Marvin gaye christmas album

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Disc 1
1. My song 'Cruising' took five years to complete."

How Smokey Robinson still moves like a new Temptation at 84

Robinson still moves on stage as smoothly as he sings.

"I tried retiring too and didn't know what to do with myself after about three years."

In 2023, Robinson released "Gasms," his first album of new material since 2009. And, wow."

Robinson had a close shave when he was stuck on 'Tracks of My Tears'

Robinson performs his classic "Tracks of My Tears" on "Motown Christmas." The superhit started as a haunting number from his frequent Miracles collaborator and guitarist Marv Tarplin.

The Supremes recorded it first for their Merry Christmas LP, and it was one of 45 songs which Webb composed while under contract to Hitsville. Since then, it has been covered by more than 200 singers, including Perry Como, the Four Seasons, the Crystals, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra and Mariah Carey. Jackson 5 -Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
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Supremes -Joy to the World
13. The front cover featured a photo of the group – minus Pete Moore, who was in military service at the time – in front of a welcoming fireplace, complete with Christmas stockings on the wall. He left behind a legacy of fantastic songs, including “The Ghetto” and “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know.” When he was in an upbeat mood in 1970, he wrote the festive song “This Christmas,” which has become a modern seasonal classic.

"I said, 'That's it!' That's when I finished the song. It’s an original Smokey Robinson song, just like another of his (“You Beat Me To The Punch,” co-composed with Ronnie White and sung by Mary Wells) which was climbing the Billboard Hot 100 as the Miracles were trying to get into the festive spirit. Jackson 5 -Up On the House Top
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Naturally enough, he selected the song while working with the Supremes on Merry Christmas. He credits his limberness to yoga, which he's practiced for five decades.

"I do it religiously," says Robinson. One of the best Motown Christmas songs out there, it’s also one of the more unusual songs from the maestro who gave us “What’s Going On.”

Kim Weston: Wish You A Merry Christmas

Without a figgy pudding in sight, Kim Weston’s Motown gem from 1962 is unrelated to the traditional song “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.” Weston – known for the hit duet “It Takes Two” with Marvin Gaye – recorded her festive classic when she was just 22 and newly signed to Motown.

"I put it in my pocket."

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Robinson immediately thought of the sad clown from the Italian opera "Pagliacci" when he finally played the cassette and heard the distinctively whimsical opening.

"I had learned in school that everybody loved the clown Pagliacci, and they cheered for him," says Robinson.

Brian McKnight -First Noel
21. Marvin Gaye -Purple Snowflakes
17. "But I love Mike.