Smokey Robinson & the Miracles — “And I Love Her”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 14, 2026

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD

2,036) Smokey Robinson & the Miracles — “And I Love Her”

“It’s as if Macca [see #28, 132, 374, 521, 669, 779-81, 840] wrote the [Beatles’ ‘And I Love Her’] to be sung by the GOAT Smokey Robinson [see #1,313].” (theoloniouscoltrane3778, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Qyd-kSKPQ&list=RDL_Qyd-kSKPQ&start_radio=1&pp=ygU64oCcU21va2V5IFJvYmluc29uICYgdGhlIE1pcmFjbGVzIOKAlCDigJxBbmQgSSBMb3ZlIEhlcuKAnaAHAQ%3D%3D&ra=m) It is “[h]auntingly beautiful”. (Dion_Mustard, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dGWK2p6EQfc&list=RDdGWK2p6EQfc&start_radio=1&pp=ygU64oCcU21va2V5IFJvYmluc29uICYgdGhlIE1pcmFjbGVzIOKAlCDigJxBbmQgSSBMb3ZlIEhlcuKAnaAHAQ%3D%3D&ra=m)”Man, you can just hear the emotions pouring out.” (Paisleyjane1957, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dGWK2p6EQfc&list=RDdGWK2p6EQfc&start_radio=1&pp=ygU64oCcU21va2V5IFJvYmluc29uICYgdGhlIE1pcmFjbGVzIOKAlCDigJxBbmQgSSBMb3ZlIEhlcuKAnaAHAQ%3D%3D&ra=m) Indeed you can. Simply stunning. Simply Smokey.

Andrew Hamilton writes of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles’ LP, What Love Has…:

A stunning concept album by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles that should have fared better. Notables wrote the six songs, all love ballads: Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye [see #229, 940, 1,738], Berry Gordy, Frank Wilson, Bacharach & David, Lennon & McCartney, and Smokey himself. Every selection is a wedding song, and Smokey caresses the lyrics like they were newborns. The heavenly harmonies of the Miracles –Ronald White, Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore, and Claudette Robinson — touch the soul. When they sing Brenda Holloway’s [see #1,313] “You Made Me So Very Happy,” [see #182] you don’t just hear the words; for five minutes and four seconds you experience what lovers feel. The harmonies on What Love Has… are overwhelming, almost overkill. Smokey drenches more soul onto Marvin Gaye’s “If This World Was Mine” then the master himself. The lush arrangements by Smokey and Jerry Long will make you dizzy. Motown didn’t release any singles from What Love Has…

https://www.allmusic.com/album/what-love-hasjoined-together-mw0000654817

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