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"The Tears of a Clown" is a song written by Hank Cosby, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder and originally recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for the Tamla Records label subsidiary of Motown, first appearing on the 1967 album Make It Happen.
The 1970 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles hit "The Tears of a Clown" references Pagliacci in the lines "Just like Pagliacci did, I try to keep my sadness hid". An earlier song cowritten by Robinson, "My Smile Is Just a Frown Turned Upside," sung by Carolyn Crawford in 1964, had included the same line.
Make It Happen is a 1967 album by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.It featured ballads such as the hit singles "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" and "More Love", as well as the up-tempo "The Tears of a Clown" co-written by Stevie Wonder and his producer Hank Cosby.
Also included is the group's number-one smash hit "The Tears of a Clown", which was also made available through the reissue of the 1967 Miracles LP Make It Happen as The Tears of a Clown. Both of these songs were also huge hits in the UK, reaching #11 and #1 respectively.
He joined the Beat to record their first single, "Tears of a Clown", a cover version of the Motown hit by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. [ 4 ] The band's debut studio album, I Just Can't Stop It , was released in May 1980, entering the UK albums chart at No. 3. [ 5 ]
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In the single version, this is replaced by alternative lyrics, followed by a short saxophone solo. The bassline of the song is an homage to Robinson's 1970 hit single with the Miracles "The Tears of a Clown." [5] Robinson praised the song, saying, "Well, of course, that's a form of flattery, and I really appreciate it." [6]
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