ON THIS DATE (52 YEARS AGO) November 9, 1962 - The Miracles: Youve Really Got a Hold on Me” b/w (Have a) Happy Landing (Tamla T 54073) 45 single is released. Youve Really Got a Hold on Me is a song written by Smokey Robinson which became a 1962 Top 10 hit single for the Miracles on the Tamla (Motown) label. One of the Miracles most covered tunes, this million-selling song received a 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame Award. It has also been selected as one of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fames 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It was covered by the Beatles on their second album, With The Beatles. Youve Really Got a Hold on Me was written by Smokey Robinson while in New York in 1962 on business for Motown; he heard Sam Cookes Bring It On Home to Me, which was in the charts at the time, and - influenced by it - wrote the song in his hotel room. The song was recorded in Motowns Studio A on October 16, 1962 with Robinson on lead vocals, and Miracles second tenor Bobby Rogers on harmony co-lead. Robinson was the producer, and he had Eddie Willis and Miracle Marv Tarplin share the guitar parts. The song was released on the Tamla label on November 9, 1962 as the B side to Happy Landing. Happy Landing charted regionally; however, the nations Dee-Jays flipped the record over, because they liked Hold On Me better. With Youve Really Got a Hold on Me as the A side, the single reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop chart, peaking at number eight, and was a number-one smash on the Billboard R&B singles chart during the winter of 1962-63. It was also the groups second single to sell over a million copies, after Shop Around. It would be included on the album The Fabulous Miracles over three months after its release. Smokey Robinson
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