joining me now is the one, the only, smokey robinson.easure. all the time, man, it's good to see you. >> it's great to see you, and it's amazing how you just keep coming. i mean, you don't get tired. >> well, i get tired, but i'm trying to keep up. it's possible. >> let me ask you, on this new album, duets album, what was it like to work with all these other artists and help them reinterpret your music. >> they picked these songs themselves. so the ones that you hear them singing on are their favorite smokey robinson songs. we let them do their interpretation of it first. i heard john legend sing "quiet storm" about five years ago and i told him, man, you should record that. he said that's a good idea. it ends up, we're recording it together. ♪ shower me with your sweet love ♪ ♪ your sweet love ♪ i will bathe in every drop ♪ through all the seasons ♪ let it fall and never stop ♪ quiet storm >> are you saying, without john on "the tracks of my tears," and we just heard him talking about it, what surprised you about working with him? >> i

he's written with some of music's greatest artists including ray charles, smokey robinson, etta jamesb. king, buddy guy. the list goes on and. on this year alone he has four collaborations out working with the now new york time best selling joe perry -- "new york times" best selling so perry and tavis smiley with his book "death of a kwing king" about the last year in the life of dr. martin luther king jr. his fifth book is a biography titled "respect: the life of aretha franklin," which earned rave reviews from the prestigious kirkus review. one of many rave reviews for all the work he's done, calling it, and i quote, "an honest and genuinely respectful portrait of a true diva by a writer who feel the power of her art." i'm tired just reading all the stuff that david ritz has been writing. i'm honored to have you on this program. >> it is my pleasure. >> you are my dear friend. i'm happy to have you here. >> i'm happy to be here. >> yawn than, can you see the stack -- these are just the books that david has out this year. makes you feel lazy and like a slacker to all that stuff out j

smokey robinson with jc chasez, and aloe blacc. m, smokey and friends up thank you for being here. appreciate it. >> good to be here. you look great. >> feeling great. look at the audience we have. talk about looking great. they look beautiful. and this music, oh, you have this motown dvd and you have this new music that's out. a lot of collaborations. >> a lot of stuff happening right now. >> how do you feel about the collaborations with these -- >> these guys are awesome. i am so proud to be singing with them. they're just wonderful. and they did a great job. as you're going to see. yeah. >> my girl, you wrote it for the temptations. you sing the song this guy wrote. no pressure, right? >> i told him i want to be a miracle. i told him. >> aloe, i know they've had a great -- >> today's the day. >> he and others have had a great influence on you and your music. >> absolutely. his music has been such a great inspiration to me. >> thank you, gentlemen. from smokey and friends, are you ready for this? "my girl." >> here we go, buddy. ♪

rosie perez plus music from billy idol, lady antebellum, blood orange, the flaming lips, and smokey robinson oh, and this is fun. tomorrow night in primetime, guillermo and i will be on "shark tank." we have an idea that we love and we're pitching it to them. and they didn't know we were going to pitch it to them. i think we're going to be rich from this, right? >> i hope so. >> jimmy: very enthusiastic. i'm going to buy you a beautiful necklace to celebrate our newfound wealth. >> great. >> jimmy: all right. so, watch "shark tank" tomorrow night at 9:00. our first guest is the youngest person to be named billboard's woman of the year, the youngest person to win the grammy for album of the year and in about 30 minutes, she will be the youngest woman to shut down hollywood boulevard during rush hour traffic. her new album comes out in full on monday, it's called "1989." please say hello to taylor swift. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very good to see you. thank you for coming. >> thanks for having me. >> jimmy: i want to start by maybe embarrassing you. i want to read the reviews you got t

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. >> we all know the iconic voice of singer smokey robinson and his early hits like this one. ♪ ♪ ♪ the >> we have some tears of joy this morning because he is back with his new album smokey and friends. he sat down with michael tammero with a preview of it. >> he is back and better than ever. the grammy winner, singer-song writer gave me a special look into the making of his album and some of his duet partners also stepped into the spotlight. check it out. the tracks of my tears ♪ ♪ >> over five decades in the business. what keeps you going. don't you want to relax at this point? >> no. i tried returning once. it didn't work. >> i love this album, "smokey and friends." been playing it the last couple of days. as an artist, what was it like to hear other people sing your songs with their interpretations and their style? >> it is a joy for me, man, because as a song writer i want to write songs people are going to sing for now and forever. when i hear other people singing my songs it is a joy for me, the greatest form of nationalry -- form of flattery as a song writer that i think you ca

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