Smokey's Family Robinson
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Smokey's Family Robinson is Smokey Robinson
's fourth solo album, released in 1976. The title is a pun
on Swiss Family Robinson
Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...
's fourth solo album, released in 1976. The title is a pun
Pun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
on Swiss Family Robinson
Track listing
- "When You Came"
- "Get Out Of Town"
- "Do Like I Do"
- "Open"
- "So In Love"
- "Like Nobody Can"
- "Castles Made Of Sand"
Personnel
- Smokey Robinson - vocals
- Joseph A. Brown - drums
- Ivory Davis - vocals
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- vocals - Scott Edwards - bass
- Patricia Henley - vocals
- Michael Jacobsen - cello
- Melba Joyce - vocals
- James Sledge - conductor
- Fred Smith - wind
- Wayne Tweed - bass
- Sonny Burke - keyboards
- Marvin Tarplin - guitar