Thursday, December 3, 2009 Objective – Learn about The Miracles and continue working on music notation. Bell Ringer –Who replaced Diana Ross as lead singer for The Supremes? –Name 3 out of the 5 members of The Temptations –In what year did The Supremes disband?

Dec. 3 rd Agenda cont’d Warm Up The Miracles –Listening Examples -Sweet Information Music Notation and Key Signatures

The Miracles One of Motown’s first groups Also, one of Motown’s most successful groups of the 1960’s. Originally started as an school yard group performing doo-wop on the street corners of Detroit.

Victories and Defeats At first, The Miracles struggled to produce a successful hit. However, their 4 th single, “Shop Around”, reached #1 on the R&B charts.

Success The Miracles continued to produce hit songs throughout the 1960’s. –‘You Really Got a Hold on Me’ –‘Ooo Baby Baby’ –‘The Tracks of My Tears’ AND MANY MORE!

Paving the Road The success of The Miracles influenced and shaped the success of other Motown groups. –Marvin Gaye –The Temptations These groups performed music written by Smokey Robinson (The Miracles lead singer).

Pop Quiz (Attach to Bell Ringer) Name two (2) hits by The Temptations Which artist/group is still performing today? a.The Temptations b.The Supremes c.Marvin Gaye d.Sam Cooke