Seems that someone’s always thinking of you, especially if you’re Smokey Robinson and you’re about to reclaim ownership of popular songs you wrote back in the day, like “I Second that Emotion,” “The Tears of a Clown,” “The Tracks of My Tears,” “My Girl” and “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me.”
Smokey has preemptively filed suit against his ex-wife, Claudette Robinson, asking the court to declare him the sole owner of the copyrights of the songs that he wrote during his marriage with Claudette. According to his complaint, Smokey had previously assigned the rights to his songs to Jobete Music Co., Inc., a music publishing company. When he and Claudette divorced in 1986, the parties agreed to co-own the copyrights 50-50, so they would benefit equally from any proceeds received from the assigned copyrights.
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