Christmas with The Miracles

Christmas with The Miracles
Studio album by The Miracles
Released	October 29, 1963
Studio	Hitsville USA, Detroit
Genre	Soul
Label	Tamla TM-236
Producer	Ronald White, associate producer: Smokey Robinson[1]
The Miracles chronology
I'll Try Something New (1962) Christmas with The Miracles (1963) The Fabulous Miracles (1963)

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Christmas with The Miracles is a seasonal favorites' album by Motown soul group The Miracles recorded in 1963. It features traditional Christmas songs, with one Smokey Robinson original, "Christmas Everyday".The entire album was produced by Miracles member Ronnie White. Miracle Pete Moore was serving in the U.S. Armed Services at the time the cover photo was taken, and wasn't on the cover photograph, nor was Miracle Marv Tarplin.

Track listing[]

Side One

1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 1:52
2. "Let It Snow" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 1:39
3. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:18
4. "Christmas Everyday" (Robinson) – 2:27
5. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon) – 2:25

Side Two

1. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 2:37
2. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:04
3. "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 2:00
4. "Noel" (Traditional) – 2:28
5. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam) – 2:10

This album was mastered for compact disc by John Matousek at Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood, California, and was released on CD in 1987.^[2]

Personnel[]

• Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
• Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, Warren "Pete" Moore, Claudette Robinson – background vocals
• Marv Tarplin – guitarist
• The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
• Ronald White, producer

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