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Another strong LP from ' late-'60s renaissance, was driven by an opening trio of Top 40 hits ('If You Can Want,' 'Yester Love,' the title song), the first of which was not only the biggest hit from the album, but one that illustrated could do funky material as well as they did pop. Another gritty composition, 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine,' was released between the hit versions by and and has the quick tempo of 's original but more of an uptown feel - a perfect fit for 's falsetto and the group's backing vocals. 's production of ' 'Yesterday' is a stirring cover, stretching out the song to allow for a set of unusually dark harmonies from. A few of the album additions are below the quality of most ' songs ('s throwaway love lyric on 'Everybody Needs Love' is particularly embarrassing), but the group made the most of even mediocre songs like 's 'Your Mother's Only Daughter' and 'You Only Build Me up to Tear Me Down.'

'More Love'byfrom the album'Swept for You Baby'ReleasedMay 26, 1967FormatRecorded(instrumentation)(Studio A) (vocals); April 26, 1967Length2: 49T 54152Smokey Robinsonsingles chronology'(1967)' More Love'(1967)'(1967)' More Love' is a 1967 hit single recorded by the American group for ' Tamla label. The single, included on the group's 1967 album, later reissued in 1970 as The Tears of a Clown. ' husky 1980 cover of the song hit the Top 10 of 's Adult Contemporary and Hot 100 charts.

Contents.The Miracles' original version This song's origins are born from real-life heartbreak and personal tragedy. Miracles lead singer wrote, produced, and sings lead on 'More Love', which he considers one of his most personal compositions.

Robinson wrote the song for his wife, Miracles member. Claudette had been a member of the Miracles since 1957, but retired from touring in 1964 after a series of miscarriages. She had a total of 8 miscarriages, which forced her off the road, never to tour with The Miracles again, though she continued to record with them as a non-touring member. On one occasion, the Robinsons had a set of twins that were. According to Smokey Robinson:'After she had a miscarriage Claudette would always tell me she was sorry she had let me down. I would explain that she had not let me down because she was there, she was alive; I wanted the babies, but I didn't know them. I wrote 'More Love' to let her know how I felt about her.'

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Unlike most other Miracles songs, the track for 'More Love' was recorded by, instead of in, by Motown session band and Miracles guitarist.Smokey and Claudette Robinson would eventually have two healthy babies, both named after aspects of the Motown corporation: a boy named Berry (after Motown founder ) and a girl, Tamla, after the Miracles' record label, (the Motown Records' subsidiary label for which The Miracles recorded).' More Love' peaked at number 23 on the and number 19 on the Top 100 in the United States, and was a Top 10 Billboard R&B hit, peaking at number five.

Although not quite reaching the Pop Top 10 nationally, it was a regional smash, reaching #1 on the Cleveland Ohio Pop Charts for the week of August 11, 1967. The song's 'B' side, 'Swept For You Baby', was also a popular regional hit, and has inspired cover versions by, and (as 'Sweat For You Baby'). In Canada, however, The Miracles' 'More Love' became a Top 10 Pop hit, reaching number 8, charting higher than ' subsequent cover version in that country on the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts (#3) years later. Chart performance. ^ George, Nelson (1985). Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound.New York: St.

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