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Myspace LayoutsSay the word "Miracles" and all kinds of images from the golden era of the Motown Record Corporation comes to mind. The Miracles were the first Motown group to break through bringing Berry Gordy's fledgling Detroit record company its first gold record for selling a million copies. The song was "Shop Around" and the year was 1960. The group turned out an amazing number of hits from that time to 1972 when lead singer Smokey Robinson opted for a solo career.
Following Robinson's departure, The Miracles - Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore and Ronnie White (by this time the fifth member, Claudette Robinson, had retired from the business) recruited a new lead singer, Billy Griffin, and delivered several more hits, most notably, "Love Machine", "Do It Baby" and "Don't Cha Love It". By 1978, this group had disbanded and following a period of inactivity, Rogers and White decided to reform the group. Sadly, Ron White passed away following a long illness.
Bobby's strong desire to keep The Miracles name in the spotlight created the newly emerged group. As one of the cornerstones of Motown music and the co-writer of some of the most memorable Motown songs including "Going To a Go-Go" (Miracles), "The Way You Do The Things You Do" (Temptations), "First I Look At The Purse" (Contours), Bobby will go down in musical history for his infamous voice in the opening of mega hit "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye and his growl in "Love Machine".
Dave Finley, long time friend of Bobby Rogers, with his smooth second tenor comes from the R&B vocal group, The Del Vikings of "Come Go With Me" fame. Dave continues to write and produce young artists keeping "the music alive".
The Miracles performed as a trio with their band, "The Miracle Workers", with Tee Turner as musical director/bass player and background vocalist. An accomplished writer, producer and vocalist, Tee's satin, airy vocal qualities with the ability to sing first and second tenor moved Tee to the front line.
It is noteworthy that The Miracles have maintained their professionalism and cannot be duplicated in a time when clone groups are unfortunately on the rise.
The Miracles sweet sounds are loved throughout the world and with the positive energy of these four gentlemen, MIRACLES WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
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The Miracles Facts
THE MIRACLES' "COVER VERSIONS" section in Wikipedia. That section now consists of OVER 40 SONGS obtained from ALL MUSIC GUIDE, an excellent reference source. New sites for 3 new Miracles songs: "I Like It Like That", "I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying", and "I've Been Good To You"....and their final album with Smokey, "Flying High Together" . Here are the articles : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Gotta_Dance_to_Keep_From_Cryi
ng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Like_It_Like_That_(Miracles_s
ong) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Been_Good_To_You http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_High_Together .
The Miracles song," The Tracks Of My Tears " , has some pretty prestigous honors This song has been honored by The RECORD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (RIAA) as 127 of the "Songs Of The Century"- The 365 Greatest Songs of The 20th Century" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_the_Century It was also chosen as one of the "Top 10 Best Songs Of All Time" by a panel of 20 top industry songwriters and producers including Hal David,Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Jerry Leiber,and others as reported to Britain's Mojo music magazine. Also Cable TV network VH-1 chose The Miracles as 61 in their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time ,
The Beatles song "Ask Me Why" was deeply influenced by The Miracles hit, "What's So Good About Goodbye" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask_Me_Why .
Ask Me Why, written by Lennon ,was influenced by The Miracles' hit "What's So Good About Goodbye" .George Harrison also greatly admired Robinson and paid tribute to him in his 1976 song 'Pure Smokey', while The Rolling Stones covered their hit "Going to a Go-Go".The Hollies covered the group's 1963 smash "Mickey's Monkey". The Zombies also covered "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" , while The Who covered The Miracles' hit, "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying" . While the British Invasion meant the end of many American artists' recording careers,it had very little effect on The Miracles, who continued having hits throughout this period .In addition , artists of many diverse musical genres have covered their songs , including Jazz, Country & Western,MOR, Reggae, Hip-Hop, Rock, and Pop, as well as R&B/Soul.
"A "Hall Of Fame" worthy group."
Take a look at The Miracles' article in AMAZON and in their article in the "FUTURE ROCK HALL" website.
Thank you to Bill Gordon for research and additions to Wikipedia.
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‘Once In A Lifetime – Motown Legends Live’ tour
general sale Friday 10th October:
‘Once In A Lifetime Motown Legends Live’
Featuring
The Miracles
Mary Wilson Of The Supremes
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
The Commodores
Jr Walker’s All Stars
June 2009
Tuesday 23rd
Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Box Office: 0844 493 6666
www.metroradioarena.co.uk
Wednesday 24th
Nottingham Trent FM Arena
Box Office: 08444 124 624
www.trentfmarenanottingham.com
Thursday 25th
London Wembley Arena
Box Office: 0844 815 0815
www.wembleyarena.co.uk
Friday 26th
Birmingham NIA
Box Office: 0844 338 8000
www.theticketfactory.com
Saturday 27th
Manchester Evening News Arena
Box Office: 0844 847 8000
www.men-arena.com
Sunday 28th
Liverpool Echo Arena
Box Office: 0844 8000 400
www.accliverpool.com
National UK Tour Hotline: 0844 847 1726
Ticketmaster 0844 847 1726 / Group sales 0844 844 2121
www.ticketmaster.co.uk
See Tickets 0871 2200 260
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