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Good and ready: At age 49, Smokey Robinson still knows how to plumb a lyric's emotional depth without seeming to work up a sweat, even on a hot day in mid-July
Good and ready: At age 49, Smokey Robinson still knows how to plumb a lyric's emotional depth without seeming to work up a sweat, even on a hot day in mid-July

Good and ready: At age 49, Smokey Robinson still knows how to plumb a lyric's emotional depth without seeming to work up a sweat, even on a hot day in mid-July

Date7/16/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Good and ready: At age 49, Smokey Robinson still knows how to plumb a lyric's emotional depth without seeming to work up a sweat, even on a hot day in mid-July.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0076858F
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