Ooo Baby Baby

"Ooo Baby Baby" is a hit single of the American soul group The Miracles . The song was the first of four singles from the album " Going To A Go-Go "and was released in March of 1965. The other three were" The Tracks Of My Tears, "" My Girl Has Gone "and" Going to a Go-Go ". All four singles were Top 20 hits on the pop chart in the United States, with the number in question peaking in sixteenth place. On the R & B list of that country was the song even more successful. Since the fourth place was obtained. Additionally favored the magazine Rolling Stone "Ooo Baby Baby" to the # 262 spot on their list of the 500 best songs of all time.

As all four singles from the album "Going To A Go-Go" was also "Ooo Baby Baby" written by the lead singer of the group, Smokey Robinson, in cooperation with the bassWarren "Pete" Moore . The song was created during a live performance of the group, when Robinson several times "Ooo Baby Baby" sang. The audience responded so positively, that he and Moore decided to write a song around it. The final text is about the fact that the narrator begs to be loved or she can forgive him for the mistakes he committed. Those mistakes are that he is cheating. The instrumentation adapts to this sad text, because it has a slow pace and the four background singers of The Miracles, Warren Moore, Ronald White , Bobby Rogers and Claudette Robinson, singing harmony vocals.

"Ooo Baby Baby" is one of the most covered songs by The Miracles. As the successor, "The Tracks Of My Tears" was also "Ooo Baby Baby" was released by Linda Ronstadt . She had a # 7 hit in 1978 with. In addition, the song was partly recorded by Zapp , Shalamar , The Five Stairsteps and a duet between Motown Colleague 'sBlinky and Edwin Starr .

Like the "Ooo Baby Baby" is the B-side " All That's Good "also comes from the album" Going To A Go-Go ". It also extended this song written by Smokey Robinson in collaboration with Warren "Pete" Moore.

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 * Lead: Smokey Robinson
 * Background: Ronald White, Claudette Robinson, Bobby Rogers and Warren "Pete" Moore
 * Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers
 * Guitarist: Marv Tarplin
 * Writers: Smokey Robinson and Warren "Pete" Moore
 * Production: Smokey Robinson