Smokey Robinson Remembers Young MJ

Smokey Robinson, who will be releasing his new album "Time Flies When You're Having Fun" on August 25, 2009 (USA) recently spoke to Rolling Stone about writing his biggest hits and his memories of Michael Jackson.

RS: How would you like Michael Jackson to be remembered?

I would like Michael to be remembered in as much as he was probably the greatest overall artist that there's ever been. His legacy should be that. He changed the face of music — he changed the face of delivering a song. He changed the face of videos. I would like him to be remembered for that. And he was a philanthropist — he was a very generous man. He did a lot of charity stuff that people didn't even know about. He was constantly giving."

Would you like to share a memory of Michael?

One of my fondest memories of Michael is what I thought of him at 11 years old, singing my song, "Who's Loving You." And singing it like he had been living for 40 years, because "Who's Loving You" is a song about somebody who had somebody that loved them, but they did the person wrong, and the person left them. And then they're sitting around, brooding about it, because they realized that they made a mistake, and they're wondering who this person is loving now. So at 11 years old, he couldn't have possibly known that — but that's how he sang my song."

To read the complete interview with Smokey Robinson click here

Source: MJFC / Rolling Stone