45 years ago this month, The Supremes (Diana Ross & The Supremes) were on the chart with "Someday We'll Be Together"& it would be the last #1 record of the year, the last #1 for The Supremes (& Diana Ross & The Supremes), the last #1 of the decades of the sixties, & the last with Diana Ross in the group!
Sadly, Mary Wilson & Cindy Birdsong didn't even sing on the song. The backup voices were that of Maxine & Julia Waters. The same was true for The Supremes previous #1 "Love Child"!
Some day they'll be together did happen on the Motown 25th Anniversary Special but it wasn't the get together fans of The Supremes had hoped for. As Diana Ross took stage at the end of the program when The Supremes were to perform some of their hits Ross kept moving forward & Mary Wilson (who strutted out so confidently dressed to the hilt in red) & Cindy Birdsong would advance with Ross. Diana didn't like this & told Mary: "I got this!" Within seconds Smokey & a few others came to the rescue. Diana pushed Mary's microphone but it was edited for viewing by TV. Mary politely said she was sure it was an accident but everybody that saw it knows what they saw. Mary--always the diplomat. Kudos to Cindy for following Mary's suggestion.
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