Shop Around

"Shop Around" is a 1960 single by The Miracles (credited as "The Miracles featuring Bill 'Smokey' Robinson") for the Tamla (Motown) label. It is notable as being the label's first #1 hit on the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart.

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1960 - The Miracles - Bill 'Smokey' Robinson - Motown - Billboard magazine - R&B singles chart

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The song, written by Robinson and Berry Gordy, depicts a mother giving her now-grown son advice about how to find a woman worthy of being a girlfriend or wife ("My mam told me/'you better shop around'"). The original recorded version of the song had a strong blues influence, and was released in the local Detroit, Michigan area before Gordy decided that the song needed ot be rerecorded in order to be more commercially viable outside of Detroit. At 2 AM in the morning, Robinson, Claudette Rogers, Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, and Pete Moore recorded a new, poppier version of "Shop Around" that became a major national hit.

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Berry Gordy - Blues - Detroit, Michigan - Claudette Rogers - Bobby Rogers - Ronnie White - Pete Moore - Poppier

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Since its release, "Shop Around" has become an often-covered tune, on record, in live performance, and on television. "Shop Around's" b-side, "Who's Lovin' You", also became a Motown classic composition, mostly due to its plethora of covers, including a famous one by The Jackson 5 in 1969.

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B-side - Who's Lovin' You - The Jackson 5 - 1969

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