William L. Griffin (born August 15, 1950) is an American singer and songwriter. He replaced Smokey Robinson as the lead singer of the Miracles in 1972. == Biography == Griffin was born and raised in West Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Garrison Junior High School and Forest Park High School. Griffin, like his brother Donald Griffin (1955–2015), (who later replaced Marv Tarplin in the Miracles), was a guitarist, as well as a singer, and sang with a local Baltimore group called... [more on Wikipedia]