Marv Tarplin obituary

Guitarist with the Miracles who co-wrote their 1965 hit The Tracks of My TearsSoft and dreamy, a perfect pre-echo of the song's exquisitely swooning melancholy, the guitar lead-in to The Tracks of My Tears, the 1965 hit by the Miracles, remains one of the most evocative and immediately recognisable introductions of its kind. It was the work of Marv Tarplin, who has died aged 70, and who remained the musical lieutenant of the group's leader, William "Smokey" Robinson, for almost half a century un...

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