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Cookin' with the Miracles

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Released
  
November 13, 1961

Artist
  
The Miracles

Producer
  
Berry Gordy

Genre
  
Soul music

Studio
  
Hitsville USA, Detroit

Release date
  
13 November 1961

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

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Cookin' with the Miracles (1961)
  
I'll Try Something New (1962)

Similar
  
The Miracles albums, Soul music albums

Cookin' with the Miracles is the second Tamla album by The Miracles, and their second of 1961. Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson co-wrote most of the songs, including the two charting singles "Ain't It Baby" and "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues". The album is composed mostly of upbeat R&B tunes with steady string riffs, like "Determination" and "Broken Hearted". A cover of the jazz standard "Embraceable You" by George & Ira Gershwin is also included. The Miracles' song That's The Way I Feel, also from this album, was chosen for the soundtrack of the award-winning 1964 Ivan Dixon film Nothing But a Man.

Contents

Track listing

All selections produced by Berry Gordy, Jr..

Side one

  1. "That's The Way I Feel" (Berry Gordy, Jr., William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr.) (2:38)
  2. "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues" (Robinson, Ronald White) (2:55)
  3. "Mama" (Robinson, Janie Bradford, Gordy) (2:18)
  4. "Ain't It Baby" (Gordy, Robinson) (2:33)
  5. "Determination" (Robinson) (2:17)

Side two

  1. "You Never Miss A Good Thing" (Gordy, Robinson) (2:42)
  2. "Embraceable You" (George & Ira Gershwin) (2:49)
  3. "The Only One I Love" (Robinson) (2:34)
  4. "Broken Hearted" (Gordy, Robinson) (2:56)
  5. "I Can't Believe" (Robinson) (2:52)

2004 CD reissue bonus track

  • "Mighty Good Lovin'" (Robinson) (2:37)

    • The Miracles

  • Smokey Robinson – lead vocals (1st tenor/falsetto)
  • Ronnie White – background vocals (baritone)
  • Bobby Rogers – background vocals (2nd tenor)
  • Warren "Pete" Moore – background vocals (bass)
  • Claudette Robinson – background vocals (soprano)
  • Marv Tarplin – guitar

    • Other Credits

  • Berry Gordy, Jr. – producer, executive producer
  • The Funk Brothers – instrumentation

    • Songs

    1That's the Way I Feel2:39
    2Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues2:58
    3Mama2:18

    References

    Cookin' with the Miracles Wikipedia
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