You've Really Got A Hold On Me; Artist Smokey Robinson & The Miracles; Writers Sam Cooke; Licensed to YouTube by
The Beatles' version was the first song recorded for their second album, on July 18, 1963. “You Really Got a Hold on Me,” originally written by Smokey Robinson, was a hit for The Miracles in 1962. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 11, 1972, Gayle McCormick performed "You Really Got A Hold On Me" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'... Two months earlier on January 16th the song entered Billboard's Top …