Smokey Robinson on The Tears of a Clown – A Forgotten Song That Became a #1 Hit

Coming up next, an interview with an all-time legend who had 36 hits with his group and his solo career but only one of those songs hit #1 and it’s insane how it happened. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles with the Tears of a Clown! The eventual #1 hit was originally a forgotten album on an album. Nobody thought it was anything special… In fac,t Smoke Robinson and the Miracles released 7 albums over the next three years after the album with the forgotten song fell out of the charts… Then one day a lady who worked for their label in the UK chose that 3-year-forgotten album cut as a single in a place where the group had only a few hits… It soared to #1 and so it was released in America and it did the same thing. Becoming his only #1 hit and the only major hit featuring a basson. Up next, it's the story from the legend. along with stories of his hits Cruisin, Being With You, and Just To See Her!

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