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"Love Machine" is a 1975 single recorded by Motown group the Miracles, taken from their album City of Angels. The song was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 , and the biggest-selling hit single of the Miracles' career.
"Love Machine" reached number-one on the Hot 100 in early 1976, the Miracles' first since "Tears of a Clown", and later sold over 4.5 million copies. [62] The Miracles, who had long been written off by the music industry, had proven that they could have big hits without Robinson.
The album's first single, "Love Machine", peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 6, 1976, and was a multi-million-selling platinum single, [3] becoming the most successful single of The Miracles' career. Its success coincided with the rise of the disco craze of the late 1970s.
The Miracles were the Motown Record Corporation's first group and its first million-selling recording artists. During their nineteen-year run on the American music charts, the Miracles charted over fifty hits and recorded in the genres of doo-wop, soul, disco, and R&B. Twenty-six Miracles songs reached the top 10 of the Billboard R&B singles chart, including four R&B number ones.
Griffin and original Miracles member Pete Moore wrote all of the Miracles' 1975 platinum-selling [5] album, City of Angels. During his tenure with the group, they recorded three hits: "Do It Baby" in 1974, and the Miracles' most successful single, the number-one hit "Love Machine", in 1975 which sold 4.5 million records worldwide. [6]
The Miracles is a 1978 studio album by American soul vocal group The Miracles. Shortly after recording this album, the group lost lead vocalist Billy Griffin and made this the final studio album they released.
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The Miracles, Motown's first group, are the most covered Motown group of all time. [1] ... "Love Machine" – Wham!, Thelma Houston "Determination" – The Contours.