"Tears of a Clown " is a song by the famous group Smokey Robinson & the Miracles , which was released as a single in September of promoting his 1967 LP Make It Happen (1967). He was subsequently re-released, but this time only for the United Kingdom, where the R & B group had many fans.
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles is considered one of the most acclaimed vocal groups in history Pop, because it contains a set of excellent songs that conquered the charts around the world and were also the emblem of the acclaimed muswical Motown.
The story goes that since the early days of the year 1967 the Miracles were looking for new songs to their repertoire. The music was good harvest low in those days, until it appeared by his office a tape of an instrument signed by the multi-instrumentalist Stevie Wonder and his producer, Hank Cosby . It should be noted that the relationship Miracles-Wonder enl came from 1961, when Ronnie White (member of the band) found this talented musician and invited him to join the project Motown.
That was how the lead singer of the band, Mr. Smokey Robinson heard it and immediately set out to write a letter for inclusion in his new album already in the oven (?). For it was inspired by the famous Italian opera Pagliacci , which is subject to a clown who has to make his audience laugh despite feeling depressed because his wife left him for another man. In this act the clown hides his sorrows behind your makeup ...
after recording with The Miracles to then be released as a single, Smokey was surprised by the no acceptance seal reach a sane to be released as a single, in order to effectively promote his album Make It Happen .
Weeks passed, months and years, and " Tears of a Clown " Obsoletely was forgotten, an act that caused a break in the band.
The poor sales, bad discs and promoted over the musical styles made Smokey Robinson decided to take a break and start to a normal life.
is that the routine of touring and being away from Claudette, his beloved wife, I had something depressed and want to sing the hits of yesteryear. In those days
Claudette had left the band to take a needed rest both mentally and physically put back two spontaneous abortions .
Concerned by this situation, the poor Robinson just wanted to send away to the band and spend more time with his wife and become, once and for all a family.
Finally the story ends with Robinson outside the band, Miracles, who were the pillars of an entire musical life.
was now 1970, and while The Miracles and lamenting the departure of its creative leader, on the Motown label offices a letter arrived from England asking for a single of this group, as fans wanted to hear something new from their favorite band.
Motown producers algtún rushed to chat with a member of the band, but they had already gone for a while outside the country under the pretext of early vacation. So the producers began to look everywhere and find a movie that had something unheard of deceased Miracles, until they came to that famous single who had thrown in some basement of Seal: "Tears of a Clown ."
Hard to believe, but the rematch "Tears of a Clown " on the charts was remarkable. Within weeks of being released as a single, the song has already reached the first in the UK Singles charts, specifically was a September 12, 1970 in which Smokey Robinson and the gang won these European lands.
Given its success in those places, Motown and not think twice and released in the U.S. tested a second time. The end result was a remarkable feat. If the deceased Miracles and broke it in England, the United States redone. On December 12, 1970, this song reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
This was already incredible, because while Smokey Robinson spent his time with the family, received from the Motown SEALS a letter to explore the possibility of returning to the artistic arena as "Tears of a Clown" was breaking in the radios worldwide.
After several calls to his teléfino by their friends band, Smokey decided to return to the band to take the spring musical, because every day the song was her biggest success as the band, although at first request was rejected by the label ... if the same label that in those days was making millions and millions in the sale of the single.
finally managed to convince the composer and lead singer and immediately caught their bags to start new tour of North America and Europe.
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles is considered one of the most acclaimed vocal groups in history Pop, because it contains a set of excellent songs that conquered the charts around the world and were also the emblem of the acclaimed muswical Motown.
The story goes that since the early days of the year 1967 the Miracles were looking for new songs to their repertoire. The music was good harvest low in those days, until it appeared by his office a tape of an instrument signed by the multi-instrumentalist Stevie Wonder and his producer, Hank Cosby . It should be noted that the relationship Miracles-Wonder enl came from 1961, when Ronnie White (member of the band) found this talented musician and invited him to join the project Motown.
That was how the lead singer of the band, Mr. Smokey Robinson heard it and immediately set out to write a letter for inclusion in his new album already in the oven (?). For it was inspired by the famous Italian opera Pagliacci , which is subject to a clown who has to make his audience laugh despite feeling depressed because his wife left him for another man. In this act the clown hides his sorrows behind your makeup ...
after recording with The Miracles to then be released as a single, Smokey was surprised by the no acceptance seal reach a sane to be released as a single, in order to effectively promote his album Make It Happen .
Weeks passed, months and years, and " Tears of a Clown " Obsoletely was forgotten, an act that caused a break in the band.
The poor sales, bad discs and promoted over the musical styles made Smokey Robinson decided to take a break and start to a normal life.
is that the routine of touring and being away from Claudette, his beloved wife, I had something depressed and want to sing the hits of yesteryear. In those days
Claudette had left the band to take a needed rest both mentally and physically put back two spontaneous abortions .
Concerned by this situation, the poor Robinson just wanted to send away to the band and spend more time with his wife and become, once and for all a family.
Finally the story ends with Robinson outside the band, Miracles, who were the pillars of an entire musical life.
was now 1970, and while The Miracles and lamenting the departure of its creative leader, on the Motown label offices a letter arrived from England asking for a single of this group, as fans wanted to hear something new from their favorite band.
Motown producers algtún rushed to chat with a member of the band, but they had already gone for a while outside the country under the pretext of early vacation. So the producers began to look everywhere and find a movie that had something unheard of deceased Miracles, until they came to that famous single who had thrown in some basement of Seal: "Tears of a Clown ."
Hard to believe, but the rematch "Tears of a Clown " on the charts was remarkable. Within weeks of being released as a single, the song has already reached the first in the UK Singles charts, specifically was a September 12, 1970 in which Smokey Robinson and the gang won these European lands.
Given its success in those places, Motown and not think twice and released in the U.S. tested a second time. The end result was a remarkable feat. If the deceased Miracles and broke it in England, the United States redone. On December 12, 1970, this song reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
This was already incredible, because while Smokey Robinson spent his time with the family, received from the Motown SEALS a letter to explore the possibility of returning to the artistic arena as "Tears of a Clown" was breaking in the radios worldwide.
After several calls to his teléfino by their friends band, Smokey decided to return to the band to take the spring musical, because every day the song was her biggest success as the band, although at first request was rejected by the label ... if the same label that in those days was making millions and millions in the sale of the single.
finally managed to convince the composer and lead singer and immediately caught their bags to start new tour of North America and Europe.
So it was like Smokey Robinson Miracles and had her unexpected revival in sales and popularity, which lasted until 1972, when again a tired Robinson decided to put yes or yes, terminate its participation within the group to devote more time to his beloved family.
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