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Griffin was born and raised in West Baltimore, Maryland.He attended Garrison Junior High School and Forest Park High School.He, like his brother Donald Griffin (1955–2015), [2] [3] (who later replaced Marv Tarplin in the Miracles), was a guitarist, as well as a singer, and sang with a local Baltimore group called The Last Dynasty.
By this point, Billy Griffin's brother Donald, who had begun providing guitar on Miracles studio recordings shortly after Marv Tarplin's departure, had officially joined the group on lead guitar. The group immediately had problems after signing with Columbia, starting with the release of their first Columbia single, "Spy For Brotherhood".
It was written by Billy Griffin and his Miracles group-mate, original Miracle Pete Moore, with whom he wrote the rest of the City of Angels tracks as well. [1] The song's lyrics, delivered over a disco beat, compare a lover to an electronic device such as a computer or a robot. The seven-minute song was split into two parts for its release as a ...
City of Angels is an album by the Motown soul group The Miracles, released on Motown Records' Tamla label in September 1975.The group's fourth album recorded after replacing lead singer Smokey Robinson with Billy Griffin in 1972, City of Angels is a concept album, depicting of a man from "Anytown, U.S.A." who follows his estranged girlfriend Charlotte to Los Angeles, where she has gone in ...
Donald Griffin (Donald Griffin, brother of Billy Griffin, replaced original member Marv Tarplin, who left to tour and work with Smokey) 1978–1983. Dave Finley;
Peggy Griffin was only about 10 years only when she spotted her lifetime sweetheart — the cutest boy in the orphanage. She was sitting on the swing set in 1946 when Billy Griffin swooped into ...
Two years later, Smokey Robinson decided to follow through with his plans to leave the Miracles and retire. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles embarked on a six-month farewell tour, culminating in a July 16, 1972, performance in Washington, DC, where Robinson introduced the Miracles' new lead singer, Billy Griffin.
Fourth in line, Billy was born in February 1963. He got his start as a model later becoming an actor with his role coming in 1989’s TV movie The Preppie Murder.He has since starred on Dirty Sexy ...