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Smokey Robinson

Shop Around

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  • 1961

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“Shop Around” is a 1960 single by The Miracles (credited as “The Miracles featuring Bill ‘Smokey’ Robinson”) for the Tamla (Motown) label, catalog number T 54034. It is notable as being the label’s first #1 hit on the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart, and also hit #2 on the Hot 100.. “Shop Around” also reached #1 on The Cash Box magazine Top 100 pop chart and is also noted for being the first million-selling record for The Miracles and for The Motown Record Corporation, as well as a 2006 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee. The Miracles’ original version was ranked #495 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Read on...

Song lines: ♪ My mama told me, you better shop around ... Oh yeah you better shop around ... Pretty girls come a dime a dozen

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This song is listed #495 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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