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A Brief Biography of Billy Griffin"
Billy Griffin is a producer, vocal arranger and singer who, as the lead vocalist of the Miracles in the 1970's gave the group a second unprecedented popularity following the departure of Smokey Robinson. In modern day pop history this is an unparalleled feat.
The Miracles, featuring Billy Griffin, scored two instant gold 45's, a platinum single, one gold album and one platinum LP. The soul opera "City Of Angels" which contained the world-renowned classic favorite; "Love Machine" was written and performed by lead singer, lyricist and composer Billy Griffin.
After leaving the Miracles in the early 1980's Billy went on to record three solo albums for Columbia Records (now Sony Entertainment), establishing himself as an international star in London. With the success of the English top twenty hit "Hold Me Tighter In The Rain" Billy earned the English "Silver Record Award" comparable to the coveted Gold Record here in the United States. In 1990, Billy co-produced fifty-two Motown artists along with English producer Ian Levine in response to an overwhelming outcry from Motown fans across the globe to revisit the days of their childhood (the 60's and 70's). Their collaborative work in a "reunion" series of videos, LPs and CDs featuring The Originals, The Fantastic 4, Lamont Dozier, Edwin Starr and The Supremes for the European dance market was a historic event unlikely to ever be repeated again.
This partnership later resulted in Ian & Billy's coming together to produce the "boy band" Take That and score the group's first worldwide hit "I Found Heaven" sung by Superstar, then lead singer, Robbie Williams written by Billy & Ian. Later that year the duo hit pay dirt again with their production of The Pasadena's Silver Record "I'm Doing Fine Now."
Billy later teamed with jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright for his long awaited debut album, while simultaneously guest-starring on the debut solo project of Japanese jazz drummer Akira Jimbo of Cassiopea. Both of these records resulted in instant chart-topping success for the two talented rookies. This was certainly a fun departure from the R&B competitive world Billy was used to. The smooth collaboration with Jimbo also resulted in a Gold Album and introduced Akira to the American Smooth jazz market. Billy's rendition of "Olivia" placed Akira's album at the top of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for four exciting weeks.
Over the past 3 years Billy's music was heard in such films as "Chicken Run", "BAPS" "Donnie Brasco", "BeBe's Kids", as well as FOX TV's"Alley Mcbeal & NBC's "Friends". Billy is currently in Sweden developing projects for his multi-media company Blitz Inc. Billy is thrilled to be bringing his first original album in over 10 years to his fans with the release of Billy Griffin 2005. (Less)
Billy Griffin - Hold Me Tighter In The Rain (Audio only) From his 1982 release "Be With Me"
Griffin was twenty years of age when he joined The (More) From his 1982 release "Be With Me"
Griffin was twenty years of age when he joined The Miracles - his bandmates Ronald White, Pete Moore, and Bobby Rogers were all at least a decade older. Griffin officially joined the group after its final concert with Robinson at the Carter Barron Amphitheater in Washington, DC on July 16, 1972. Like Robinson before him, Grifin co-wrote many of the Miracles' songs, in addition to singing lead (Griffin and Moore wrote all of the Miracles' 1975 LP, City of Angels. During his tenure with the group, they recorded two successful hits: the #13 pop single "Do It Baby" in 1973, and the Miracles' most successful single, the number-one hit "Love Machine", in 1975. Griffin also sung lead on "Don't Cha Love It", a Billboard Top 10 R&B single.
The Miracles left Motown in 1976, signing with Columbia Records. After two albums for Columbia, Griffin and Pete Moore decided to retire from performing and focus on songwriting. In 1982, Griffin released his first solo album, Be With Me, which yielded the UK Top 20 hit "Hold Me Tighter in the Rain". The following year, Respect yielded the club hit "Serious". After a third album with Leon Ware, Griffin switched label to Atlantic Records but despite completing an album, only one single "Believe It or Not" was released there before he was left without a contract.
In 1989, Griffin joined UK producer Ian Levine's Motown-reunion project Motorcity Records, and was the first to release a single on the label ("First in Line"). Griiffin also fronted a Miracles reunion with a new recording of "Love Machine". Griffin became a much featured writer and backing vocals arranger for several of the other artists, but despite recording a large number of tracks himself, his album Technicolour (the single by the same name being a tribute to Marvin Gaye) never saw the light of day before the label collapsed in 1992. Most of his Motorcity recordings, however, were released on the 1996 compilation Best Of Billy Griffin.
In the meantime, Levine and Griffin also landed a couple of hit singles for UK soul band The Pasadenas and co-produced Take That's debut album, which including the hit singles "Could It Be Magic" (UK #3) and "I Found Heaven" (UK #15). They also worked with Levine's boy band Bad Boys Inc.
Griffin has written songs and sung backing vocals for the likes of Aretha Franklin, The O'Jays, Ronald Isley, Freda Payne, Edwin Starr, Evelyn Champagne King, Herb Alpert, Martine McCutcheon, The Emotions and many others. In 2006, Griffin released his latest solo album, Like Water.
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