Every now and then, something really special happens, and now is the time for that to happen again.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is pleased to announce that the newest CD release in its exclusive music program will be with R&B legend and American icon Smokey Robinson!

Entitled Now and Then, this CD will feature 12 songs. Six are live versions of his well-known classics, including “Going to a Go-Go,” “I Second That Emotion,” The Tracks of My Tears,” and “The Tears of a Clown,” recorded in 2010 during various performances.

The other six are from his 2009 CD, Time Flies When You’re Having Fun, including “Time Flies,” Don’t Know Why,” and “Girlfriend.”

Now and Then serves up smooth ballads and some of the classic Motown hits that made Smokey Robinson one of the most beloved and influential figures in the history of popular music. This new CD goes on sale November 1st, and will be available only at Cracker Barrel.

“We are very excited to work with Smokey Robinson,” said Cracker Barrel Vice President of Marketing Peter Keiser. “After fifty years in the business, Smokey is still writing and performing songs that are very, very popular and he sounds great!” Keiser added, “Now and Then is a perfect CD project for Cracker Barrel because so many Americans, including me, have an emotional connection with Smokey Robinson. Who hasn’t cried ‘The Tears of a Clown’?”

If you would like to win a copy of this new CD, just answer this easy question about the man himself: In what month and year was Smokey inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame?!

Send us your answers and if you're correct you'll be in the running to win one of these new CDs! Just send us an e:mail here before December 15th with your answer and the subject title CONTEST: SMOKEY ROBINSON CDs to: exclusivemagazine@flash.net