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The Tears of a Clown. " The Tears of a Clown " is a song written by Hank Cosby, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder and originally recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for the Tamla Records label subsidiary of Motown, first appearing on the 1967 album Make It Happen. The track was re-released in the United Kingdom as a single in July 1970 ...
The song "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over", written by Allie Wrubel and Herb Magidson and popularized in 1939 by both the Larry Clinton and Jimmy Dorsey orchestras, references Pagliacci in the lines, "I guess I'll have to play Pagliacci and get myself a clown's disguise/And learn to laugh like Pagliacci with tears in my eyes." The song was ...
Ranking Roger. Ranking Roger and Everett Morton's reformation of the Beat in London in 2006. The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat [1]) are an English band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978. [2] Their music fuses Latin, ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock.
The Miracles singles chronology. "The Tears of a Clown". (1970) " I Don't Blame You at All ". (1971) "Crazy About the La La La". (1971) " I Don't Blame You At All " was a 1971 R&B song by The Miracles (also known as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles) on Motown Records' Tamla label. It was composed by Miracles lead singer, William "Smokey" Robinson ...
The Miracles (also known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles from 1965 to 1972) were an American vocal group that was the first successful recording act for Berry Gordy 's Motown Records, and one of the most important and most influential groups in the history of pop, soul, R&B and rock and roll music. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The group's international ...
Make It Happen is a 1967 album by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. It featured ballads such as the hit singles "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" and "More Love", as well as the up-tempo "The Tears of a Clown" co-written by Stevie Wonder and his producer Hank Cosby . Three years after the album's release, "The Tears of a Clown" was issued ...
When Smokey Sings. " When Smokey Sings " is a song by English pop band ABC, released as the first single from their fourth studio album Alphabet City (1987). The lyrics and title of the song are a tribute to R&B and soul singer Smokey Robinson. In the United States, Robinson's single "One Heartbeat" and ABC's "When Smokey Sings" were ranked in ...
The Miracles singles chronology. "Ooo Baby Baby". (1965) " The Tracks of My Tears ". (1965) "My Girl Has Gone". (1965) " The Tracks of My Tears " is a song written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin. It is a multiple award-winning 1965 hit R&B song originally recorded by their group, The Miracles, on Motown 's Tamla label.