Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ Similar Artists

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Mary Wells - 100% match to Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

13 May 1943, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 26 July 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA. At the age of 17, Mary Wells composed "Bye Bye Baby', a song which she offered to R&B star Jackie Wilson. His producer, Berry Gordy, was sufficiently impressed to offer her a contract with... Read more

The Temptations - 90% match to Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

The Four Tops - 83% match to Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Levi Stubbs (6 June 1936, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Renaldo "Obie" Benson (b. 14 June 1936, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 1 July 2005, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Lawrence Payton (b. 2 June 1938, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 10 June 1997, USA) and Abdul "Duke" Fakir (b. 26 December 1935,... Read more

The Marvelettes - 81% match to Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

The Marvelettes' career epitomized the haphazard progress endured by many of the leading girl-groups of the early 60s. Despite enjoying several major US hits, they were unable to sustain a consistent line-up, and their constant shifts in personnel made it difficult to overcome... Read more

Gladys Knight & The Pips - 78% match to Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Eddie Holland - 74% match to Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

30 October 1939, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Like his brother Brian Holland, Eddie was active in the Detroit music scene from the mid-50s onwards, leading the Fidelatones vocal group, and producing demo recordings for Jackie Wilson. In 1958, he met Berry Gordy, who produced a series... Read more

Brenda Holloway - 73% match to Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

21 June 1946, Atascadero, California, USA. Brenda Holloway began her recording career with three small Los Angeles labels, Donna, Catch and Minasa, in the early 60s, recording under the aegis of producer Hal Davis. In 1964, Holloway made an impromptu performance at a disc... Read more

The Supremes - 63% match to Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

America's most successful female vocal group of all time was formed by four Detroit schoolgirls in the late 50s. Diana Ross (Diane Ernestine Ross, 26 March 1944, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Betty Hutton, Florence Ballard (b. 30 June 1943, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 22 February... Read more

The Isley Brothers - 56% match to Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Three brothers, O'Kelly (25 December 1937, d. 31 March 1986), Rudolph (b. 1 April 1939) and Ronald Isley (b. 21 May 1941), began singing gospel in their home-town of Cincinnati, USA, in the early 50s, accompanied by their brother Vernon, who died in a car crash around 1957.... Read more

The O'Jays - 55% match to Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

The core of this long-standing soul group, Eddie LeVert (16 June 1942, Birmingham, Alabama, USA) and Walter Williams (b. 25 August 1942, USA), sang together as a gospel duo prior to forming the Triumphs in 1958. This doo-wop-influenced quintet was completed by William Powell (b.... Read more