The Tracks of My Tears My Tears" was a number 2 hit on the "Billboard" R&B chart, and it reached number 16 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Belatedly released in the UK in 1969, it became a Top Ten hit that summer, reaching number 9 (the UK release was credited to "Smokey Robinson and the Miracles"). This song is considered to be among the finest recordings of The Miracles, and it sold over one million records within two years, making it The Miracles' fourth million-selling record. The Miracles can be seen performing "The Tracks of My Tears" on their 2006 Motown DVD release, "The Miracles'
Lonesome Tears in My Eyes Lonesome Tears in My Eyes "Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" is a song written by Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette, Paul Burlison and Al Mortimer. It was first released by co-writer Johnny Burnette and his Rock 'n' Roll Trio in March 1957. The Beatles, recorded "Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" "live in studio" for the BBC radio programme "Pop Go The Beatles" on 10 July 1963, and later transmitted on 23 July. In 1994, their recording was commercially released on the album "Live at the BBC". The song also influenced a later Beatles song, "The Ballad of John and Yoko" in