Miracles discography
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This is a discography for the Motown group The Miracles.
Contents |
[edit] Singles
[edit] 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" (1959, Chess)
- Tamla (Motown) releases
Year | Song title | US pop chart | US R&B chart | UK pop chart |
---|---|---|---|---|
1959 | "It"1 | - | - | - |
1959 | "Bad Girl"2 | 93 | - | - |
1959 | "The Feeling Is So Fine"3 | - | - | - |
1960 | "Way Over There"4 | 94 | - | - |
1960 | "Shop Around"/ "Who's Lovin' You" |
2 | 1 | - |
1961 | "Ain't It Baby" | 49 | 15 | - |
1961 | "Mighty Good Lovin'"/ "Broken Hearted" |
51/ 97 |
21 | - |
1961 | "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues" | 52 | 11 | - |
1961 | "What's So Good About Goodbye"/ "I've Been Good to You" |
35/ 1035 |
16 | - |
1962 | "I'll Try Something New" | 39 | 11 | - |
1962 | "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" | 8 | 1 | - |
1963 | "A Love She Can Count On"/ "I Can Take a Hint" |
31/ 1076 |
21 | - |
1963 | "Mickey's Monkey" | 8 | 3 | - |
1963 | "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying" | 35 | 17 | - |
1963 | "The Christmas Song"7 | - | - | - |
1964 | "(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You" | 59 | 12 | - |
1964 | "I Like It Like That" | 27 | 10 | - |
1964 | "That's What Love Is Made Of" | 35 | 9 | - |
1964 | "Come On, Do the Jerk" | 50 | 22 | - |
1965 | "Ooo Baby Baby" | 16 | 4 | - |
1965 | "The Tracks of My Tears" | 16 | 2 | 9 |
1965 | "My Girl Has Gone" | 14 | 3 | - |
1965 | "Going to a Go-Go"/ "Choosey Beggar" |
11 | 2/ 35 |
44 |
1966 | "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart" | 46 | 20 | - |
1966 | "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" | 17 | 4 | 13^ |
- 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.
[edit] Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
(same members, name changed to spotlight lead singer)
- Tamla (Motown) releases
Year | Song title | US pop chart | US R&B chart | UK pop chart |
---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" | 20 | 10 | - |
1967 | "More Love" | 23 | 5 | - |
1967 | "I Second That Emotion" | 4 | 1 | 27 |
1968 | "If You Can Want" | 11 | 3 | 50 |
1968 | "Yester Love" | 31 | 9 | - |
1968 | "Special Occasion" | 26 | 4 | - |
1969 | "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" | 8 | 3 | - |
1969 | "Here I Go Again"/ "Doggone Right" |
37 32 |
15 7 |
- |
1969 | "Abraham, Martin & John" | 33 | 16 | - |
1969 | "Point It Out"/ "Darling Dear" |
37 100 |
4 | |
1970 | "Who's Gonna Take the Blame" | 46 | 9 | - |
1970 | "The Tears of a Clown" | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1971 | "I Don't Blame You At All" | 18 | 7 | 11 |
1971 | "Crazy About the La La" | 56 | 20 | - |
1971 | "Satisfaction" | 49 | 20 | - |
1972 | "We've Come Too Far to End It Now" | 46 | 9 | - |
1972 | "I Can't Stand to See You Cry" | 45 | 21 | - |
1976 | "The Tears of a Clown" | - | - | 341 |
- 1 - re-released in the UK in 1976
[edit] The Miracles (with Billy Griffin)
- Tamla (Motown) releases
Year | Song title | US pop chart | US R&B chart | UK pop chart |
---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | "Don't Let It End ('Til You Let It Begin)" | 56 | 26 | - |
1973 | "Give Me Just Another Day" | 1111 | 47 | - |
1974 | "Do It Baby" | 13 | 4 | - |
1974 | "Don't Cha Love It" | 78 | 4 | - |
1975 | "Gemini" | 1012 | 43 | - |
1975 | "Love Machine - Pt. 1" | 1 | 5 | 3 |
1976 | "Night Life" | - | 60 | - |
- 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 | Song title | US pop chart | US R&B chart | UK pop chart |
---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | "Spy for Brotherhood" | 1041 | 37 | - |
1977 | "I Can Touch the Sky" | - | - | - |
1978 | "Mean Machine" | - | 55 | - |
- 1 - peaked at number four on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100.
[edit] Albums
[edit] The Miracles
- Tamla (Motown) releases
- Hi... We're The Miracles (1961)
- Cookin' with The Miracles (1961)
- I'll Try Something New (1962)
- Christmas with The Miracles (1963)
- The Fabulous Miracles (1963) US: #118
- The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage (1963) US: #139
- The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey (1963) US: #113
- Greatest Hits from the Beginning (1965) US: #21 (double album)
[edit] Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
- Tamla (Motown) releases
- Going To A Go-Go (1965) US: #8
- Away We A Go-Go (1966) US: #41
- Make It Happen (1967) US: #28 (reissued as The Tears Of A Clown in 1970)
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1968) US: #7
- Special Occasion (1968) US: #42
- Live (1969) US: #71
- Time Out For Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (1969) US: #25
- Four in Blue (1969) US: #78
- What Love Has Joined Together (1970) US: #97
- A Pocket Full of Miracles (1970) US: #56
- The Season for Miracles (Christmas album) (1970)
- One Dozen Roses (1971) US: #92
- Flying High Together (1972) US: #46 (last album with Smokey Robinson)
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles:1957-1972(1972) (Live, final concert double album) US: #75
[edit] The Miracles (with Billy Griffin)
- Tamla (Motown) releases
- Renaissance (1973) US: #174
- Do It Baby (1974) US: #41
- Don't Cha Love It (1975) US: #96
- City of Angels (1975) US: #33
- The Power of Music (1976) US: #178
- Greatest Hits (1977)
- Columbia releases
- Love Crazy (1977) US: #117
- The Miracles (1978)
[edit] Compilations
- Motown releases
- Anthology (1974, re-released in 1986, 1995, and 2002 with different tracklistings) US: #97
- The Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Collection (1994)
- The Ultimate Collection (1999)