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Flying High Together
Flying High Together
Studio album by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Released	July 27, 1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Soul
Label	Tamla; T 318L
Producer	Johnny Bristol, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Ashford & Simpson
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles chronology
Singles from Flying High Together
	"We've Come Too Far to End It Now"; Released: May 4, 1972; "I Can’t Stand To See You Cry"; Released: November 15, 1972;

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Flying High Together is an album by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label, released in 1972. It is noted as The Miracles' last studio album with original lead singer Smokey Robinson, who retired from the act to concentrate on his duties as vice president of Motown. The album charted at #46 on the Billboard Pop Album chart, and featured two singles: the appropriately named "We've Come Too Far to End It Now", which matched the parent album's chart position on the Billboard singles chart, charting at #46, and reached the Top 10 of the Billboard R&B singles chart, charting at #9, and "I Can't Stand to See You Cry", which charted at #45 Pop, and #21 R&B.

The album also featured a cover of The Stylistics' 1971 hit "Betcha By Golly Wow", the "Theme from Love Story" and covers of the Michael Jackson solo hit, "Got to Be There" (featuring guitar work by Miracle Marv Tarplin), and The Chi-Lites'#1 hit, "Oh Girl". The album also features songs composed by Ashford & Simpson, Stevie Wonder and Syretta Wright, Bobby Miller, who was responsible for The Dells' long string of hits, and Motown producer Johnny Bristol, but neither Smokey nor any of the other Miracles contributed to the writing on this album and Smokey himself produced only two tracks, the aforementioned "Got to Be There" and "Love Story".

The release of this album coincided with the group's final nationwide tour, before replacing Smokey with Billy Griffin. As of 2018, Flying High Together has yet to be issued on CD, but several of its songs have shown up on various Miracles foreign and domestic CD compilations. The Miracles' next studio album was 1973's Billy Griffin-led Renaissance.

Track listing

Side one

"I Can't Stand to See You Cry" (Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown, Jr., David Jones, Jr.)
"Theme from Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman)
"We've Come Too Far to End It Now" (Bristol, Brown, Jones)
"Flying High Together" (Bristol, Brown, Jones)
"With Your Love Came" (Bristol, Brown, Jones)
"It Will Be Alright" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright)

Side two

"Oh Girl" (Eugene Record)
"You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
"We Had a Love So Strong" (Wonder, Wright)
"Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky)
"Betcha by Golly, Wow" (Linda Creed, Thom Bell)

Personnel

The Miracles

Bill "Smokey" Robinson – lead vocals
Claudette Rodgers Robinson – backing vocals (soprano)
Robert "Bobby" Rodgers – backing vocals (tenor)
Ronald "Ronnie" White – backing vocals (baritone)
Warren "Pete" Moore – backing vocals (bass)
Marvin "Marv" Tarplin – guitar

Additional

The Funk Brothers – other instrumentation
H.B. Barnum – arranger
David Van De Pitte – arranger
Eddie Nucilli – arranger

References

^ Flying High Together at AllMusic
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

External links

[1] Flying High Together at AllMusic

[CG-2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

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+'''''Flying High Together''''' is an album by [[Smokey Robinson and the Miracles]] on [[Motown|Motown Records]]' Tamla label, released in 1972. It is noted as The Miracles' last studio album with original lead singer [[Smokey Robinson]], who retired from the act to concentrate on his duties as vice president of [[Motown Records|Motown]]. The album charted at #46 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Pop Album chart, and featured two singles: the appropriately named "We've Come Too Far to End It Now", which matched the parent album's chart position on the ''Billboard'' singles chart, charting at #46, and reached the Top 10 of the ''Billboard'' R&B singles chart, charting at #9, and "I Can't Stand to See You Cry", which charted at #45 Pop, and #21 R&B.
+The album also featured a cover of [[The Stylistics]]' 1971 hit "[[Betcha By Golly Wow]]", the "[[(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story|Theme from ''Love Story'']]" and covers of the [[Michael Jackson]] solo hit, "[[Got to Be There]]" (featuring guitar work by Miracle [[Marv Tarplin]]), and [[The Chi-Lites]]'#1 hit, "[[Oh Girl]]". The album also features songs composed by [[Ashford & Simpson]], [[Stevie Wonder]] and Syretta Wright, Bobby Miller, who was responsible for [[The Dells]]' long string of hits, and Motown producer [[Johnny Bristol]], but neither Smokey nor any of the other Miracles contributed to the writing on this album and Smokey himself produced only two tracks, the aforementioned "Got to Be There" and "Love Story".
-'''''Flying High Together''''' was a 1972 album by '''[[The Miracles]]''' on [[Motown]] Records' Tamla label. It is noted as The Miracles' last studio album with original lead singer [[Smokey Robinson]], who retired from the act to concentrate on his duties as Vice President of The Motown Record Corporation. The album charted at #46 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Pop Album chart , and featured two singles: the appropriately-named "We've Come Too Far to End It Now", which matched the parent album's chart position on the ''Billboard'' singles chart,charting at #46, and reached the Top 10 of the ''Billboard'' R&B singles chart, charting at #9, and "I Can't Stand to See You Cry", which charted at #45 Pop,and #21 R&B.
+The release of this album coincided with the group's final nationwide tour, before replacing Smokey with [[Billy Griffin]]. As of 2018, ''Flying High Together'' has yet to be issued on CD, but several of its songs have shown up on various Miracles foreign and domestic CD compilations. The Miracles' next studio album was 1973's [[Billy Griffin]]-led ''[[Renaissance (Miracles album)|Renaissance]]''.
-The album also featured a cover of [[The Stylistics]]' 1971 hit "[[Betcha By Golly Wow]]", the "[[(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story|Theme from ''Love Story'']]", and covers of the [[Michael Jackson]] solo hit, "[[Got to Be There]]" (featuring outstanding guitar work by Miracle [[Marv Tarplin]]), and [[The Chi-Lites]]'#1 hit, "[[Oh Girl]]". The album also features songs composed by [[Ashford & Simpson]], [[Stevie Wonder]] and Syretta Wright, Bobby Miller , who was responsible for [[The Dells]]' long string of hits, and Motown producer [[Johnny Bristol]]. Interestingly, neither Smokey nor any of the other Miracles contributed to the writing on this album, and Smokey himself produced only one track, the aforementioned "Got to Be There".
+== Track listing ==
-The release of this album coincided with the group's final nationwide tour, before replacing Smokey with [[Billy Griffin]]. As of 2009, ''Flying High Together'' has yet to be issued on CD, but several of its songs have showed up on various Miracles  foreign and domestic CD compilations. The Miracles' next studio album was 1973's [[Billy Griffin]]-led ''[[Renaissance (Miracles album)|Renaissance]]''.
-==Track listing==
+=== Side one ===
+# "I Can't Stand to See You Cry" <small>([[Johnny Bristol]], Wade Brown, Jr., David Jones, Jr.)</small>
-===Side one===
+# "[[(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story|Theme from ''Love Story'']]" <small>([[Francis Lai]], [[Carl Sigman]])</small>
-# I Can't Stand To See You Cry
+# "[[We've Come Too Far to End It Now]]" <small>(Bristol, Brown, Jones)</small>
-# Theme From ''Love Story''
+# "Flying High Together" <small>(Bristol, Brown, Jones)</small>
-# We've Come Too Far To End It Now
+# "With Your Love Came" <small>(Bristol, Brown, Jones)</small>
-# Flying High Together
+# "It Will Be Alright" <small>([[Stevie Wonder]], [[Syreeta Wright]])</small>
-# With Your Love Came
-# It Will Be Alright
-===Side two===
+=== Side two ===
-# [[Oh Girl]]
+# "[[Oh Girl]]" <small>([[Eugene Record]])</small>
-# You Ain't Livin'Till You're Lovin'
+# "[[You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin']]" <small>([[Nickolas Ashford]], [[Valerie Simpson]])</small>
-# We Had A Love So Strong
+# "We Had a Love So Strong" <small>(Wonder, Wright)</small>
-# [[Got to Be There]]
+# "[[Got to Be There]]" <small>([[Elliot Willensky]])</small>
-# Betcha by Golly,Wow
+# "Betcha by Golly, Wow" <small>([[Linda Creed]], [[Thom Bell]])</small>
+== Personnel ==
-==Credits: The Miracles==
+=== The Miracles ===
-*[[Smokey Robinson]]  &ndash; lead vocal
-*[[Claudette Rogers Robinson]] &ndash; backing vocal
+* [[Smokey Robinson|Bill "Smokey" Robinson]] – lead vocals
+* [[Claudette Robinson|Claudette Rodgers Robinson]] – backing vocals (soprano)
-*[[Pete Moore]] &ndash; backing vocal
-*[[Ronnie White]] &ndash; backing vocal
+* [[Bobby Rogers|Robert "Bobby" Rodgers]] – backing vocals (tenor)
-*[[Bobby Rogers]] &ndash; backing vocal
+* [[Ronnie White|Ronald "Ronnie" White]] – backing vocals (baritone)
+* [[Warren "Pete" Moore]] – backing vocals (bass)
-*[[Marv Tarplin]] &ndash; guitar
+* [[Marv Tarplin|Marvin "Marv" Tarplin]] – guitar
+=== Additional ===
-*Other instruments by [[The Funk Brothers]]
+* [[The Funk Brothers]] – other instrumentation
-*Arrangers: [[H.B. Barnum]], [[David Van De Pitte]], Eddie Nucilli.
+* [[H.B. Barnum]] – arranger
+* [[David Van De Pitte]] – arranger
+* Eddie Nucilli – arranger
-==External links==
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
-*[http://www.google.com/imgres?q=the+miracles+flying+high+together&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=788&bih=486&tbm=isch&tbnid=q3WyYT00r9SK9M:&imgrefurl=http://lyrics.wikia.com/Smokey_Robinson_%2526_The_Miracles&docid=wqHFAcgpnIJSCM&imgurl=http://images.wikia.com/lyricwiki/images/b/b1/Smokey_Robinson_%252526_The_Miracles_-_Flying_High_Together.jpg&w=320&h=320&ei=HhiWTqzzNo2OigKTgcm0DQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=1124&sig=100011542216889892090&page=1&tbnh=140&tbnw=131&start=0&ndsp=7&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=54&ty=36Flying High Together'' by The Miracles-''original album cover'']
-*Allmusic review {{Allmusic|class=album|id=r67489|pure_url=yes}}
-*Dusty Groove America review:
-* http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=wbjdbjt4wz
+== External links ==
+* [https://www.allmusic.com/album/flying-high-together-mw0000875604 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - ''Flying High Together'' (1972) album review by John Lowe, credits & releases] at [[AllMusic]]
+* [https://www.discogs.com/Smokey-Robinson-And-The-Miracles-Flying-High-Together/release/2331455 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - ''Flying High Together'' (1972) album releases & credits] at [[Discogs]]
+* [https://open.spotify.com/album/1mAGiCMaOiAj8e8DVwT2zv Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - ''Flying High Together'' (1972) album to be listened] as stream on [[Spotify]]
 {{The Miracles}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:1972 albums]]
 [[Category:The Miracles albums]]
-[[Category:albums produced by Smokey Robinson]]
+[[Category:Albums produced by Smokey Robinson]]
 [[Category:Albums produced by Johnny Bristol]]
 [[Category:Tamla Records albums]]
+[[Category:Albums produced by Stevie Wonder]]
+[[Category:Albums produced by Ashford & Simpson]]

v t e The Miracles (1955–1964) / Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1965–1972) / The Miracles (1973–2011)
Smokey Robinson Ronnie White Pete Moore Bobby Rogers Claudette Robinson Marv Tarplin Billy Griffin Donald Griffin Carl Cotton Mark Scott Dave Finley Sydney Justin Alphonse Franklin Tee Turner
Studio albums	Hi... We're the Miracles (1961) Cookin' with the Miracles (1961) I'll Try Something New (1962) The Fabulous Miracles (1963) Christmas with The Miracles (1963) The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey (1963) I Like It Like That (1964) Going to a Go-Go (1965) Away We a Go-Go (1966) Make It Happen (The Tears of a Clown) (1967) Special Occasion (1968) Time Out for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (1969) Four in Blue (1969) What Love Has Joined Together (1970) A Pocket Full of Miracles (1970) The Season for Miracles (1970) One Dozen Roses (1971) Flying High Together (1972) Renaissance (1973) Do It Baby (1974) Don't Cha Love It (1975) City of Angels (1975) The Power of Music (1976) Love Crazy (1977) The Miracles (1978)
Live albums	The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage (1963) Smokey Robinson & the Miracles LIVE! (1969) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: 1957–1972 (1972)
Compilations	Greatest Hits: From the Beginning (1965) Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1968) Anthology (1974) Anthology '86 (1986) Anthology: The Best of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1995) The Ultimate Collection (1998) Ooo Baby Baby: The Anthology (2002) Depend On Me: The Early Albums (2009)
Singles	"Bad Girl" "Way Over There" "Shop Around" "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues" "What's So Good About Goodbye" "I've Been Good to You" "I'll Try Something New" "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"/"Happy Landing" "A Love She Can Count On" "Mickey's Monkey" "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying" "(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You" "I Like It Like That" "That's What Love Is Made Of" "Come On Do the Jerk" "Ooo Baby Baby" "The Tracks of My Tears" "A Fork in the Road" "My Girl Has Gone" "Going to a Go-Go" "Choosey Beggar" "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You)" "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" "More Love" "I Second That Emotion" "If You Can Want" "Yester Love" "Special Occasion" "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" "Here I Go Again" "Doggone Right" "Abraham, Martin and John" "Point It Out" "The Tears of a Clown" "I Don't Blame You at All" "We've Come Too Far to End It Now" "Give Me Just Another Day" "Do It Baby" "Love Machine"
Videography	The Definitive Performances (1963–1987) (2006)
Related	Discography Cover versions of Miracles songs Awards and achievements The Miracles Sing Modern