Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - Anthology (1990)

Scoring over 40 hits in the R&B Top 40 charts, The Miracles started out as the Five Chimes in the mid-'50s while the members were still in high school. The Detroit vocal group consisted of William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore, Clarence "Humble" Dawson, Donald Wicker, and James "Rat" Grice. Not too long after the group formed, Wicker and Grice left and were replaced by cousins Emerson "Sonny" Rogers and Bobby Rogers, who both sang tenor, and baritonist Ronnie White was in Dawson's place. The vocal quintet then changed their name to the Matadors, and in 1956 Claudette Rogers joined the band after her brother Sonny Rogers was drafted. The Matadors auditioned for Jackie Wilson's manager, Nat Tarnapol, in 1956. Although Tarnapol wasn't interested, finding the group too similar to the Platters, Jackie Wilson's songwriter Berry Gordy Jr. was, and he soon began producing the band, who now went by the name The Miracles. Gordy produced their first single, "Get a Job," which was issued by the N.Y. label End Records in 1958.

Tracklist:

CD 1

01. Got a Job
02. Bad Girl
03. Way Over There
04. (You Can) Depend on Me
05. Shop Around
06. Who's Lovin' You
07. What's So Good About Goodbye?
08. I'll Try Something New
09. I've Been Good to You
10. You've Really Got a Hold on Me
11. A Love She Can Count On
12. Mickey's Monkey
13. I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying
14. I Like It Like That
15. That's What Love Is Made Of
16. Come on Do the Jerk
17. Ooo Baby Baby
18. The Tracks of My Tears
19. My Girl Has Gone
20. Choosey Beggar
21. Going to a Go-Go
22. (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need
23. Save Me
24. The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage
25. More Love

CD2

01. I Second That Emotion
02. If You Can Want
03. Yester Love
04. Special Occasion
05. Baby, Baby Don't Cry
06. Doggone Right
07. Here I Go Again
08. Abraham, Martin and John
09. Darling Dear
10. Point It Out
11. Who's Gonna Take the Blame
12. Tears of a Clown
13. I Don't Blame You at All
14. Satisfaction
15. We've Come Too Far to End It Now
16. I Can't Stand to See You Cry
17. Crazy About the la la La
18. Do It Baby
19. Don't Cha Love It
20. Love Machine