Exactly

Not just Pop music - I believe Michael Jackson is the greatest Entertainer that ever lived!

@@kachebeeabdullah4297 I agree 100%.

@@kachebeeabdullah4297 Totally agree! Motown founder Berry Gordy said that at Michael’s funeral.

Personality, he was a great humano being and INNOCENT

Greedy people after that money. So sad…

Well said.

Aretha Franklin*

@@bherbo3943 lol much respect to her and her work but nahh Michael vocals could go on any beat not only he's the greatest vocally but versatile with it

@@bherbo3943 she's part of the soulful singing group there Great. But Michael Jackson was signing like an adult at age 10 lol he was part of the soulful singing group but branched out to his distinct own sound lol what artist dead or alive did this?

Exactly😅

How,??

He was spectacular as "child" singer!

👍, M.J. was not only talented, the man was a sharp business man as well, he changed with the times, brilliant

@@theflygemini he was spectacular both. He did r&b in his adult years as well. Lady in my life for an example, MJ’s versatility is underrated

He was initially compared to Jackie Wilson and James Brown. Nobody has approached Micheal Jackson's star appeal since Micheal Jackson.. The only other person I can think of is also named MJ and he's not even in music. I think you know who that is.

Prince was more prodigious than Mike but Mike had the juice!

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@@KtotheG even michael jordan wasn't in michael Jackson's league.. that's how goated he was

@@takerfan4ever true but Jordan definitely has a lot of star power

Legend👏👏👏👏💯

Sharp as a whip 💯

Yup he’s easily a top 3 male vocalist of all time

Exactly, he already knows what's up! 😆

@@hevyonez97 facts lol

So, Fe fi fo fum, look out baby ‘cuz here I come!

I love the harmonies

Do a RU-vid search on Al Roker interviews Smokey Robinson. It’s an astounding interview. It’s about 50 minutes long if I remember and it’s remarkable. Al does an amazing job in it, too. BTW Al Roker is Lennie Kravitz’s cousin since Lennie’s mother Roxie Roker (who played married to the white guy on The Jefferson’s tv show) is Al’s cousin.

Many of us baby boomers have seen it all, we were born at the right time, 1954 here :) thank goodness I wasn't born in the late 60s or early 70s to be honest

Mike was literally born in 1958… how was he not part of your time??? That’s only 4 years

@@andrewhudson7092 By the time he peaked in the 80s I was in my 30s I wasn't his target audience

Yes✋

Smokey is MJ's real father, look into it

@Buc n Here No he isn't stop MJ talks like his mother

@@bucnhere7698 So was MICHAEL JACKSON born somewhere else and taken to Gary Indiana to Katherine and Joe.