Smokey Robinson ~ Cruisin' 1979 Disco Purrfection Version

Описание: Happy Birthday to Christine the Machine! Christine L is a co worker of mine and we often are scheduled to work together and travel to different cities for work. She recently saw Smokey Robinson in concert and pointed out that "Cruisin'" was a favorite of the "low riders" just as much as the song "Low Riders" by War. I have already remixed the War tune, and had the stems for "Cruisin'" fall into my lap last week so I decided to give it a go. She mentioned that Smokey was capable of uniting many diverse groups of people as evidenced by the audience she knew would be at his concert. I have done several ballads like Samantha Sang "Emotion" and 10cc "I'm Not In Love" and felt the time was right to put out my remix of this classic Smokey Robinson tune. Smokey was born February 19, 1940 in Detroit and got his nickname from an uncle who called him Smokey Joe. As a child, he grew up with Diana Ross. Smokey was the first artist signed to Berry Gordy's nascent Tamla label, who with his Miracles hit big their first time out with "Shop Around" in early 1960, the same year this disco kitty was born. His hit laden 12 years with the Miracles resulted in some of the most revered Motown classics like "You Really Got A Hold On Me", "Ooh Baby Baby", "The Tracks Of My Tears" and the 1970 #1 hit, "The Tears Of A Clown" recorded in 1967. Smokey finally went solo in 1972, garnering his first real hit with "Baby, That's Backatcha" that peaked at #26 in 1975. He came back big with "Cruisin'" from his 1979 LP "Where There's Smoke, There's Smokey" which beat a path to #4 later on that year. The gorgeous vocals and instrumental track embodied the soul of Motown and reminded the world that Smokey was not down for the count. Then, Kim Carnes covered his "More Love" and took it to #10 in 1980. This reawakened Smokey's creative powers and he wrote more songs that he presented to George Tobin, who produced "More Love" for Kim. But Kim had changed managers so Tobin suggested that Smokey record one of those songs called "Being With You". Kim had recorded "Bette Davis Eyes" and it held down the pole position for nine weeks, while "Being With You" peaked at #3 for a month, then moved up to #2 for three weeks before beginning its chart descent, unable to replace the woman the song had been written for. Robinson's next big hit came in 1987 with the #8 "Just To See Her". That same year vocal group ABC released their tribute to him with the #5 "When Smokey Sings" and Smokey gained his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Still hits the concert venues, so keep an eye out for him!