March 14th, 2009 5:00pm
Smokey Robinson’s soul super group The Miracles are to be honored with the 2,381st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The founding members of the group, including Robinson and Pete Moore, will unveil the star on March 20.
Motown boss Berry Gordy and soul legend Stevie Wonder will honor the Miracles.
Source: Starpulse Entertainment News Blog
March 24, 2009
Just wanted to follow-up on this post by saying that the Miracles “Star Ceremony” was held last Friday, March 20, 2008. There is a short AP article and photo from the event here at the Fox News Web Site.
Congratulations Miracles. This was way, way, way overdue!
PS. Claudette Robinson is still absolutely stunning. Check the photo! You go girl!
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{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }
They truly deserve it! I love these guys and Claudette lol
When u say founding members, that includes Bobby Rogers and Ronnie White right?
k, I was jus making sure lol.
What about MARV TARPLIN ? He was an original MIRACLES member too. In fact he’s on THIS ALBUM COVER !!
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Submitted on 2009/03/26 at 10:02pm
Why wasn’t Marv honored with the other MIRACLES ? They honored Billy Griffin… who wasn’t an original member… How could they leave Marv out,who IS an original ? (He even CO-WROTE many of the group’s greatest hits )!!!
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Submitted on 2009/03/26 at 10:04pm
P.S. : Also, nobody is mentioning PETE MOORE . He is ALSO AN ORIGINAL MIRACLE… and was honored as well.
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Hi Will,
Hope you don’t mind me combining your 3 posts (LOL) You get no argument out of me about the contributions of Marv Tarplin and his sweet sounding guitar! I haven’t seen details on the actual ceremony online — only some pics of Smokey hogging the spotlight that day.(SMILE) But I hope Mr. Tarplin was honored at the ceremony as the integral part of the group that he was. He is as much responsible for the success of “Tracks of My Tears” with his solo guitar contribution as are Smoke’s vocals.
If I find out anything more as to who was ACTUALLY at the ceremony I will post here.
Musically Yours,
SonDan
I hope the The MIRACLES are under serious consideration for ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction. They deserve it more than HALF of the artists that are in there…..and it’s a TRAVESTY that they have been ignored all of these years !!
It’s a SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS when, on Motown’s 50TH ANNIVERSARY, THE LABEL’S FIRST GROUP and it’s FIRST and most IMPORTANT recording act CAN’T GET INDUCTED into the RRHOF,DUE TO POLITICS and STUPIDITY, while dozens of less-deserving acts with FAR FEWER HITS, and far less influential,are getting inducted every year. There’s NO WAY that you can convince me that ONE-HIT WONDER PERCY SLEDGE, THE RONETTES (8 HITS) , AND GRANDMASTER FLASH (??!!) DESERVE INDUCTION over the MIRACLES .The MIRACLES were THE ONE ACT WHOSE SUCCESS OPENED THE DOORS for EVERY MOTOWN ACT THAT FOLLOWED THEM….With over 50 CHART HITS, 4 songs in the GRAMMY HALL OF FAME , 3 SONGS in ROLLING STONE’S LIST OF THE 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME,AND EVEN 3 songs in the Rock and Roll Hall’s OWN list of the 500 SONGS THAT HELPED SHAPE ROCK AND ROLL,Inductees into the DOO WOP HALL OF FAME, THE VOCAL GROUP HALL OF FAME,…and even the HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME, where they just got their star this past March 20th, THE MIRACLES ARE AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST . They are by NO MEANS “sidemen” or “backups”!! Even WITHOUT SMOKEY, they had 9 charting singles,a Platinum Album (1976′s”City of Angels”, a Gold single, “Do It Baby”, and and a multi-million- selling #1 Platinum single ( Love Machine) Smokey hasn’t had a Platinum album OR a #1 Pop Hit as a solo artist… but The MIRACLES HAVE HAD BOTH !!! They are also far and away THE MOST COVERED MOTOWN ACT OF ALL TIME… with more than 50 of their songs covered by literally HUNDREDs of other acts..in every different musical genre: POP, SOUL, COUNTRY, REGGAE, MOR, JAZZ, …BLUEGRASS, EVEN RAP & HIP-HOP !!! They were JOHN LENNON’S favorite group: several Beatles songs, such as “Ask Me Why” and “Sexy Sadie”, were DIRECTLY INFLUENTED by Miracles songs…and that’s a fact you can CHECK !! Not only that , but The MIRACLES were the ONLY Motown group during the sixties that wrote their OWN MATERIAL…. ALL OF THEM…NOT JUST SMOKEY !! The Temptations didn’t, The Supremes didn’t , nor did the Four Tops… But THE MIRACLES DID . But, those other acts get inducted… while The Miracles DON’T ?? What distorted logic dictated THAT ? Do you really mean to tell me that THE MIRACLES were good enough to have given a ROYAL COMMAND PERFORMANCE for QUEEN ELIZABETH,which they did in 1968, but not good enough for Induction ??
The RRHOF’S Ill- advised attempt to honor Smokey apart from his group, while other artists, such as CURTIS MAYFIELD, MICHAEL JACKSON, and ERIC CLAPTON ,WERE HONORED SEPARATELY, and WITH THEIR GROUPS , smacks of unfairness .Even Motown founder BERRY GORDY said… at the groups’ HWOF induction on 3/20/09 …”Without THE MIRACLES. Motown would NOT be the Motown it is today”
He ought to KNOW.
Yes indeedy Supa – The Miracles deserve this recognition. It is long, long overdue. Smokey gets plenty of kudos but the Original Miracles deserve their time in the sun as well — and yest that would (or at least it should) include Claudette, Bobby & Ronnie as well!