Robinson and Rogers married in 1959 and welcomed two children together: daughter Tamla Claudette Robinson, named after Tamla Records (the original name of Motown) and Berry William Borope Robinson ...

Smokey Robinson met and auditioned for pre-Motown Berry Gordy, who signed them as one of the first acts on Tamla in 1960, and their first song Shop Around was the label’s first million-selling ...