Your favorite early miracles song

[arrr&bee]

Let's go back,way back to the beginning when mr.gordy was still[b.g.]and motown was[hitsville]what's your fav from a young smokey and the miracles,mine is[i cry]..your turn!

[motony]

"Gota Job" & "Whats So Good About Goodbye" love em all!

[marv2]

"Way Over There"! I, iy,iy,iyyyyyy........! LOL! Loved it. Oh and "Bad Girl"! That is a DETROIT song!

[theboyfromxtown]

Aint It Baby
If You Mother Only Knew
That's The Way I Feel
Would I Love You

[blkfrost]

Happy Landing.

[bankhousedave]

I loved I Like It Like That and Monkey Time in the early days. Then My Girl Has Gone and the wonderful Going To A Gogo, which were probably later in the day, but you must forgive me because I'm only a youngster. Compared to dirt.

[marv2]

I loved I Like It Like That and Monkey Time in the early days. Then My Girl Has Gone and the wonderful Going To A Gogo, which were probably later in the day, but you must forgive me because I'm only a youngster. Compared to dirt.

Ah, hehehehehehehe........!

[paladin]

Shop Around

Thats whats Girls are Made Of

Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying

I Like It Like That

Would I Love You


In fact this was my first Miracles LP and I thought it was a hell of a deal at the time....still have it.

[daddyacey]

"Whats So Good About Goodbye"
"I Need A Change" ****
"Mickeys Monkey" [[That bass and organ!!!!)
"Bad Girl"
"You Can Depend On Me"
"A Fork In The Road"

[nabob]

[You Can't Let Boy Over Power] The Man in You - one of the favorites
You've Really Got a Hold On Me - The best of the early ones
I'll Try Something New - Dynamite lyrics
Would I Love You? - One of the best ballads from the early sixties with a convincing delivery
I Like It Like That
Bad Girl
A Love She Can Count On
I've Been Good To You

[phil]

[westgrandboulevard]

"I'll Try Something New"

"Would I Love You"

"What's So Good About Goodbye"

[144man]

My love for Motown was kickstarted by the Miracles' "What's So Good About Goodbye".

[Roger Polhill]

"HappyLanding" and "Mickey`s Monkey"

[marv2]

I also liked "Shop Around" and "I Got to Dance to Keep From Crying". I haven't heard or thought about these songs in years. The Miracles really did put out some really great songs for that era!

[Motown4Ever518]

You Can Depend On Me! Combined the end of the Doo-Wop era with sparse intsrumentation, with the advent of a soulful singing style. Maybe too far ahead of it's time to be a big hit commercially. Also recorded in 1963 but a b-side for Special Occasion I believe, Give Her Up. The Programming Directors flipped it over a got a nice little hit in Philly.

[robb_k]

"I'll Try Something New"

"Way Over There"

"What's So Good About Goodbye"

[brother_love]

Would I Love You

[arrr&bee]

If i may inject something here,take a good listen to a young smokey on[i need a change]the desparation in his voice sets this early miracles song apart as he pleads for her return[long before-ooo baby baby]almost makes you think it was written for ruffin[hehe]one of the best of his early work!

[John Sands]

My sister had the 45 of "You've Really Got a Hold On Me' which she played over and over so when I think of the Miracles I think of that.

[daddyacey]

If i may inject something here,take a good listen to a young smokey on[i need a change]the desparation in his voice sets this early miracles song apart as he pleads for her return[long before-ooo baby baby]almost makes you think it was written for ruffin[hehe]one of the best of his early work!

That's why I put **** after it on my list. I felt the same way.

[mr_postman]

A spontaneous top five in no particular order:

[[You Can) Depend On Me
After All
Would I Love You
I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying
Whatever Makes You Happy

[rovereab]

Mickey`s Monkey for me.

I love this section of RSG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2GBs-vJOlQ

[marv2]

Mickey`s Monkey for me.

I love this section of RSG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2GBs-vJOlQ

That was a great moment wasn't it? Historical now.

[motony]

there will NEVER be artists that naturally talented & great in Rock & Soul again.Glad this was my time growin up & had great talents that came out of Motown Detroit to love & look up to. The Miracles did "Mickeys Monkey" when it was new on "Saturday Hop" a local Miami Bandstand show & ofcourse Claudette was in the group & they TORE it up, their performance is tattooed in my brain, it was so cool.

[kalisa]

Mickey`s Monkey for me.

I love this section of RSG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2GBs-vJOlQ

That Mickey's Monkey footage made me love the song [[which was formerly a "meh" on my Smokey favorites list)!!!

I'll Try Something New
What's So Good About Good-bye
You Really got a hold on me [[footage out there at the Apollo where he mixes it up with "Bring it on home"... wow! love it!!)
and...

all in one breath here...I know that you know how precious to care is and you know that I know my darling that there is .. nothing that means more to a woman than A love she can count on [[not saying that's my favorite, can't pick just one. I just love that line )

[marv2]

That Mickey's Monkey footage made me love the song [[which was formerly a "meh" on my Smokey favorites list)!!!

I'll Try Something New
What's So Good About Good-bye
You Really got a hold on me [[footage out there at the Apollo where he mixes it up with "Bring it on home"... wow! love it!!)
and...

all in one breath here...I know that you know how precious to care is and you know that I know my darling that there is .. nothing that means more to a woman than A love she can count on [[not saying that's my favorite, can't pick just one. I just love that line )

"You Really got a hold on me " my brother Robert and I use to sing that song when were little kids and I mean really little ! He would sing Smokey's part and make me sing Bobby's part. LOL!

[arrr&bee]

that mickey's monkey footage made me love the song [[which was formerly a "meh" on my smokey favorites list)!!!

I'll try something new
what's so good about good-bye
you really got a hold on me [[footage out there at the apollo where he mixes it up with "bring it on home"... Wow! Love it!!)
and...

All in one breath here...i know that you know how precious to care is and you know that i know my darling that there is .. nothing that means more to a woman than a love she can count on [[not saying that's my favorite, can't pick just one. I just love that line )

good one,my favorite lines too from that smokey classic!

[mr soul]

As well as most of those mentioned I like to add.

That's The Way I Feel
Ain't It Baby
Broken Hearted
He Don't Care About Me
Father Dear

[stephanie]

I Got to Dance to Keep From Crying~

[MotownSteve]

Mickey`s Monkey for me.

I love this section of RSG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2GBs-vJOlQ

I have that on a DVD I got from the http://thevideobeat.com

[Ryon6]

I'll Try Something New

Happy Landing

Whatever Makes You Happy

Choosey Beggar

Would I Love You

[theboyfromxtown]

I find it the number of specific nominations for "Would I Love You" very satisfying. It's not been a song that has been recognised so widely in the past.

[paladin]

I noticed that trend as well. I was happy that Dance To Keep from Crying and Mickeys Monkey where noticed too. The first time I heard "Crying" was at a block party and everybody just broke out dancing. The Miracles Mickeys Monkey has been indelibly branded in my brain, the music and their steps could easily define the way of Motown.........