A Lifetime of Devotion

It's always a thrill to meet one of your heroes. And that's what it was for me when I met our client Smokey Robinson in the green room before his appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

I've adored this legendary singer and songwriter since the first time I slow-danced to "Ooh Baby Baby." And in person he's charming, smart and thoughtful, as befits the man Bob Dylan once called "America's greatest living poet."

After Smokey sang "Girlfriend" from his new 'Time Flies When You're Having Fun' album - with The Roots earning their title as the world's greatest house band - he did a special performance of "Tears of a Clown" for the studio audience, and it's now online.

And I ask you: How can you not be crazy about a guy who can not only make a new album that iTunes calls "timelessly seductive" but can also use the word "Pagliacci" in a lyric?