He, like his brother Donald Griffin (1955–2015),[2][3] (who later replaced Marv Tarplin in the Miracles), was a guitarist, as well as a singer, and sang with a local Baltimore group called The Last Dynasty.
Griffin and three friends formed the group Last Dynasty[4] and won a talent program on NBC Television.
After a year of woodshedding with Motown's famous Artist Development Dept., Griffin released his first single with the Miracles, "What Is a Heart Good For", from their first post-Robinson album, Renaissance in 1973.
In 1982, Griffin released his first solo album, Be with Me, which yielded the UK Singles Chart top 20 hit "Hold Me Tighter in the Rain".
Griffin became a writer and backing vocals arranger for several of the other artists, and recorded a large number of tracks himself, but his album Technicolour was never released and the label collapsed in 1992.
They also worked with Levine's boy band, Bad Boys Inc. Griffin has written songs and sung backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, The O'Jays, Ronald Isley, Freda Payne, Edwin Starr, Evelyn Champagne King, Herb Alpert, Martine McCutcheon, The Emotions and many others.
[8] In 1987, Smokey Robinson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, but Griffin and the other members of the Miracles were not.