Marvin Tarplin was an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s.
14 Facts About Marv Tarplin
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Marv Tarplin was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their biggest hits, including the 1965 Grammy Hall Of Fame-inducted "The Tracks of My Tears".
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Marv Tarplin is a winner of the BMI Songwriter's Award, and the ASCAP Award Of Merit, and was a 2012 posthumous inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Miracles.
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Robinson was impressed by Marv Tarplin's guitar playing, and lured him away from the Primettes to join the Miracles in 1958.
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Whilst Marv Tarplin remained with the Miracles for as long as Robinson was their lead singer, he is only present on the cover of three classic Miracles albums: Cookin' with the Miracles, I'll Try Something New, and The Fabulous Miracles.
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Marv Tarplin is mentioned, though not pictured, on the back cover of the group's very first album, Hi.
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Marv Tarplin played on The Four Tops 1970 Top 20 hit, "Still Water ", co-written by Robinson, and The Marvelettes' 1967 Top 20 hit, "My Baby Must Be a Magician".
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Marv Tarplin appeared onstage with the Miracles on the 1983 NBC-TV music special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever.
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Marv Tarplin left the Miracles in 1973, shortly after Smokey Robinson and his wife Claudette left the group.
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Robinson and Marv Tarplin continued to collaborate as writers on Robinson's solo recordings, including hits such as "Cruisin'" and "Being with You".
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Marv Tarplin continued to play guitar on record and in concert for Robinson, and, until 2008, continued to tour with Robinson.
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On February 9,2012, it was announced that Marv Tarplin would be posthumously inducted with the rest of the Miracles into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside group lead singer Smokey Robinson.
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Three years after leaving Robinson, Marv Tarplin died in his Las Vegas home of undetermined causes on September 30,2011.
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Marv Tarplin wrote the music for numerous songs, including several of Motown's biggest hits.