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Once Robinson decided to retire from the group to concentrate on his duties as Vice President of the Motown Record Corporation, Miracles member Claudette Robinson (Smokey's wife) decided to leave as well. Marv Tarplin, after staying for a year, decided to leave the Miracles and began touring and working with Smokey Robinson. Claudette Robinson ...
Legendary artist, producer and songwriter Smokey Robinson is teaming up with actor and singer Halle Bailey to co-host a tribute to one of the most iconic and influential record labels: Motown. On ...
The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage is a 1963 live album by the Miracles, part of the early 1960s Motown "Live on Stage" series by various artists.The first of three live albums the group released during their career, it features R&B numbers led by Smokey Robinson along with Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White and Claudette Robinson recorded at either the Apollo Theater in New York or The Regal Theatre ...
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles LIVE! (TS289) is a 1969 album by R&B group The Miracles (aka "Smokey Robinson & the Miracles"). Issued on Motown's Tamla label, it is the second of three live albums the Miracles recorded during their career. The album was recorded in 1968 at Detroit's famous Roostertail Restaurant, a popular venue where Motown ...
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 ]
LOS ANGELES ‒ Christmastime and Motown are two of the world's favorite things, and both share a distinctly American musical history. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles recorded the famed label's ...
While Tarplin plays and Robinson sings the lyrics, the other Miracles (Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, Pete Moore and Claudette Robinson, answer in classic call-and-response style. Billboard stated that the song has a "good lyric line, great hand clappin' beat and mighty good on-frantic performance by the group."
Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson was the principal writer on all tracks, while Miracles members Ronnie White and Bobby Rogers co-wrote with him on several of the album's songs. Although two of the album’s songs, "Won’t You Take Me Back" and "Your Love", were taken from their debut album Hi...