Smokey Robinson honored with national pop music prize

Category: Music

FILE - In this June 28, 2015, file photo, Smokey Robinson performs at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. Robinson has been honored by the Library of Congress with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The national library announced Tuesday, July 5, 2016, that Robinson will receive the award this year. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether he was singing his own compositions or writing for other artists, Smokey Robinson was instrumental in shaping the Motown sound that changed American popular music in the 1960s. Now, his accomplishments have won him the pop music prize from the national library.


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