1963- Miracles' album sessions 2

.....I still haven't found specific dates for Pete Moore's military service. Hopefully more details about his life may surface this spring when the Miracles are belatedly inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. (Bizarrely, Smokey Robinson was inducted in 1987, 25 years ago, with no mention of the Miracles being nominated.) If and when that happens I'll leave a comment to the effect here and with the 1962 post (February 4th, 2012) specifying which dates Moore was available.

.....Finishing the album long before its seasonal release, Ron White produced two sessions. The first was on July 17th, 1963:

• 01:55 "SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN" (Haven Gillespie. J. Fred Coots)
• 01:42 "LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW" (Jules Styne, Sammy Cahn)

.....and the second session was August 8th, 1963:

• 02:20 "WINTER WONDERLAND" (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith)
• 03:05 "WHITE CHRISTMAS" (Irving Berlin)
• 02:03 "SILVER BELLS" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)

.....There was a later unrelated session produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier on August 23rd in which the Miracles recorded the non-seasonal specific "DANCIN' HOLIDAY" (Marc Jean). That song appeared on the album DOIN' MICKEY'S MONKEY just two weeks after the Christmas album. Speaking of which, the first Motown Christmas album greeted the world as LP CHRISTMAS WITH THE MIRACLES Tamla TM236 (US) 10/29/63. For more detailed explanations of the covers of traditional songs, see last year's posts at:

http://lgcmusic02.blogspot.com/2011/02/1963-christmas-every-day.html

http://lgcmusic02.blogspot.com/2011/02/1963-christmas-with-miracles-side.html

http://lgcmusic02.blogspot.com/2011/02/1963-christmas-with-miracles-side-b.html

.....The following post will list compilations that draw from the album.