Flying High Together

Flying High Together was a 1972 album by The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label . It is noted as The Miracles' last studio album with original lead singer Smokey Robinson, who retired from the act to concentrate on his duties as Vice President of The Motown Record Corporation .The album charted at #46 on the Billboard Pop Album chart , and featured two singles: the appropriately-named "We've Come Too Far to End It Now",which matched the parent album's chart position on the Billboard singles chart,charting at #46, and reached the Top 10 of the Billboard R&B singles chart, charting at #9, and "I Can't Stand to See You Cry", which charted at #45 Pop,and #21 R&B.The album also featured a cover of The Stylistics' 1971 hit Betcha By Golly Wow, the "Theme From Love Story", and covers of the Michael Jackson solo hit,Got to Be There, and The Chi-Lites'#1 hit,Oh Girl. The album also features songs composed by Ashford & Simpson,Stevie Wonder and Syretta Wright, Bobby Miller , who was responsible for The Dells' long string of hits, and Motown producer Johnny Bristol.Interestingly,neither Smokey , or any of the other Miracles contributed to the writing on this album , and Smokey himself produced only one track, the aforementioned "Got to Be There". The release of this album coincided with the group's final nationwide tour,before replacing Smokey with Billy Griffin.

Track Listing

ide One:

# I Can't Stand To See You Cry
# Theme From "Love Story"
# We've Come Too Far To End It Now
# Flying High Together
# With Your Love Came
# It Will Be Alright

ide Two:

# Oh Girl
# You Ain't Livin'Till You're Lovin'
# We Had A Love So Strong
# Got to Be There
# Betcha by Golly,Wow

Credits-The Miracles:

*Smokey Robinson – lead vocal
*Claudette Rogers Robinson – backing vocal
*Pete Moore – backing vocal
*Ronnie White – backing vocal
*Bobby Rogers – backing vocal
*Marv Tarplin – guitar

*Other instruments by The Funk Brothers

Arrangers: H.B. Barnum, David Van De Pitte, Eddie Nucilli.