Skip to content
RollCall logo

Politics

Photo of the Day: Smokey Robinson Cruisin’ on the Hill

The legendary singer-songwriter spoke to Congress about protecting music creation

Recording artist Smokey Robinson gives Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a kiss as Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, looks on before the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Protecting and Promoting Music Creation for the 21st Century” on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Recording artist Smokey Robinson gives Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a kiss as Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, looks on before the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Protecting and Promoting Music Creation for the 21st Century” on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark
Posted May 15, 2018 at 11:24am

Can he get a second on that emotion? Singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson was on hand Tuesday morning at the Senate Judiciary hearing to make a plea to senators to protect music recorded before 1972.

More coverage of the hearing is coming soon, but here’s the appearance in photos:

UNITED STATES - MAY 15: Recording artist Smokey Robinson takes his seat at the witness table for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on
Robinson takes his seat at the witness table. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 15: From left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, recording artist Smokey Robinson, and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., talk before the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on
Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., talk with Robinson before the hearing Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., points recording artist Smokey Robinson to his seat at the witness table as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, take their seats before the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on
Feinstein points Robinson to his seat at the witness table as Hatch and Grassley take their places on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 15: From left, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, recording artist Smokey Robinson, and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., pose for the cameras before the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on
Hatch, Robinson and Kennedy. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Recent Stories

Women’s March holds a die-in outside the U.S. Supreme Court before oral arguments in Moyle v. United States on Wednesday. The case challenges a federal law that requires hospitals to perform an emergency abortion when needed to resolve a patient’s medical emergency.

Case highlights debate over ‘life of the mother’ exception

Health care workers hold signs outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday before oral arguments over a federal law that requires hospitals to perform an emergency abortion when needed to resolve a patient’s medical emergency.

Supreme Court split on Idaho abortion ban in emergency rooms

Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-N.J., stands near a picture of himself and his late father, former Rep. Donald M. Payne, in his Cannon House Office Building office in 2016.

Donald Payne Jr., who filled father’s seat in the House, dies at 65

President Joe Biden speaks after signing the foreign aid bill at the White House.

Biden signs foreign aid bill, says weapons to be sent to allies within hours

Luggage sits at baggage claim at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Glen Burnie, Md., on Dec. 28, 2022 after Southwest Airlines cancelled thousands of flights.

Airlines must report fees, issue prompt refunds, new rules say

Capitol Ink | B Movie