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    • Dec 19, 1986
    The Vietnam War picture "Platoon" debuts in theaters. Starring Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger, its soundtrack album features Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee," The Miracles' "Tracks Of My Tears" and Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay"
    Jan 21, 1987
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, Rick Nelson, Jackie Wilson, Leiber & Stoller, Carl Perkins, Clyde McPhatter, Louis Jordan, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Joe Turner, Eddie Cochran, B.B. King, Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
    Sep 28, 1987
    "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" songwriter Smokey Robinson and future CMA awards nominee Gladys Knight compete on the "$10,000 Pyramid," a TV game show hosted by Dick Clark
    Mar 5, 1988
    "Dolly!" returns to the ABC airwaves after a three-week layoff with guests Barbara Mandrell, Smokey Robinson, Tom Selleck and The Temptations. Parton and Mandrell duet on Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are"
    Mar 6, 1989
    "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" songwriter Smokey Robinson sees the release of his autobiography, "Inside My Life"
    Jun 16, 1989
    Smokey Robinson unveils a new cologne that carries his name, Smoke. Five years prior, Robinson netted a country hit as a songwriter when Mickey Gilley covered "You've Really Got A Hold On Me"
    May 30, 1990
    Smokey Robinson, who wrote the Mickey Gilley hit "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," enters the Songwriters Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Manhattan. The night also sees the induction of Michel Legrand
    Oct 22, 1991
    Smokey Robinson, author of the country hits "Tracks Of My Tears" and "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," is added to the Hollywood RockWalk
    Jun 28, 1996
    The Demi Moore movie "Striptease" debuts in theaters with The Light Crust Doughboys' "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy" backing a dance scene. The picture also uses Smokey Robinson's "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" and music by Dean Martin, Herb Alpert, Pat Boone and Booker T. & The MG's
    Feb 24, 1998
    Ben E. King's "Stand By Me," The Miracles' "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," The Five Satins' "In The Still Of The Nite," Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and Johnnie Ray's "Cry" join the Grammy Hall of Fame with records by Carole King, The Drifters, James Taylor, Sam Cooke, Henry Mancini, Woody Guthrie, B.B. King and The Weavers
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