The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey

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The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey
Studio album by The Miracles
Released	November 1963
Recorded	1963
Genre	Soul/pop
Length	N/A
Label	Tamla TS 245
Producer(s)	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson
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The Miracles chronology
The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage (1963)	The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey (1963)	Greatest Hits from the Beginning (1965)

The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey is a 1963 album by The Miracles for the Tamla (Motown) label. The album includes the Top 10 hit "Mickey's Monkey", written and produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland, which popularized "The Monkey" as a novelty dance. Also included is another H-D-H dance-oriented single, "I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying".

Much of the rest of the LP is made up of cover versions of other popular dance songs, including "The Twist", "Twist and Shout", and "Do You Love Me". The album features the lead vocals of Miracles founder and producer Smokey Robinson.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Mickey's Monkey" (Dozier, Holland, Holland)
2. "Dance What You Wanna" (Alexander, Cooke, White)
3. "The Wah-Watusi" (Appell, Mann)
4. "The Twist" (Ballard)
5. "Dancin' Holiday" (Rogers, Samuels, Smith)
6. "Land of 1000 Dances" (Kenner)
7. "I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying" (Dozier, Holland, Holland)
8. "The Monkey Time" (Mayfield)
9. "The Groovey Thing" (Robinson)
10. "Twist and Shout" (Medley, Russell)
11. "Do You Love Me" (Gordy)