Smokey Robinson: Motown VP

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Smokey first retired from performing in [[I think) 1972 to work full-time as a Motown executive; some information refers to him as Vice-President. I've always wondered if we know exactly what his responsibilities were? Smokey was an executive at the same time Motown was experiencing upheavals: the defection of the Four Tops, the death-spiral of the Supremes after Jean and Cindy left, GK&TP jumping ship, Martha Reeves leaving with no solo contract, etc. While there were excellent M'town hits during these years for Stevie, Marvin, Diana, etc., there was also lots of unhappiness among prior hit-makers. I'm wondering where Smokey's executive responsibilities stood during these times? [[NOTE: This is a serious inquiry, not meant to sound derogatory of Mr. R!)