- Going to a Go-Go
Infobox Album |
Name = Going To A Go-Go
Type = studio
Artist =Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Released = November 1965
Recorded = 1965
Genre =Soul
Length = 33:49
Label = Tamla
TS 267
Producer =Smokey Robinson
Frank Wilson
William "Mickey" Stevenson
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6u0qoayabijz link]
Last album = "Greatest Hits from the Beginning "
(1965)
This album = "Going To A Go-Go"
(1965)
Next album = "Away We A Go-Go "
(1966):"For the song seeGoing to a Go-Go (song) ""Going To A Go-Go" is a 1965 album byThe Miracles , the first to bill the group as "Smokey Robinson & the Miracles". It includes four of the Miracles' Top 20 hits: "Ooo Baby Baby ", "The Tracks of My Tears ", "Going to a Go-Go", and "My Girl Has Gone ". Primarily produced by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, "Going to a Go-Go" features compositions co-written by Miracles members Robinson,Ronald White ,Bobby Rogers ,Pete Moore , andMarv Tarplin .The album also features two important Miracles b-sides, "Choosey Beggar" and "A Fork in the Road". "Choosey Beggar" charted on the "Billboard"
Hot R&B Singles chart at number 35. "A Fork in the Road", on the other hand, did not chart nationally, but proved to be a strong regional hit in several areas of the country and was regularly performed as part of the Miracles' live show."Going To A Go-Go" was the only Miracles studio LP to chart within the Top 10 of the
Billboard 200 albums chart, where it peaked at number-eight. The LP peaked at number-one on "Billboard's" R&B albums chart. "Going to a Go-Go" was reissued on CD in 2002, coupled with the Miracles' "Away We A Go-Go ". A live version of "A Fork in the Road" is included as a bonus track. RS500|271Tracklisting
ide one
# "
The Tracks of My Tears " (Warren Moore,Smokey Robinson ,Marvin Tarplin ) – 2:55
# "Going to a Go-Go" (Moore, Robinson, Robert Rogers, Tarplin) – 2:46
# "Ooo Baby Baby " (Moore, Robinson) – 2:45
# "My Girl Has Gone " (Moore, Robinson, Tarplin,Ronald White ) – 2:50
# "In Case You Need Love" (Robinson) – 2:47
# "Choosey Beggar" (Moore, Robinson) – 2:33ide two
# "Since You Won My Heart" (Robinson,
William "Mickey" Stevenson ) – 2:16
# "From Head to Toe" (Robinson) – 2:25
# "All That's Good" (Moore, Robinson) – 3:12
# "My Baby Changes Like the Weather" (Hal Davis ,Frank Wilson ) – 2:47
# "Let Me Have Some" - (Robinson, Rogers) – 3:07
# "A Fork in the Road" (Moore, Robinson, White) – 3:26Personnel-
The Miracles :*
Smokey Robinson : lead vocals
*Ronnie White ,Bobby Rogers ,Warren "Pete" Moore ,Claudette Robinson : background vocals
* Marv Tarplin: guitaristOther Credits
*
The Funk Brothers : instrumentationProducers
*
Smokey Robinson , producer, Album executive producer
* Frank Wilson, producer
*William "Mickey" Stevenson , producerReferences
The Miracles can be seen performing 4 of this album's songs,"
The Tracks Of My Tears , "My Girl Has Gone ","Ooo Baby Baby ", and "Going To A Go-Go ",on the Motown/Universal DVD Release: "Smokey Robinson & The Miracles:The Definitive Performances (1963-1987) ".
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