Episode 1437 - Smokey Robinson

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Smokey Robinson just released his 26th studio album, but he’s been writing songs since the age of six. Smokey talks with Marc about his lifelong friendships with Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross and Berry Gordy, the formation of The Miracles, the rise of Motown Records, the process of writing songs for other artists, creating The Tears of a Clown with Stevie Wonder, the brilliance of Marvin Gaye, and the five year period Smokey felt his life was out of control.

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1:01.1	Lock the gates!
1:04.1	Lock the gates! All right, let's do this. How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck
1:15.0	buddies, what the fuck nicks, what's happening? I'm Mark Marin. This is my podcast. WTF has
1:20.9	been since the beginning since 2009. Established 2009. WTF with Mark Marin. So this is exciting.
1:31.4	Today, you know, these things happen. I don't know they're going to happen, but they
1:34.7	happen. You know, I didn't know where in this happened pretty quick. So I get a call or
1:38.9	I get a text, I get an email, I get a dispatch from a producer, Brendan McDonald, who got
1:46.6	a dispatch from a central talent booking and all of a sudden, it's like you want to
1:52.4	smokey Robinson next week or in a couple of days or tomorrow, I can't remember how quick
1:57.4	it happened, but I've been pretty quick. I'm like, Smokey Robinson. Of course, I want
2:01.5	to talk to Smokey Robinson. Smokey Robinson of the miracles of Smokey Robinson and the
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