Wallace also took his comedy show on the road, opening for George Benson, Diana Ross, Donna Summer and Smokey Robinson, among others.

James Capsey ( Jim ) Karpoff ( born October 14, 1937 in Smokey Lake, Alberta ) is a former Canadian politician.

In the early 1990s, after a controversial land-use was proposed for the area, several property owners began an effort to petition the City of Arlington to annex a large portion of the Smokey Point community.

The team was named the Bandits due to Reynolds ' then-recent appearance in the hit Smokey and the Bandit movies, and his connection helped build local interest.

Originally recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles in 1966 ; that version was rejected by Motown owner Berry Gordy, who told Whitfield and Strong to make a stronger version.

Mills grew along the banks of Grindstone Creek ( especially in the area known as Smokey Hollow-given this name because of all the smog caused by the many complexes ) as individuals like William P. Howland arrived to make their fortune.

While not a coast-to-coast event, The Bandit Run is a similar road marathon held yearly since 2007 ( when it marked the 30th anniversary of the film Smokey and the Bandit ( produced by Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds, who would both make the first Cannonball Run movie four years later ).

Many characters from previous games make return appearances, including Smokey the Fire Engine, Rover, Outback Al and others.

Notable artists under this label were The Supremes, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell, Martha and the Vandellas, and The Jackson Five.

* January 28 – Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Sheila E., Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Dionne Warwick, Waylon Jennings, Bob Geldof and Stevie Wonder, record the song " We Are the World ".

During early 1968, James returned to Motown and became a songwriter and producer, writing under an assumed name and working with Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Canadian band Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers and The Spinners.

In 1965, the group released their well-received work, Going to a Go-Go, under the moniker, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles.

* In the 1980s, a line of smoke alarms were marketed under the Smokey Stover brand name, with the packages featuring his likeness.

He was uncomfortable with singing the psychedelic style that Whitfield was now crafting for the group as opposed to the romantic ballads they had sung under the direction of Smokey Robinson ; his friend Paul Williams was often too ill to perform with the group ; and Kendricks often found himself at odds with bandmates Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin.

In August 2006, the magazine had a makeover under new editor-in-chief Smokey Fontaine, formerly of the hip hop magazine America.

As well as leading his own bands and recording albums under his own name, Amy also did session work and played the solos on several recordings, including The Doors song " Touch Me ", Carole King's Tapestry, and Lou Rawls ' first albums, Black and Blue and Tobacco Road, coinciding with Dexter Gordon in the Onzy Matthews big band, as well as working with Marvin Gaye, Tammy Terrell and Smokey Robinson.

This induction occurred without the usual process of nomination and voting, under the premise that the entire group should have been inducted with Smokey Robinson back in 1987.

In one episode, it is revealed that " Smokey " used to train fighting rats under the name, " Ratman Crothers ".

Owned by Barbeque Integrated Inc. and under the umbrella of Sun Capital Partners, Smokey Bones is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

The first Smokey Bones restaurant opened in Orlando in 1999 under its then owners, Darden Restaurants, Inc ..

The same year he was inducted, the UK group, ABC released a tribute song, " When Smokey Sings ".

That same year, his company, SFGL Foods, launched a gumbo brand called " Smokey Robinson's The Soul is in the Bowl Gumbo ", which was produced after the release of Robinson's gospel album, " Food for the Spirit ".

Ironically, both Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers were born in the same hospital on the same month, date and year, despite not actually meeting each other until they were fifteen.

Around this same time, most of the original Miracles including Smokey Robinson and Claudette Robinson as well as Pete Moore and Rogers reunited to perform a medley of their songs on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever.

Though the 1975 film Moonrunners is the precursor to the 1979 – 1985 TV series The Dukes of Hazzard, from the same creator and with many identical settings and concepts, the popularity of Smokey and the Bandit and similar films helped get the Dukes series on air.

Whitfield was known for recording dramatically different versions of the same song with different Motown artists, including Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ' " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " ( re-recorded as hit records for Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Marvin Gaye ) and the Temptations ' " War " ( re-recorded as a hit for Edwin Starr ).

He was born on February 19, 1940 the same day and in the same Detroit hospital as fellow Miracles member Smokey Robinson, although the two would not meet until 15 years later.

Two songs recorded during the same timeline: " Kewpie Doll ", written and co-produced by Smokey Robinson, and " When We Grow Up ", from Marlo Thomas ' 1972 album Free to Be ... You and Me.

(" Foo " is a nonsense word from the Smokey Stover comic strip, a big influence on this cartoon in terms of humor and visual style.

* 1944 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.

The band played regularly on a Tulsa, Oklahoma radio station, and added Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar, pianist Al Stricklin, drummer Smokey Dacus, and a horn section that expanded the band's sound.

He hired the young, " modern style musician " Smokey Ducas.

Tori Amos uses the instrument on " Little Amsterdam " from the album Boys for Pele and on the song " Smokey Joe " from her 2007 album American Doll Posse.

The etymology of foo is explored in the Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF ) RFC 3092, which notes usage of foo in 1930s cartoons including The Daffy Doc ( with Daffy Duck ) and comic strips, especially Smokey Stover and Pogo.

During the late 1990s, she dabbled in acting for a while, guest starring on The Wayans Bros, That ' 70s Show, and Ally McBeal before doing a limited engagement performance in Broadway's Smokey Joe's Cafe.

The film also featured such acts as The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Gerry & the Pacemakers, James Brown, Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Lesley Gore, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, and The Beach Boys ( whose sequence was later cut from the film, due to contract issues ).

Ninety percent of his record sales were from black people, and his " Smokey, Part 2 " ( 1959 ) rose to the # 1 position on black music charts.

Based on the hit song by C. W. McCall, the film was an attempt to capitalize on the huge success of Smokey and the Bandit ( 1977 ).

In the late 20th century, the Philippine government made separate attempts to transfer some squatters to low-cost housing projects, including projects in Tondo ( in the former Smokey Mountain landfill ), Taguig ( BLISS Housing Project ), and Rodriguez ( formerly Montalban ), Rizal.

The Undertones released two further studio singles in 1983 ; their first single, " Got To Have You Back " — which was inspired by both ABC and Smokey Robinson — was released in February and their second single, " Chain of Love ", was released in May.

* August 9 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.

There were seven selections: Leon Day, Bill Foster, Bullet Rogan, Hilton Smith, Turkey Stearnes, Willie Wells, and Smokey Joe Williams.

* Smokey in Columbia Pictures ' " Stuart Little " was a British Blue.

However, In the film adaptation of the novel, Smokey is a Russian Blue.

During this period, she had her last US chart single with a cover of Smokey Robinson's " Get Ready ", previously a hit for The Temptations, and some months later a top-five hit for Rare Earth.

Many Cheyenne did not sign the treaty, and they continued to live and hunt on their traditional grounds in the Smokey Hill and Republican basins, between the Arkansas and the South Platte, where there were plentiful buffalo.

The survivors fled northeast and joined the camps of the Cheyenne on the Smokey Hill and Republican rivers.

Seldon C. " Smokey " Dunn, USN MC ( far right w / EKG in hands ).

Motown Records artists such as Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson contributed to the evolution of soul music, although their recordings were considered more in a pop music vein than those of Redding, Franklin and Carr.

Among the most successful acts in this era include Smokey Robinson, Teddy Pendergrass, Peabo Bryson, Atlantic Starr, and Larry Graham.

Smokey Robinson was another writer and producer who added lyrics to " The Tracks Of My Tears " which was one of the most important songs of the decade.