What Genre Is Ooh Baby Baby Linda Ronstadt

1965 song past Smokey Robinson

"Ooo Baby Baby"
Ooo Baby Baby - The Miracles.jpg
Unmarried by The Miracles
from the anthology Going to a Get-Go
B-side "All That's Adept"
Released March 5, 1965
Recorded Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); Jan 21, 1965
Genre Soul, popular
Length two:48
Label Tamla / T 54113
Songwriter(southward) Smokey Robinson
Pete Moore
Producer(s) Smokey Robinson
The Miracles singles chronology
"Come up On Do The Jerk"
(1964)
"Ooo Baby Baby"
(1965)
"The Tracks of My Tears"
(1965)

"Ooo Baby Babe" is a vocal written past Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore. Information technology is a classic 1965 hit single by The Miracles for the Tamla (Motown) label. The song has inspired numerous other cover versions by other artists over the years, including covers by Ella Fitzgerald, Todd Rundgren, The Escorts, The Five Stairsteps, Linda Ronstadt , and many others. The Miracles' original version of "Ooo Baby Babe", is listed as number 266 on Rolling Rock Mag's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

The Miracles original version [edit]

Background [edit]

Written by Robinson and fellow Miracle Pete Moore and produced by Robinson, "Ooo Baby Babe" was a number 4 hit on the Billboard R&B singles chart and reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

A tedious, remorseful number, "Ooo Baby Baby" features Miracles pb singer Smokey Robinson lamenting the fact that he cheated on his adult female, and begging for her to overlook his mistakes and delight forgive him. The song'south highly emotional experience is supported by the Miracles' tight groundwork vocal harmonies, arranged by Miracles fellow member and song co-author Pete Moore, and a lush orchestral string arrangement that accents The Funk Brothers ring's instrumental track.

Cash Box described information technology equally "a medium-paced, low-downwardly, pop-r&b ode about an unfortunate gal whose singin' the blues since she lost her guy."[2]

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Miracles' original version of this vocal as #266 on their listing of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Fourth dimension.[3] The song is one of the Miracles' most-covered tunes.

On the 2006 Motown DVD The Miracles' Definitive Performances, Pete comments on the song's cosmos: "In the songs that Smokey and I wrote together, Smokey and Berry kinda left the background vocals to me. And this song "I'm On The Outside (Looking In)", which was 1 of The Imperials' bigger hits.... When I heard that song, equally far as the background (harmonies) were concerned and how (they were structured), I wanted to get the same kind of feeling with Smokey's vocal. And so I called Bobby, Ronnie, and Claudette over, and we did the backgrounds for it. I kinda had that particular song in mind...so I wanted to go the same kind of feeling with 'Ooo Baby Baby'."

Influence [edit]

John Lennon was a huge fan of Smokey Robinson; he borrowed the "I'yard Crying" part in this song for The Beatles' song "I Am the Walrus".[ citation needed ]

Chart operation [edit]

Personnel [edit]

The Miracles [edit]

  • William "Smokey" Robinson – writer, producer, atomic number 82 vocals
  • Pete Moore – writer, vocal arrangements, background vocals
  • Claudette Rogers Robinson – background vocals
  • Ronnie White – background vocals
  • Bobby Rogers – background vocals
  • Marv Tarplin – guitar

Other credits [edit]

  • Detroit Symphony Orchestra – strings
  • The Funk Brothers – other instruments, featuring Jack Ashford on vibraphone

Linda Ronstadt version [edit]

"Ooh Babe Babe"
Unmarried by Linda Ronstadt
from the album Living in the U.s.a.
B-side "Blowing Away"
Released October 24, 1978
Genre Rhythm and blues, soul
Length 3:18
Characterization Asylum
Songwriter(s) Smokey Robinson
Pete Moore
Producer(southward) Peter Asher
Linda Ronstadt singles chronology
"Back in the U.s.a.A."
(1978)
"Ooh Baby Baby"
(1978)
"Simply 1 Look"
(1979)

Background [edit]

In 1978, Linda Ronstadt recorded a cover version of "Ooh Baby Babe" and included it on her double-platinum album Living in the USA. Her version of the single reached number 2 on the Contemporary chart and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979 (it also hit the R&B and Country singles charts).[8] Her single was produced past Peter Asher and issued on Asylum Records. Ronstadt performed with Smokey Robinson both "The Tracks of My Tears" and "Ooh Baby Baby" on the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever special broadcast on May xvi, 1983.

Chart functioning [edit]

Other versions [edit]

  • The Five Stairsteps (1967)
  • Ella Fitzgerald (1969)
  • The Fuzz on The Fuzz (1970)
  • San Francisco T.K.O.'southward on Herm b/westward Oh Babe, Baby (1972)
  • Honey Cone on Love, Peace & Soul as "O-O-O Baby Baby" (1972)
  • Todd Rundgren on A Wizard, a Truthful Star (1973)
  • Ralfi Infidel on I Tin See (1975)
  • Gary Bartz on Music Is My Sanctuary (1977)
  • Shalamar on Uptown Festival (1977)
  • Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson performed the song on Soul Train on December i, 1979.[17]
  • Sylvester on Too Hot to Sleep (1981)
  • Zapp, titled "Ooh Babe Baby", on Zapp Vibe (1989), also released as a single
  • Hugh Masekela, Uptownship (1989)
  • Ray, Goodman & Brown, titled "Ooh Infant Baby", on Ray, Goodman & Dark-brown Live (1992)
  • Janet Kay on For the Beloved of You (1994)
  • Laura Nyro (recorded 1994/95) released on Angel in the Dark in 2001
  • Yoko Takahashi (1996)
  • LaToya London (2004) on American Idol during Motown Week
  • Musiq on Luvanmusiq (2007, bonus rails)
  • Human Nature on Become Set (2007) featuring Smokey Robinson.
  • Anoop Desai (2009) on American Idol during Motown Week
  • Marianne Faithfull featuring Antony Hegarty (2009) released on Easy Come, Piece of cake Get
  • Seal, titled "Ooh Baby Babe," on Soul 2 (2011)
  • Teena Marie, bonus digital track on her posthumous album Cute (2013)
  • Erich Cawalla on "Erich Cawalla-The Great American Songbook" (2019)

References [edit]

  1. ^ "The Miracles > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved Feb sixteen, 2010.
  2. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Greenbacks Box. March 20, 1965. p. ten. Retrieved 2022-01-12 .
  3. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Fourth dimension". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on Oct 25, 2006. Retrieved February xvi, 2010.
  4. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1965-05-03. Retrieved 2022-02-02 .
  5. ^ a b Joel Whitburn'southward Acme Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ^ "Cash Box Meridian 100 5/15/65". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on ten May 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Meridian 100 Hits of 1965/Top 100 Songs of 1965". www.musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved eighteen April 2018.
  8. ^ "Linda Ronstadt > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved February sixteen, 2016.
  9. ^ Canada, Library and Athenaeum (17 July 2013). "Epitome : RPM Weekly". bac-lac.gc.ca . Retrieved xviii Apr 2018.
  10. ^ Tsort. "Song creative person 423 - Linda Ronstadt". tsort.info . Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  11. ^ US Billboard Adult Contemporary nautical chart. December 9, 1978
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Elevation R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Tape Research. p. 500.
  13. ^ "Cash Box Tiptop 100 1/27/79". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  14. ^ a b Canada, Library and Athenaeum (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". bac-lac.gc.ca . Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Meridian 100 Songs of 1979". world wide web.musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1979". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on xiii July 2014. Retrieved eighteen Apr 2018.
  17. ^ The Best of Soul Train Alive (booklet). Time Life. 2011.

External links [edit]

  • Listing of comprehend versions of "Ooo Babe Infant" at SecondHandSongs.com

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooo_Baby_Baby

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