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===Mary Wells version===
===Mary Wells version===
*Lead vocal by [[Mary Wells]]
*Lead vocals by [[Mary Wells]]
*Background vocal by the Love Tones
*Background vocals by the Love Tones
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
*Instrumentation by [[the Funk Brothers]]


===The Temptations version===
===The Temptations version===
*Lead vocal by [[Eddie Kendricks]]
*Lead vocals by [[Eddie Kendricks]]
*Background vocals by [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], [[David Ruffin]], [[Melvin Franklin]] and [[Otis Williams]]
*Background vocals by [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], [[David Ruffin]], [[Melvin Franklin]] and [[Otis Williams]]
*Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers
*Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers


===Barbara McNair version===
===Barbara McNair version===
*Lead vocal by [[Barbara McNair]]
*Lead vocals by [[Barbara McNair]]
*Background vocal by [[The Andantes]]
*Background vocals by [[the Andantes]]
*Instrumentation by LA musicians
*Instrumentation by [[The Funk Brothers#Los Angeles musicians|LA musicians]]


===The Miracles version===
===The Miracles version===
*Lead vocal by [[Smokey Robinson]]
*Lead vocals by [[Smokey Robinson]]
*Background vocals by [[Claudette Rogers Robinson]], [[Ronnie White]], [[Warren "Pete" Moore|Pete Moore]] and [[Bobby Rogers]]
*Background vocals by [[Claudette Rogers Robinson]], [[Ronnie White]], [[Warren "Pete" Moore|Pete Moore]] and [[Bobby Rogers]]
*Guitar by [[Marv Tarplin]]
*Guitar by [[Marv Tarplin]]
*Other instrumentation by [[The Funk Brothers]]
*Other instrumentation by the Funk Brothers


===Syreeta version===
===Syreeta version===

Latest revision as of 11:15, 16 January 2023

For the album by The Miracles, see What Love Has...Joined Together (album).
"What Love Has Joined Together"
Song
Released1963 (1963)
GenreR&B
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Smokey Robinson
Bobby Rogers

"What Love Has Joined Together" is a song written and composed by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers, and was recorded by six Motown acts: Mary Wells, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Barbara McNair, Syreeta, and Queen Latifah (after her years at Motown) and was issued as B-sides to hits by Wells and The Temptations; "Your Old Standby" for Wells, released in 1963,[1] and "It's Growing" by The Temptations, released in 1965.[2][3]

Song information

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The song talks about a person professing their love to their loved one regardless of people's comments trying to separate them, with the person stressing the point that "what love has joined together can nobody take it apart". The song was originally recorded by the Miracles in 1962. Wells would record her version a year later while the Temptations covered it for their The Temptations Sing Smokey album in 1965. Barbara McNair recorded her version in 1968 for a proposed album "Barbara McNair Sings Smokey." It remained unreleased until 2004. Syreeta's version appeared on her debut album for Motown's MoWest label which was released in 1972. The Miracles also would record a special extended version of the song in 1970, as the title cut from their album of the same name. (See What Love Has...Joined Together ) . Queen Latifah's version appeared on her 2007 "Trav'lin Light" CD.

Personnel

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Mary Wells version

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The Temptations version

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Barbara McNair version

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The Miracles version

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Syreeta version

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Queen Latifah version

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References

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  1. ^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol 3: 1963 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.
  2. ^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol 5: 1965 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.
  3. ^ Williams, Otis and Romanowski, Patricia (1988, updated 2002). Temptations. Lanham, MD: Cooper Square. ISBN 0-8154-1218-5.
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