belouderwebJanuary 25, 2017
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Motown legend Smokey Robinson donated $1,000,000 and musical instruments to Pio Pico Middle School in Arlington Heights on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. (KABC)
Students at Pio Pico Middle School in Arlington Heights now have a million reasons to make beautiful music.
As part of a program called Little Kids Rock, on Wednesday they received brand-new instruments and a $1 million donation from Motown legend Smokey Robinson.
To view the donation ceremony and Robinson\’s live performance with the students, watch the video above.
Hi… We're the Miracles is the first album by Motown's first group, The Miracles, released on Motown's Tamla subsidiary label in the summer of 1961. It also has the distinction of being the first album ever released by the Motown Record Corporation. The album features several songs that played an important role in defining The Motown Sound and establishing songwriters Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy.
