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Jul 22, 2017 · Claudette Robinson. Singer and songwriter Claudette Robinson was born on June 20, 1938 in New Orleans, Louisiana and later moved with her family to Detroit, Michigan in 1950. She graduated from Commerce High School in Detroit at the age of fifteen and enrolled at Wayne State University, before joining the U.S. Marine Corps.
November 2023. The Motown Museum unveiled its latest exhibition—Claudette Robinson: A Motown Her-Story—at an exclusive event on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The private unveiling, attended by Motown alumni, Museum board members, and friends and family of Claudette Robinson, offered an intimate insight into her childhood, career, and legacy ...
Nov 11, 2023 · Claudette Robinson, one of Motown's original Miracles, is star of nostalgic new exhibit. Brian McCollum. Detroit Free Press. Hear this story. 0:03. 1:16. Her voice has appeared on an array of...
Feb 28, 2020 · Interview with Claudette Robinson, First Lady of Motown. You know Claudette Robinson. You've perhaps heard her on a classic Motown track, backing up her then-husband Smokey Robinson as a member of the Miracles. You've definitely heard the song “My Girl,” a song Smokey co-wrote with Claudette in mind.
Jun 28, 2019 · As a member of the Miracles — who had Motown’s first No. 1 hit, “Shop Around,” in 1960 — Claudette Robinson, aka the First Lady of Motown and ex-wife of Smokey Robinson, had a front row seat...
Claudette Annette Rogers Robinson ( née Rogers; born June 20, 1942) is an American singer, best known as a member of the vocal group The Miracles from 1957 to 1972. Her brother Emerson "Sonny" Rogers was a founding member of the group, which before 1957 was named "The Matadors".
An exhibition, “Claudette Robinson: A Motown-Her Story”, which celebrates several aspects of HER life, was opened at the Motown Museum in Detroit in November, 2023. “I’m honoured and humbled that the Motown Museum has given me the opportunity to share what I was able to do over the last sixty years.
