Choosey Beggar doesn’t feel quite cut out for radio, either by comparison to the energetic A-side or the Miracles’ preceding run of slower numbers. Attention might have been paid to the risk of the ’65-model Miracles, as seen through their 45s, becoming a one trick pony (although Motown didn’t have similar concerns about, say, the Supremes or Stevie Wonder).īut it’s not a great loss that this wasn’t a plug side. Perhaps this is why a superb song like Choosey Beggar ended up on the flip of an energetic dancer, as though the main purpose of Going To A Go-Go appearing on 45 was shaking away some cobwebs. It’s a Miracles slowie, and (of course) it’s lovely: by this point, Smokey Robinson was the undisputed king of Motown ballads, and he kept back many of his loveliest songwriting efforts for himself. The Miracles produced so many outstanding downtempo numbers in the mid-Sixties, and in 1965 in particular, that it’s hard not to become acclimatised – almost take it for granted – when another one rolls along. ![]() (Released in the UK under license through EMI/Tamla Motown) (Written by Pete Moore and Smokey Robinson) Tamla Motown TMG 547 (B), February 1966 B-side of Going To A Go-Go Tamla T 54127 (B), December 1965 B-side of Going To A Go-Go
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