Got a Job by The Miracles Song Info
The Miracles' debut single, not on Motown but on George Goldner's End label, was co-written by Berry Gordy and Tyran Carlo, AKA Billy 'Roquel' Davis, his songwriting partner for many early Jackie Wilson his. A doo-wop-based 'answer' single to the Silhouettes' 1958 number 1 US pop hit Get A Job, it pulls Smokey Robinson into the Motown fold. He has indeed got a job - for life.