Marian Shields Robinson Marian Shields Robinson Marian Lois Robinson (née Shields; born July 30, 1937) is the mother of Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States, and mother-in-law of Barack Obama, former President. Marian Shields was born in Chicago in 1937, the fourth of seven children—five girls, followed by two boys—born to Purnell Nathaniel Shields, a house painter, and his wife Rebecca Jumper, a licensed practical nurse. Two of her sisters and her brother Steve still live in Chicago on the South Side, as she did. Both parents had multi-racial ancestry, but slavery times were not discussed much when she was
The Famous Flames the induction ceremony, Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, said, "If James Brown was the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, The Famous Flames were the hardest-working "group"". In 1993 , James Brown and The Famous Flames as a "group" were awarded the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's "Lifetime Achievement Award". by Foundation co-founder Ruth Brown and Bonnie Raitt . in 1998, Famous Flames founder Bobby Byrd received the "Pioneer Award" from the same organization. The Famous Flames did appear in the James Brown biopic "Get on Up", which was released in U.S. theatres nationwide on August 1, 2014. In May 2012,