For the English footballer, see Billy Griffin (footballer).
Billy Griffin
Birth name
William L. Griffin
Born
(1950-08-15) August 15, 1950 (age 73) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres
R&B
soul
pop
disco
Occupation(s)
Singer, songwriter
Years active
1971–present
Labels
Motown, Columbia, Atlantic, Motorcity, RNB Entertainment & Expansion
Musical artist
William L. Griffin (born August 15, 1950)[1] is an American singer and songwriter. He replaced Smokey Robinson as the lead singer of The Miracles in 1972.[1]
^ abWhitburn, Joel (2000). Top R&B Singles 1942-1999. Record Research Incorporated. p. 176.
recordings were released on the 1996 compilation Best of BillyGriffin. Levine and Griffin also landed a couple of hit singles for the UK soul band the...
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and 2002 with different track-listings) 97 1977 Greatest Hits (with BillyGriffin) — 1994 The 35th Anniversary Collection — 1998 The Ultimate Collection...
Tarplin and the Robinsons, the rest of the group continued with singer BillyGriffin and managed by Martin Pichinson, who helped rebuild the Miracles. They...
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fifth single on 3 August 1992. Written and produced by American singer BillyGriffin and English producer Ian Levine, it was released on 3 August 1992 as...
Impact. He was also instrumental in helping his former band mate , BillyGriffin, to replace Smokey Robinson for The Miracles. Harris later founded and...
Sincerely album of 1992 with BillyGriffin, including the No. 4 UK hit I'm Doing Fine Now (and co-wrote one track with BillyGriffin)). During the 1980s and...
representing him as well. Smokey's replacement, 1970s Miracles lead singer BillyGriffin, was also honored. Controversially, original Miracle Marv Tarplin was...
The single was produced by Motorcity Records' Ian Levine along with BillyGriffin and reached number 4 in the UK (outpeaking the original's chart position...
selling over one million copies. In addition to BillyGriffin, his brother, new Miracles member Donald Griffin, replaced original Miracle Marv Tarplin on guitar...
guitarist Marv Tarplin left the group in 1972, the group carried on with BillyGriffin as their new lead singer, scoring two more hits with Motown including...
2873) "Could It Be Magic" – 3:15 "Whispering Waves" – 3:35 Produced by BillyGriffin and Ian Levine and remixed by the Rapino Brothers, English boy band...
(formerly of The Hollies) on the album Griffin & Sylvester in 1982 and was a member of Black Tie with Randy Meisner and Billy Swan, which released When The Night...