- The Miracles discography
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The Miracles discography Releases ↙Studio albums 25 ↙Live albums 3 ↙Compilation albums 7 ↙Singles 57 The Miracles were The Motown Record Corporation's first group and its first million-selling recording artists. During their nineteen-year run on the American music charts, The Miracles charted over fifty hits and recorded in the genres of doo wop, soul, disco, and R&B. Twenty-six Miracles songs reached the Top Ten of the Billboard R&B singles chart, including four R&B number ones. Sixteen of the Miracles' songs charted within the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, with seven songs charting within the Top Ten and two – 1970's "The Tears of a Clown" and 1975's "Love Machine" (Part 1) – reaching number-one.A third song,the million-selling "Shop Around" reached #1 on the Cash Box magazine Pop chart.
(Original lineup: Claudette Rogers Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin, Pete Moore) . All releases were on Motown Records' Tamla subsidiary label unless otherwise indicated.
In the 1960's,Motown Record Corporation , like many independent labels, did not register sales figures through the RIAA, the organization that certifies and awards Gold Records. So it is difficult to determine the full number of Miracles songs and recordings that sold a million or more records. Also, with the passing of decades of time, some songs that did not sell a million records on their initial release may have indeed done so over the years. However, several reference works, such as the books Hits Of The Sixties: The Million Sellers by Demitri Coryton & Joseph Murrells, as well as The Book Of Golden Discs- by Joseph Murrells- point out that the Miracles had several million- selling records during their career, including the following: Shop Around (1961), You've Really Got a Hold on Me (1962) , Mickey's Monkey (1963), The Tracks Of My Tears (1965), Going To A Go-Go,(single and album)(1965), I Second That Emotion (1967), Baby Baby Don't Cry (1969), The Tears of a Clown* (1970), Do It Baby (1974), Love Machine* (1975), and the Platinum album City Of Angels (1975). This is quite probably an incomplete list,since Miracle Pete Moore states on his corporate website, that The Miracles actually had 12 Gold Records to their credit by 1967, including 1965's Ooo Baby Baby.[1]
- * multi-million sellers.
- Note:The Miracles' 2006 DVD release The Definitive Performances (1963–1987) was also certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. [2]
Contents
Albums
The Miracles
- Tamla (Motown) releases
Year Album Peak chart positions US 1961 Hi... We're The Miracles — Cookin' with The Miracles — 1962 I'll Try Something New — 1963 Christmas with The Miracles — The Fabulous Miracles 118 The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage 139 The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey 113 1964 I Like It Like That (withdrawn from U.S.) "—" denotes releases that did not chart Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
- Tamla (Motown) releases
Year Album Peak chart positions US 1965 Going to a Go-Go 8 1966 Away We a Go-Go 41 1967 Make It Happen
(re-issued as The Tears of a Clown in 1970)28 1968 Special Occasion 42 1969 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles LIVE! 71 Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 25 Four in Blue 78 1970 What Love Has...Joined Together 97 A Pocket Full of Miracles 56 The Season for Miracles (Christmas album) — 1971 One Dozen Roses 92 1972 Flying High Together
(last studio album with Smokey Robinson)46 1972 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: 1957–1972
(live; final concert/double album)75 "—" denotes releases that did not chart The Miracles (with Billy Griffin)
- Tamla (Motown) releases
Year Album Peak chart positions US 1973 Renaissance 174 1974 Do It Baby 41 1975 Don't Cha Love It 96 City of Angels 33 1976 The Power of Music 178 "—" denotes releases that did not chart - Columbia releases
Year Album Peak chart positions US 1977 Love Crazy 117 1978 The Miracles — "—" denotes releases that did not chart Compilations
- Motown releases
Year Album Peak chart positions US 1965 Greatest Hits from the Beginning (double-album) 21 1968 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 7 1974 Anthology
(re-released in 1986, 1995 and 2002 with different track-listings)97 1977 Greatest Hits (with Billy Griffin) — 1994 The Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Collection — 1998 The Ultimate Collection — 2009 Depend On Me: The Early Albums — "—" denotes releases that did not chart Singles
The Miracles
- First releases
- "Got a Job" (1958, End)
- "Your Love (Is All I Need)" (1958, Fury)
- "I Cry" (1958, End)
- "I Need a Change"/"All I Want Is You" (1959, Chess)
- Tamla (Motown) releases
Year Title Peak chart positions US R&B UK 1959 "It"1/
"Don't Say Bye Bye"— — — "Bad Girl"2/
"I Love Your Baby"93 — — "The Feeling Is So Fine"3/
"(You Can) Depend on Me"— — — 1960 "Way Over There"/
"(You Can) Depend on Me"94 — — "Shop Around"/
"Who's Lovin' You"2 1 — 1961 "Ain't It Baby"/
"The Only One I Love"49 15 — "Mighty Good Lovin'"/
"Broken Hearted"51/
9721 — "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues"/
"I Can't Believe"52 11 — "What's So Good About Goodbye"/
"I've Been Good To You"35/
103516 — 1962 "I'll Try Something New"/
"You Never Miss A Good Thing"39 11 — "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"/
"Happy Landing"8 1 — 1963 "A Love She Can Count On"/
"I Can Take a Hint"31/
107621 — "Mickey's Monkey"/
"Whatever Makes You Happy"8 3 — "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying" 35 17 — "The Christmas Song"7 — — — 1964 "(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You" 59 12 — "I Like It Like That" 27 10 — "That's What Love Is Made Of" 35 9 — "Come On Do The Jerk" 50 22 — 1965 "Ooo Baby Baby" 16 4 — "The Tracks of My Tears"/
"A Fork In The Road"16 2 9 "My Girl Has Gone" 14 3 — "Going to a Go-Go"/
"Choosey Beggar"11 2/
3544 1966 "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You)" 46 20 — "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" 17 4 13^ "—" denotes releases that did not chart - 1 - Also issued on Argo; credited as "Ron & Bill", aka Ronnie White and Bill "Smokey" Robinson
- 2 - Also released on Chess
- 3 - Only 4 copies released after Motown withdrew single
- 4 - re-released in 1962
- 5 - peaked at #3 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart
- 6 - peaked at #7 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart
- 7 - released only as a promo single
^ Peaked at UK #45 on original issue in 1966. 1971 reissue peaked at #13.
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
(same members, name changed to spotlight lead singer)
- Tamla (Motown) releases
Year Title Peak chart positions US R&B UK 1967 "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" 20 10 — "More Love" 23 5 — "I Second That Emotion" 4 1 27 1968 "If You Can Want" 11 3 50 "Yester Love" 31 9 — "Special Occasion" 26 4 — 1969 "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" 8 3 — "Here I Go Again"/
"Doggone Right"37
3215
7— "Abraham, Martin and John" 33 16 — "Point It Out"/
"Darling Dear"37
1004 — 1970 "Who's Gonna Take the Blame" 46 9 — "The Tears of a Clown" 1 1 1 1971 "I Don't Blame You At All" 18 7 11 "Crazy About the La La" 56 20 — "Satisfaction" 49 20 — 1972 "We've Come Too Far to End It Now" 46 9 — "I Can't Stand to See You Cry" 45 21 — 1976 "The Tears of A Clown" — — 341 "—" denotes releases that did not chart - 1 - re-released in the UK in 1976
The Miracles (with Billy Griffin)
- Tamla (Motown) releases
Year Title Peak chart positions US R&B UK 1973 "Don't Let It End ('Til You Let It Begin)" 56 26 — "Give Me Just Another Day" 1111 47 — 1974 "Do It Baby" 13 4 — "Don't Cha Love It" 78 4 — 1975 "Gemini" 1012 43 — "Love Machine - Pt. 1" 1 5 3 1976 "Night Life" — 60 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart - 1 - peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
- 2 - peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
- Columbia releases (as "The Miracles featuring Billy Griffin")
Year Title Peak chart positions US R&B UK 1977 "Spy for Brotherhood" 1041 37 — "I Can Touch the Sky" — — — 1978 "Mean Machine" — 55 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart - 1 - peaked at number four on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100.
Videography
DVD release
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: The Definitive Performances (1963–1987) (2006)
References
- Hits Of The Sixties: The Million Sellers by Demitri Coryton & Joseph Murrells
- The Book Of Golden Discs- by Joseph Murrells
- Miracles member Pete Moore's corporate website- WBMM Enterprises (Miracles Facts)
- Asanovic, Bosko; Rimmer, Dave & Goldberg, Marv. "Miracles discography". Soulful Kinda Music. Retrieved 2008-03-30
- The Miracles:Billboard Magazine U.S. Singles Chart History- from Allmusic Guide
- The Miracles: Billboard U.S. Albums Chart History - from Allmusic Guide
- The Miracles' songs and albums- from the "Soully Oldies" website
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 Christmas with The Miracles (1963) · The Season for Miracles (1970)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 MiraclesThe 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 MiraclesCategories:- Discographies of American artists
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