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Griffin was born and raised in West Baltimore, Maryland.He attended Garrison Junior High School and Forest Park High School.He, like his brother Donald Griffin (1955–2015), [2] [3] (who later replaced Marv Tarplin in the Miracles), was a guitarist, as well as a singer, and sang with a local Baltimore group called The Last Dynasty.
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. [1]
Miracles Bobby Rogers, Claudette Rogers Robinson, Pete Moore, and Ronnie White blend their voices into their trademark smooth harmonies to punctuate Smokey's vocals on the chorus and elsewhere. "(You Can) Depend on Me" was first released in September 1959 as the B-side of "The Feeling Is So Fine", which was quickly withdrawn. [ 1 ]
Smokey and Motown founder Berry Gordy produced the song with an Oriental feel to it, with unusually lush-for-the-period orchestration and sweeping strings, showcasing The Miracles' harmonies and Robinson's production style. The Miracles' original version peaked number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 In 1982. Twelve years after going solo, Robinson ...
(same members; group name changed to spotlight lead singer) Smokey Robinson; Ronnie White; Pete Moore; Bobby Rogers; Marv Tarplin; Claudette Robinson (though she remained as a non-touring member of The Miracles performing background vocals, she retired from live performing from 1964 until Smokey's last show with the Miracles in 1972)
"I Second That Emotion" is a 1967 song written by Smokey Robinson and Al Cleveland. First charting as a hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles on the Tamla/Motown label in 1967, "I Second That Emotion" was later a hit single for the group duet Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations, also on the Motown label.
Editors at AllMusic Guide rated this album two out of five stars, with critic Ed Hogan writing that Warren "Pete" Moore's production was "somewhat muddled", but pointed out several stand-out tracks. [1] In the 1983 edition of The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, this album was scored two out of five stars. [2]
The original version of "Shop Around" by the Miracles (credited as "The Miracles featuring Bill 'Smokey' Robinson"), was released in 1960 on Motown's Tamla label, catalog number T 54034. [3] The song, written by Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy , depicts a mother giving her now-grown son advice about how to find a woman worthy of being a ...