Rating affects your music played in LAUNCHcast and Music Videos.Smokey Robinson may well be the man, in the face of some towering competition.With the Miracles in the 1960s, he paced dozens of tuneful Motown hits with his beautiful high tenor.As a solo performer from the 1970s onward, he was one of the staples of urban contemporary music.As a songwriter and producer, he was the most important musical component to Motown's early success, not only on the hits by the Miracles, but for numerous other acts as well (especially Mary Wells and the Temptations).There was no national action for the Miracles until "Shop Around" in late 1960.While Robinson is most often thought of as a romantic balladeer, the Miracles were also capable of grinding out some excellent uptempo party tunes, particularly in their early days.He also toured with the Miracles, and started a family with the Miracles' female singer, Claudette Rogers, whom he married in 1964.Robinson left the group to go on his own in 1972; the Miracles continued without him with limited success, although they had a number one hit in 1976 with "Love Machine, Pt.Please refresh the page to fix the problem.Miracles were one of many acts bridging the doo wop and early soul eras.Gordy withdrew the original single in favor of a faster, more fully produced version of the song; it made number two, doing much not only to establish the Miracles, but to establish the Motown label itself.Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying.Te...