Smokey Robinson is among the true musical geniuses of our time. In my estimation, he should be ranked alongside Rodgers & Hart, Duke Ellington, and all the other songwriting greats we have come to admire. His sense of storytelling is awesome and his poetic nature can teach English majors a few things.

Robinson's songs not only display his command of the language, but it also shows his highly sensitive romanticism. His voice is also truly a great instrument that just pulls the listener in. I think he is the greatest romantic pop music songwriter of the latter half of the twentieth century. A bold statement, but he's done pretty well for himself since being a little boy from Detroit.