In the collection
6 records
Special Occasion
Smokey Robinson And The Miracles, 1968
Four In Blue
Smokey Robinson And The Miracles, 1969
Time Out For Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
Smokey Robinson And The Miracles, 1969
Anthology
Smokey Robinson And The Miracles, 1973
The Greatest 64 Motown Original Hits
Various, 1975
The Big Chill (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Various, 1983
Played with
Smokey Robinson
6 records together
Al Cleveland
6 records together
Warren Moore
5 records together
Marvin Tarplin
4 records together
Ronald White
4 records together
Edward Holland, Jr.
3 records together
Norman Whitfield
3 records together
Whitfield-Strong
3 records together
Terry Johnson
3 records together
Ashford & Simpson
3 records together
Holland-Dozier-Holland
3 records together
Stevie Wonder
2 records together
About
For releases by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles or variants of that please enter under The Miracles with the appropriate artist name variation.
One of the earliest of all Motown groups The Miracles were formed at school in Detroit in 1955 as The Five Chimes. In 1956 they changed their name to The Matadors, adding Claudette Rogers to the line-up. They were spotted by Berry Gordy at an audition in late 1957 and in February 1958 changed their name to The Miracles. Their first release, 'Got A Job' b/w 'My Mama Done Told Me', was issued via the End label that same month. Another single on End followed, and then one on Chess and Motown, before the group finally found a home on Tamla where they had a string of hits and Smokey established himself as a key songwriter for the label throughout the 1960s.
In late 1965 Berry Gordy decided to adjust the group's name and they were billed thereafter as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles although it was still one group, until Smokey left the group in July 1972 (although the final Smokey Robinson & The Miracles single was not released until November). He was replaced by Billy Griffin, with the name being reverted back to The Miracles for the new line-up.
The Miracles stayed with Motown until 1976, and had a number one US hit with 'Love Machine' in 1975. In 1976 they moved to Columbia.
Members:
William "Smokey" Robinson (1955–1972)
Ronald "Ronnie" White (1955–1983; 1993–1995)
Warren "Pete" Moore (1955–1978)
Clarence Dawson
James Grice
Emerson Rogers
Robert "Bobby" Rogers (1956–1983; 1993–2013)
Claudette Rogers (Robinson) (1956–1964)
Billy Griffin (1972–1978; late 1990s)
Dave Finley (1978–1983; 1993–present)
Sidney Justin (1993–c.2000)
Tee Turner (1996–present)
Mark Scott (2005–2008)
Alphonse Franklin (2008-present)
From Discogs.