Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Hits List: Miracles

Here we have one of the great groups of the 60's and one of the great R&B groups in history who continued to chart through 1978.  Here is the complete Hits List of the Miracles:



1959:  "It"
          "Bad Girl" (#93)
          "The Feeling is So Fine"
1960:  "Way Over There" (#94)
           "Shop Around" (#2, #1 R&B)
1961:  "Ain't It Baby" (#49, #15 R&B)
           "Mighty Good Lovin'" (#51, #21 R&B)
           "Broken Hearted" (#97, #21 R&B)

           "Everybody's Gotta' Pay Some Dues" (#52, #11 R&B)
           "What's So Good About Goodbye?" (#35, #16 R&B)
1962:  "I'll Try Something New" (#39, #11 R&B)
           "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (#8, #1 R&B)
           "A Love She Can Count On" (#31, #21 R&B)
           "Mickey's Monkey" (#8, #3 R&B)
           "I Gotta' Dance to Keep From Crying" (#35, #17 R&B)
           "The Christmas Song"
1964:  "(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You" (#59, #12 R&B)
           "I Like It Like That" (#27, #10 R&B)
           "That's What Love is Made Of" (#35, #9 R&B)
           "Come On Do the Jerk" (#50, #22 R&B)



1965:  "Ooh Baby Baby" (#16, #4 R&B)
           "The Tracks of My Tears" (#16, #2 R&B, #9 U.K.)
           "My Girl Has Gone" (#14, #3 R&B)
           "Going to a Go-Go" (#11, #2 R&B, #35 U.K.)
           "Choosey Beggar" (#11, #35 R&B, #35 U.K.)
1966:  "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You)" (#46, #20 R&B)
           "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" (#17, #14 R&B, #13 U.K.)


Promoted as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles:
1967:  "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (#20, #10 R&B)
           "More Love" (#23, #5 R&B)
           "I Second That Emotion" (#4, #1 R&B, #27 U.K.)
1968:  "If You Can Want" (#11, #3 R&B, #50 U.K.)
           "Yester Love" (#31, #9 R&B)
           "Special Occasion" (#26, #4 R&B)
1969:  "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" (#8, #3 R&B)
           "Here I Go Again" (#37, #15 R&B)
           "Doggone Right" (#32, #7 R&B)
           "Abraham, Martin & John" (#33, #16 R&B)

           "Point It Out" (#37, #4 R&B)
           "Darling Dear" (#100, #4 R&B)



1970:  "Who's Gonna' Take the Blame" (#46, #9 R&B)
           "The Tears of a Clown" (#1, #1 R&B, #1 U.K.)
1971:  "I Don't Blame You At All" (#18, #7 R&B, #11 U.K.)
           "Crazy About the La La" (#56, #20 R&B)
           "Satisfaction" (#49, #20 R&B)
1972:  "We've Come Too Far to End It Now" (#46, #9 R&B)
           "I Can't Stand to See You Cry" (#45, #21 R&B)
1976:  "The Tears of a Clown" (re-release in U.K.) (#34 U.K.)

Promoted as the Miracles (after Billy Griffin took over for Smokey Robinson, who went solo):
1973:  "Don't Let it End ('Til You Let It Begin)" (#56, #26 R&B)
           "Give Me Just Another Day" (#47 R&B)
1974:  "Do It Baby" (#13, #4 R&B)
           "Don't 'Cha Love It" (#78, #4 R&B)



1975:  "Gemini" (#43 R&B)
           "Love Machine - Pt. 1" (#1, #5 R&B, #3 U.K.)
1976:  "Night Life" (#60 R&B)
Promoted as the Miracles Featuring Billy Griffin:
1977:  "Spy for Brotherhood" (#37 R&B)
           "I Can Touch the Sky"
1978:  "Mean Machine" (#55 R&B)

Out of 50 R&B hits, an amazing 26 were Top 10 and 4 went all the way to #1 for the Miracles.  They charted 48 popular hits with 7 Top 10 songs and 2 #1's.

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