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Subject: Name of singer
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music
Asked by: paulaedgerton-ga
List Price: $2.50
Posted: 02 Mar 2003 16:49 PST
Expires: 01 Apr 2003 16:49 PST
Question ID: 169747
What singer sang the song with lyrics... it's gonna take a miracle....
yes its gonna take a miracle..... to fall in love ... to fall in love.... 
My thoughts were either Little Anthony & the Imperials or Smokey
Robinson & the Miracles, but I can't find this song on any of their
albums.
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Subject: Re: Name of singer
Answered By: justaskscott-ga on 02 Mar 2003 18:08 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello paulaedgerton-ga,

The song you are thinking of, I believe, contains the lyrics:

"It's gonna take a miracle 
Yes, it's gonna take a miracle 
To make me love someone new 
Cause I'm crazy for you"

I can see why you thought it was Smokey Robinson & The Miracles,
because of Smokey's high voice, or Little Anthony & The Imperials,
because the same songwriters wrote at least one hit for them ("Goin'
Out of My Head"), plus the sometimes high voice.

But it was in fact a girl group, The Royalettes, who had a hit with
"It's Gonna Take a Miracle" in 1965.  Later, Deniece Williams covered
the song and had a hit with it in 1982.

"'It's Gonna Take A Miracle'", thread on <alt.rock-n-roll.oldies>
(Sept. 5-7, 1996)
Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=mfw-0509960305050001%40ip072.lax.primenet.com

"LYR: It's Gonna Take A Miracle (Royalettes, Nyro, et...", thread on
<alt.music.lyrics> (Oct. 18, Nov. 15, 1999)
Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=380ACBF9.1736DD4F%40home.com

"RANDAZZO/WEINSTEIN... any leads?", thread on
<rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s> (July 2-4, 2000)
Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=395F83AD.940C5F71%40boernenet.com

I hope that this information is helpful.


Search strategy:

Searched for the following terms, alone or in combinations, on Google,
Google Groups, and Tower Records:

"gonna take a miracle"
"yes its gonna take a miracle"
royalettes
"deniece williams"
randazzo
"little anthony"
paulaedgerton-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $3.50
Perfect.  Thank you so much.  This is the answer I've been looking for.

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