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    Come on do the jerk-the miracles

    1964...l.b.j. Was in the white house, the vietnam war was raging out of control, the british invaded america again[the beatles] motown was getting ready to blast off into the stratosphere of soul and the miracles laid down one of the coolest dance tracks ever,the groovy[come on do the jerk]as the jerk was the dance craze of the year and smokey got folks to dancing with this one,for those who thought that the miracles were just about romance think again,oh they will get you out on the floor...you've done the monkey,you've done the twist and the mash potatoes too, the swim and the fly have all gone by and here's a brand new dance for you!!!

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    gotta dance to keep from crying

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    Arr&bee, "Going To A Go-Go" and "Whole Lot Of Shaking Going On [[In My Heart) will always be my favorite Smokey Robinson & The Miracles dance tracks, but "Come On Do The Jerk" and "I've Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying" are right up there, too, as are "The Soulful Shack" and "Dancing's Alright". Smokey may have claimed that he couldn't dance, but his dance tunes sure made up for it!
    Last edited by Philles/Motown Gary; 07-18-2015 at 12:53 AM.

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    Oh yeah, "Come On Do the Jerk" and "Mickey's Monkey" were two of the songs you dance to for company, your parents company in those days! LOL!!!!

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    Let's not forget "It's A Good Good Feeling" for line dancing to the Waggner Walk. "My Love Is Your Love Forever" is also up there in the Jersey/Philly clubs for dancing, while "Mickey's Monkey" is still my all time favorite - - - only next to "Going To A Go-Go" for dancin'....

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    I was EXTREMELY disappointed when "Come on do The Jerk" came out. I felt it wasn't even remotely close to The Miracles' standard. I also don't like "Going To A Go Go". I like "Mickey's Monkey" a lot more, but never really liked The Miracles' "dance" songs. I also didn't like "Whole Lot of Shakin' In My Heart. I DO like many of their up-tempo songs, however.

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    Man, I loved "Come On Do the Jerk"...Motown put out a lot of "Jerk" records as it was the cool danbce for awhile.The Miracles had a badass routine to Come On Do the Jerk.

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    Junior Walker cut a lot of songs perfect for doing The Jerk.

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    More, More, More Of Your Love is good too!

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