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  The Miracles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acknowledging Smokey Robinson's presence upfront, the Miracles changed their name to "Smokey Robinson and the Miracles" with the release of the Going to a Go-Go album in 1965, although their singles continued to be credited to "The Miracles" until the release of "The Love I Saw in You was Just a Mirage" in 1967.
Robinson told White, Moore, and Rogers of his intentions in 1969, but Robinson decided to stay for three more years when the group's 1970 single "The Tears of a Clown" became the group's biggest hit to date.
Robinson's final performance as a Miracle was on July 16, 1972 at the Carter Barron Amphitheater in Washington, DC.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smokey_Robinson_&_the_Miracles   (1410 words)

  
 Player Stats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Robinson was not with the Spurs for their Game 2 victory over the Suns in the Western Conference finals on Tuesday while continuing to attend to the death of his mother.
Robinson's stint with the New Orleans Hornets was a short one, as he was waived by the club on Tuesday.
Robinson is in the final year of his contract and slated to earn about $12 million.
snap.stats.com /premium/sfabk/stats/playerstats.asp?id=2624   (720 words)

  
 "Superstar" Billy Graham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A former football player and bodybuilder, Coleman selected his ring name as a tribute to the famous evangelist Billy Graham, at one of whose revival meetings he had converted to Christianity, and also as a means of relating him to the earlier Graham Brothers (Eddie Graham and Dr.
Billy Graham also testified against Vince when the steroid allegations became a federal trial after Vince was caught up by the federal government in a possibility that he was distributing steroids to his wrestlers.
This caused a rift between McMahon and Billy Graham that would last for over ten years before Billy Graham was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Graham_(wrestler)   (1258 words)

  
 Autograph Analysis and Signing Habits of Hall of Fame Catcher and Manager Wilbert ''Uncle Robbie'' Robinson - PSA ...
Wilbert Robinson was born in Hudson, MA, on June 2, 1863 (some accounts list June 29 or 1864), the son of a butcher and fish dealer.
Furthermore, Robinson deliberately joined their cross-town rivals in Brooklyn, where as manager, he won two pennants in his first seven years with teams that were not given a pre-season chance.
Robinson with eleven straight disappointing campaigns sans pennant was said to have been forced out by management.
www.psacard.com /articles/article_view.chtml?artid=4242&universeid=314   (1798 words)

  
 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smokey_Robinson_&_the_Miracles   (200 words)

  
 Digital Collections : Browse
Billy Robinson, an early Grinnell (Iowa) aviator, piloting airplane.
Billy Robinson in Montreal, Canada, with a biplane built by the National Airplane Co. and Canadian school children.
Billy Robinson, early Grinnell (Iowa) aviator in center of photograph.
ddr.lib.drake.edu /cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/grin1   (597 words)

  
 ANTI-PRISON ACTIVIST BILLY HAND ROBINSON REMEMBERED
Billy was always very open about these more painful experiences in his life, speaking and writing about them often, and pondering them deeply.
Billy was never one to avoid accepting responsibility for his own actions and, where befitting, was all too eager to do so.
Billy struggled to the very end and, despite all that he had seen and experienced, found hope in that struggle.
www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~kastor/ws-98/ANTI-PRISON-ACTIVIST.html   (853 words)

  
 IWIM - Billy Robinson
Billy Robinson began his amateur career in his native England.
Robinson also trained at the legendary Billy Riley School in Wigan, known as "The Snake Pit." It was a school where submission wrestling was taught and only the toughest wrestlers survived.
Robinson trained there for nearly eight years, working out with some of the toughest submission wrestlers of that era.
www.wrestlingmuseum.org /people/robinson_billy.html   (343 words)

  
 CANADIAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS
Robinson, a fifth-year student from Halifax claims the offensive honor for a second time this season after throwing a career-high six touchdown passes in a dominating 52-26 Huskies win over the Atlantic conference-leading StFX X-Men, ranked eighth in the country going into the contest.
Robinson came within one TD toss of the school and conference record set by his father, Billy Robinson Sr.
Robinson leads the Atlantic conference and ranks second in the CIS behind Ottawa's Josh Sacobie (16) with 15 TD passes in 2005.
www.universitysport.ca /e/print_story.cfm?ID=5759   (898 words)

  
 Billy Robinson
Billy had a plane but had not yet learned to fly, so in the Spring of 1912 he became a mechanic for Max Lillie of Cicero, Illinois, a then well known aviator.
Billy was buried in Hazlewood Cemetery at Grinnell, the grave marked by a granite slab split from a lone boulder and bearing a bronze tablet.
Billy Robinson is the main theme as he was one of the first airmail pilots and pioneers of flight.
www.earlyaviators.com /erobbill.htm   (1723 words)

  
 Welcome to simonkeenlyside.info - Billy Budd: English National Opera, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Billy Budd is a ‘rara avis’ in a warship whose crew must be anonymous, he must therefore be destroyed because his mere presence on board is dangerous and destroys the reigning homogeneity.
Billy Budd is not a lyrical work, it’s a cruel and terrible work with moments of lyricism and it shouldn’t sound romanticised at all.
Robinson has clear diction and a well-schooled voice but he doesn’t have the power which the character needs in the important scenes.
www.simonkeenlyside.info /Articles/Perform/BillyBudd/2005BillyBuddENO.html   (6345 words)

  
 My Family
Billy Keith ROBINSON was born on 4 May 1968 in Crestview, FL.
Bonnie Laverne Robinson was born on 17 Dec 1946 in Crestview, Okaloosa County, Florida.
Children were: Bonnie Laverne Robinson, Walter David Robinson, Betty Merle Fountain.
www.fortunecity.com /millennium/hindmarsh/384/d841.htm   (706 words)

  
 Descendants of Daniel Sydney Robinson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Robinson was born in Arkansas, USA, and died 1943 in Perry County, Arkansas, USA
Robinson, born 30 March 1900 in Arkansas, USA; died 01 November 1982 in Arkansas, USA.
Robinson, born 02 September 1934 in Arkansas, USA; died May 1997 in Arkansas, USA.
www.lpickard.com /robin.htm   (339 words)

  
 ARTICLE: What happened to Billy Robinson? (story continued) (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)
According to the bar, Robinson withdrew the lawsuits, failed to file new ones, failed to serve lawsuits on the correct parties, and failed to inform his clients of that.
Robinson was and he still is in my mind someone, that young children growing up in poverty can look up to and aspire to be like.
Robinson has no one but himself to blame for the position he is in.
home.hamptonroads.com /stories/story.cfm?story=106505&ran=140485   (2172 words)

  
 ARTICLE: What happened to Billy Robinson? (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Robinson, always a fan of gadgets, constantly had a cell phone or a pager while on the House floor, Melvin said.
Robinson frequently took advantage of his legislative privilege to delay cases, prompting criticism.
Robinson carried the parts of his district that remained in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, but he lost the new voters in Chesapeake.
home.hamptonroads.com /stories/story.cfm?story=106488&ran=233482&tref=po   (1009 words)

  
 The war at Accuride
As a temporary organizer for the International, Robinson was responsible for "salting" the factory--getting pro-union workers hired who would be a base of support for an organizing drive.
Robinson nearly got a job in the plant himself--until Toyota management figured out who he was.
Next, union officials ruled that Billy Robinson was ineligible to run for re-election as president because he had retired during the lockout--even though retirees have held such office elsewhere.
www.socialistworker.org /2002-1/396/396_06_Accuride.shtml   (2822 words)

  
 C.W.A. World Heavyweight Title
Billy Graham 79/10/08 Memphis, TN Jerry Lawler 79/11/12 Memphis, TN * Vacant in 80.
Billy Robinson 80/04/28 Memphis, TN * Defeats The Superstar (Bill Eadie).
Bill Dundee 80/08/04 Memphis, TN Billy Robinson [2] 80/08/11 Memphis, TN Austin Idol 80/10/06 Memphis, TN Bobby Eaton 80/10/20 Memphis, TN * Wins by forfeit when Idol is injured and cannot wrestle in scheduled defense.
www.wrestling-titles.com /us/tn/cwa/tn-cwa-h.html   (100 words)

  
 Smokey Robinson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Detroit vocal group consisted of William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore, Clarence "Humble" Dawson, Donald Wicker, and James "Rat" Grice.
Smokey left the group to pursue a solo career in 1972 and 20-year-old Billy Griffin was brought in to replace the lead singer.
Billy Griffin pursued a solo career, and Warren "Pete" Moore became a record producer in Detroit.
www.vghf.com /Miracles.htm   (624 words)

  
 Billy Robinson: 1939-2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator Billy Robinson died in Ottawa on August 11, 2005, of a heart attack.
Billy lived during the mid-'60s in San Francisco, and then moved to New York, where he worked with Charles Mingus 1969-70, but unfortunately never recorded with him.
Billy converted to Islam in the late '60s, and was a practising Muslim for the rest of his life.
www.jazzhouse.org /gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1124894065   (287 words)

  
 eJazzNews.com : The Number One Jazz News Resource On The Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Billy lived during the mid-sixties in San Francisco, and then moved to New York, where he worked with Charles Mingus 1969-1970, but unfortunately never recorded with him.
Billy converted to Islam in the late 'sixties, and was a practicing Muslim for the rest of his life.
Billy's record debut was in January 1972, on Archie Shepp's Attica Blues, and in September of that year he recorded Evolution's Blend for Radio Canada International.
www.ejazznews.com /print.php?sid=4859   (378 words)

  
 Nashville Press Release
Robinson became just the second cowboy to make a qualified ride aboard Hammer, and he did so in his first attempt.
Robinson, on the opposite chute deck, had to wait patiently before Bowers nodded his head.
Robinson assured himself a third consecutive trip to the PBR Finals and jumped to 13th in the Finals qualifier standings with a personal-best $52,072.
www.pbrnow.com /Media/press/release.cfm?ID=69   (1207 words)

  
 Antioch PTO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Robinson explained that at our last meeting there was a discussion about the number of books and folders that were needed.
Robinson explained the mobility rate at our school was high and when the children left they took the agenda books and folders with them.
Robinson passed out a schedule of tentative PTO meetings, fundraiser meetings and budget committee meetings for the 2004-2005 school year.
www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us /antioch/ptominutes51104.html   (627 words)

  
 Remembering BILLY COX..... - Baseball Fever
Billy also made the first out in the Dodgers' 15-run first inning assault on the Reds in '52.
Billy's defensive stats aren't outstanding, like say Schmidt's or Robinson's, but I have yet to read, either in contemporary writings or anecdotal, that doesn't say that Billy was an incredible fielding thirdbaseman, as good or better than anyone who ever played the position.
The knock on Billy -- at least among some here on BBF -- is that he played only 700 games at third, compared with over 2,800 for Robinson and 2,200 for Schmidt, and that's too few to qualify him as one of the best of all time.
www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=33116   (1578 words)

  
 Obsessed With Wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Billy Robinson was born in 1939 in Great Britain..
Billy Robinson won a number of amateur titles in Great Britain before turning professional..
Billy Robinson was often a top contender for Verne Gagne's AWA World title, but never won the championship..
www.obsessedwithwrestling.com /profiles/b/billy-robinson.html   (197 words)

  
 22ND GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
She was married to WilliamPinkney Robinson on 10 Jun 1924 in, Panola, TX.
WilliamPinkney Robinson was born on 25 Dec 1894 in, Panola, TX.
Morene Robinson was born on 5 Nov 1935 in, Panola, TX.
www.zianet.com /ynika/cochran/d16809.html   (96 words)

  
 NOW Magazine, JULY 14 - 20, 2005
BILLY ROBINSON & THE REFERENCE 4 with KATHRYN MOSES and DJ JOHN KONG as part of Do Right!'s Ready Or Not CD release party and ALL OVER THE MAP: A FEAST OF GLOBAL SOUNDS at Harbourfront Centre's Brigantine Room, Saturday (July 16), 11 pm.
The low Southern accent on the other end of the phone is that of Billy Robinson.
Robinson honed his chops in the Fort Worth, Texas, jazz scene.
www.nowtoronto.com /issues/2005-07-14/music_vibes2_p.html   (481 words)

  
 Stewart Library Heritage Collections
The Billy Robinson Collection is now accessible from this database.
William C. Robinson came to live in Grinnell, at the age of 12, in 1896.
Robinson perished, while flying his biplane, attempting to set an altitude record on March 11, 1916.
www.grinnell.lib.ia.us /files/heritage.htm   (189 words)

  
 BRobinson
Billy was born in Fort Worth, Texas on May 31,
Billy converted to Islam in the late 'sixties, and was
Billy's record debut was in January 1972, on Archie
www.blackottawa411.com /BRobinson.htm   (249 words)

  
 The Official Website of Ithaca College Athletics
2004-05: Robinson finished in eighth place in the 100-meter dash at the Cornell Relays with a time of 12.11.
Also, he was a member of the 400-meter relay team that finished second at the Ithaca Invitational.
Personal: A politics major, he is the son of William and Cherie Robinson.
bombers.ithaca.edu /roster.asp?playerid=199&sport=8   (183 words)

  
 The Ones That Brung Us
Mary Ruth ROBINSON was born in 1882 in Unknown.
Children were: James Lafayette ROBINSON, Phillip Joe ROBINSON.
Tiffany Marie ROBINSON was born UNKNOWN in Unknown.
www.cookshangout.com /database/d397.html   (966 words)

  
 CANADIAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS
Billy Robinson, Steve Capozzi and Charles Gervais are the AUFC players of the week for the week ending September 12th.
Halifax, NS Quarterback Billy Robinson of the Saint Mary's Huskies is the Atlantic University Sport Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending September 11th, 2005.
Billy is a 5th year student from Halifax, NS.
www.universitysport.ca /f/print_story.cfm?ID=5303   (269 words)

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