Berry Gordy met Smokey Robinson in 1957, who was singing in a doo-wop group called the Matadors. Though Robinson was only seventeen, the meeting would eventually break racial barriers and forever change pop music. The Matadors—renamed the Miracles—recorded “Shop...
Berry Gordy met Smokey Robinson in 1957, who was singing in a doo-wop group called the Matadors. Though Robinson was only seventeen, the meeting would eventually break racial barriers and forever change pop music. The Matadors—renamed the Miracles—recorded “Shop Around,” written by Gordy and Robinson. They were one of Gordy’s first signings to his new […]
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