Legendary Motown icon and Grammy® award-winning singer-songwriter, Smokey Robinson releases his highly anticipated duets album, Smokey & Friends. Produced by American Idol star and record producer Randy Jackson, Robinson is joined by an all-star roster of acclaimed artists including rock legends Elton John and James Taylor.
Elton John and Smokey Robinson duet on “The Tracks of My Tears,” one of the most celebrated songs of our time. The legendary track landed in Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Songs of All Time and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame and into the Library Of Congress. “The Tracks of My Tears” ranked #5 among 10 Greatest Songs of All Time when voted on by a panel of songwriting experts which included Hal David, Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson and Jerry Lieber.
James Taylor duets wth Robinson on the Marvin Gaye classic “Ain’t That Peculiar” which he composed and became one of Gaye’s earliest signature hits. In fact it was Gaye’s second consecutive Billboard #1 R&B Single and his second Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.
Robinson said, “What a great honor and pleasure it is for me to record with my really good friends Elton John and James Taylor. They are both awesome artists and we had a great time in the studio.”
Smokey & Friends features Robinson alongside a celebrated roster of contemporary and classic artists who will sing the best loved songs from Robinson’s unmatched catalog of hits including those he has written for his solo career, his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group, The Miracles, as well as hits he wrote for others, including Marvin Gaye and The Temptations.