New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1989. A very attractive copy that appears unread. INSCRIBED: "To La Janne, Love always" and SIGNED "Smokey Robinson." Fine condition in Brodart-protected Fine dust jacket. NO chips, tears, creases of fading. NOT price clipped ($18.95). Clean, square, tight, unmarked. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not a remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom if ever read. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Autobiography of Motown singer songwritter superstar. Illustrated with 32 pages of photos, all from Smokey Robinson's private collection. Includes a discography of Robinson's recordings and a list of songs written or co-written by him for The Miracles, Mary Wells, Marvelettes, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Four Tops, Martha and the Vandellas, Isley Brothers, The Supremes, Dionne Warwick, and Aretha Franklin. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth-backed gray boards. Complete with dust jacket. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Smokey Robinson. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xiii, 481pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Title

Smokey, Inside My Life (signed)

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0070532095

ISBN 13

9780070532090

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Printing of the First Edition.

Condition

Fine condition

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine dust jacket

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Traces the fabled career of the legendary singer over a thirty-year period, from his beginnings with the Miracles and his songwriting and production work as well as his often difficult personal life

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Soul-music legend Smokey Robinson tells his story in this colorless and flawed autobiography. He is relatively candid about his extramarital affairs, cocaine addiction and eventual redemption at the hands of a faith healer, but jeopardizes his credibility to the reader by his uncritical acceptance of nearly everyone associated with his life. Motown founder Berry Gordy is an almost perfect human being, according to Robinson, as are Diana Ross, his ex-wife Claudette, his two mistresses and a variety of other friends and relatives. A powerful performer and a sensitive, intelligent songwriter, Robinson offers here only hints of his creative processes, but he does give readers a sense of the grueling pace of multi-city tours. Collaborator Ritz ( Divided Soul ) faithfully preserves Robinson's vigorous, streettalk narrative style yet falters badly in his stiff re-creations of dialogue. Photos not seen by PW.
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