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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.
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 ...
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".
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.
In addition to Billy Griffin, his brother, new Miracles member Donald Griffin, replaced original Miracle Marv Tarplin on guitar. Tarplin continued to tour and work with Smokey Robinson. The Miracles can be seen performing Do It Baby on the Motown/Universal DVD release: The Miracles: The Definitive Performances (1963-1987).
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 ...
After auditioning some 60 hopefuls, [1] the group decided on Billy Griffin, a native of Baltimore, Maryland. In the 2006 Miracles DVD release The Definitive Performances (1963-1987) , Miracles Pete Moore and Bobby Rogers commented that the group decided on Griffin because, in addition to being a great singer, he also demonstrated some ...