What are the performance characteristics of smokey Robinson and the miracles?

Answer 1

The MIRACLES were Motown Records' first group, and it's first million-selling recording artists- They had over 50 chart hits. They were a group known for ballads such as OOO BABY BABY, MORE LOVE, and THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS, as well as uptempo hits like MICKEY'S MONKEY, GOING TO A GO-GO, and (COME 'ROUND HERE) I'M THE ONE YOU NEED. They did exciting dance steps to go with their uptempo tunes , and were the ONLY Motown group in the 1960's that wrote and produced their own material...as well as writing for other motown acts like The Temptations, Mary Wells, and Marvin Gaye . Although SMOKEY tends to unfairly get most of the credit for this, the fact is that ALL of the Miracles were responsible for writing their many hit tunes.

They were known for many years simply as "THE MIRACLES" and had some 2 dozen hits under their colective name before Motown Records president BERRY GORDY changed their name to spotlight lead singer Smokey Robinson.

THE MIRACLES are the most-covered Motown group of ALL TIME (meaning that more artists worldwide have recorded their tunes than ANY OTHER MOTOWN GROUP), and also have the distinction of having more of their songs inducted into the GRAMMY HALL OF FAME than ANY OTHER MOTOWN GROUP. They have been inducted into THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, THE DOO-WOP HALL OF FAME, THE VOCAL GROUP HALL OF FAME , and have a star on the HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME .