- Choosey Beggar
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"Choosey Beggar" Single by The Miracles from the album Going to a Go-Go A-side "Going to a Go-Go" Released December 1965 Format 7" single Recorded Hitsville USA (Studio A): 1965 Genre Soul/pop Label Tamla
T 54127Writer(s) Smokey Robinson
Pete MooreProducer Smokey Robinson The Miracles singles chronology "My Girl Has Gone"
(1965)"Going to a Go-Go"/"Choosey Beggar"
(1965)"Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart"
(1966)"Choosey Beggar" was a 1965 song recorded by Motown R&B group The Miracles on its Tamla label subsidiary. It was issued as the B-side of the group's top-20 million-selling single[1], "Going to a Go-Go", and was taken from the group's Billboard Top 10 Pop album of the same name.
Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore and produced by Robinson, this song also became a national hit, reaching number 35 on the Billboard R&B chart. As the song's narrator, lead singer Smokey Robinson, using a play on the old axiom, "Beggars can't be choosers", portrays a man who simply refuses to accept just "any girl":
Beggars can't be choicey, I know...that's what the people say...But though my heart is begging for love ...I've turned some love away..." Only one girl is right for him... "I'm a choosey beggar...and you're my choice..."
"Choosey Beggar" has inspired cover versions by Debby Boone , and Jazz artist Chazz Dixon, and has been included in the Miracles' compilation album Greatest Hits-Vol.2, along with several other Miracles "Greatest Hits" compilations.
Contents
Personnel Credits
Personnel – The Miracles
- Smokey Robinson – lead vocals, co-writer, producer
- Claudette Rogers Robinson – background vocals
- Pete Moore – background vocals, co-writer
- Ronnie White – background vocals
- Bobby Rogers – background vocals
- Marv Tarplin – guitar
Other personnel
- Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
References
- ^ Coryton, Demitri; Joseph Murrells. Hits Of The Sixties: The Million Sellers
External links
- The Miracles-"Choosey Beggar", Youtube video
The Miracles Group members
(past and present)Bobby Rogers · Mark Scott · Claudette Robinson · Dave Finley · Tee Turner
Smokey Robinson · Ronnie White · Pete Moore · Marv Tarplin · Billy Griffin · Donald Griffin · Carl Cotton · Sidney Justin · Alphonse Franklin
Pre-Miracles: Emerson "Sonny" Rogers · James Grice · Clarence DawsonProduction Studio albums Hi... We're The Miracles (1961) · Cookin' with The Miracles (1961) · I'll Try Something New (1962) · The Fabulous Miracles (1963) · The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey (1963) · I Like It Like That (1964) · Going To A Go-Go (1965) · Away We A Go-Go (1966) · Make It Happen/The Tears Of A Clown (1967) · Special Occasion (1968) · Time Out For Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (1969) · Four in Blue (1969) · What Love Has Joined Together (1970) · A Pocket Full Of Miracles (1970) · One Dozen Roses (1971) · Flying High Together (1972) · Renaissance (1973) · Do It Baby (1974) · Don't Cha Love It (1975) · City of Angels (1975) · The Power of Music (1976) · Love Crazy (1977) · The Miracles (1978)Live albums The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage (1963) · Smokey Robinson & The Miracles LIVE! (1969) · Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: 1957-1972 (1972)Other albums Compilations Greatest Hits from the Beginning (1965) · Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1968) · Anthology (1974) · Greatest Hits (1977) · Anthology '86 (1986) · The Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Collection (1994) · Anthology: The Best of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1995) · The Ultimate Collection (1998) · Ooo Baby Baby: The Anthology (2002) · Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Gold (2006) · Depend On Me: The Early Albums (2009)Singles
(US/UK Top Twenty singles)"Shop Around" · "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"/"(Have a) Happy Landing" · "Mickey's Monkey" · "Ooo Baby Baby" · "The Tracks of My Tears" · "My Girl Has Gone" · "Going to a Go-Go" · "(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need" · "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" · "I Second That Emotion" · "If You Can Want" · "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" · "The Tears of a Clown" · "I Don't Blame You At All" · "Do It Baby" · "Love Machine - Pt. I"Videography Discography Albums · SongsRelated topics See also Book:The Miracles
The Miracles singles discography 1950s "Got a Job" (1958) · "Your Love (Is All I Need)" (1958) · "I Cry" (1958) · "I Need a Change" (1959) · "It" (1959) · " Bad Girl" (1959) · "The Feeling Is So Fine" (1959) / " (You Can) Depend on Me" (1959)1960s "Way Over There" (1960) · "Shop Around" (1960) / Who's Lovin' You" (1960) · "Ain't It Baby" (1961) · "Mighty Good Lovin'" (1961) / Broken Hearted" (1961) · "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues" (1961) · "What's So Good About Goodbye" (1961) / " I've Been Good To You" (1961) · "I'll Try Something New" (1962) · "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (1962) / "Happy Landing" (1962) · "A Love She Can Count On" (1963) / "I Can Take a Hint" (1963) · " Mickey's Monkey" (1963) · " I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying" (1963) · "The Christmas Song" (1963) · "(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You" (1964) · "I Like It Like That" (1964) · "That's What Love Is Made Of" (1964) · "Come On Do The Jerk" (1964) · "Ooo Baby Baby" (1965) · "The Tracks of My Tears" (1965) / "A Fork in the Road" (1965) · "My Girl Has Gone" (1965) · "Going to a Go-Go" (1965) / "Choosey Beggar" (1965) · "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You)" (1966) · "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" (1966) · "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (1967) · "More Love" (1967) · " I Second That Emotion" (1967) · If You Can Want" (1968) · "Yester Love" (1968) · "Special Occasion" (1968) · "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" (1969) · "Here I Go Again" (1969) / "Doggone Right" (1969) · "Abraham, Martin & John" (1969) · "Point It Out" (1969) / "Darling Dear" (1969)1970s "Who's Gonna Take the Blame" (1970) · "The Tears of a Clown" (1970) · "I Don't Blame You At All" (1970) · "Crazy About the La La" (1971) · "Satisfaction" (1971) · "We've Come Too Far to End It Now" (1972) · "I Can't Stand to See You Cry" (1972) · "Don't Let It End ('Til You Let It Begin)" (1973) · "Give Me Just Another Day" (1973) · "Do It Baby" (1974) · "Don't Cha Love It" (1974) · "Gemini" (1975) · "Love Machine" (1975) · "Night Life" (1976) · "Spy for Brotherhood" (1977) · "I Can Touch the Sky" (1977) · "Mean Machine" (1978)Book:The Miracles
Categories:- 1965 singles
- The Miracles songs
- Songs written by Pete Moore
- Songs written by Smokey Robinson
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