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It’s Gonna Take a Miracle – The Royalettes (1965)
This was the biggest hit for this Baltimore, Maryland girl group that consisted of Sheila Ross, Veronica Brown, Anita Ross and Terry Flippen. Composed by Teddy Randazzo, Lou Stallman and Bob Weinstein, this beautifully crafted rendition of “It’s Gonna Take A Miracle” by the Royalettes, only charted #28 R&B and #41 Pop.
The girl’s producer Teddy Randazzo also produced Little Anthony and the Imperials. If you listen carefully I am sure that you can hear how similar the two groups sounds are.
In the following decade singer/songwriter Laura Nyro’s cover version of “Miracle” would appear on her 1971 album of Soul covers “Gonna Take a Miracle”. This great LP included the talents of another awesome girl group — LaBelle!
Then the song was covered again in 1982 by soprano Deniece Williams, this time charting as high as it should — #1 R&B, #6 Adult Contemporary and #10 Pop.
Also credited as Sheila Ross and her Royalettes the group had one other small hit in 1965, “I Want to Meet Him,” but unfortunately never made the music charts again.
The group disbanded in 1969. Sheila worked briefly as a backup singer for another girl group “The Three Degrees” before reportedly becoming a playboy bunny.
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Filed under: Girl Groups, It's Gonna Take a Miracle, MGM, Pop/R&B, Sixties, Teddy Randazzo/Lou Stallman/Bob Weinstein, The Royalettes
