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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Sunday, December 7, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Hello fellow Supremes fans. I am so sorry I haven't posted anything for a week or so. Maybe I can throw out some tidbits of info with this quick post to tide us over until I can get more posted.
1) I think we all know The Supremes had an unprecedented 12 #1 hits; starting with 1964's "Where Did Our Love Go?" & ending with 1969's "Someday We'll Be Together".
2) The Supremes never won a Grammy!
3) Only The Beatles & Elvis Presley had more number one hits than The Supremes & Elvis was a single, male, American artist & The Beatles were a British male band.
4) Ironically, Elvis Presley, The Supremes & The Beatles ALL had their last #1 hit within eight months of each other! Elvis with "Suspicious Minds", The Supremes with "Someday We'll Be Together" & The Beatles with "The Long & Winding Road"! AND, a lot of people don't know this but Mary & Cindy didn't sing on their last #1 song (Motown's backup singers, The Andantes did), Elvis' regular band didn't back him up on his last #1 & only Paul sang on The Beatles last #1, Paul playing the piano & singing solo & John did play the bass guitar. The others were studio musicians.
5) "Baby Love" was The Supremes biggest hit if you base it on the most weeks at Billboard's Number 1 Hits. It held it for 4 weeks.
Baby Love was also the only song to hit #1 in England until the post Diana Ross Supremes when Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, & Jean Terrell hit #1 with "Stoned Love"!
6) Mary Wilson is 20 days older than Diana Ross. Mary was born on March 6, 1944 & Diane (a) was born on March 26, 1944. Dear Florence Ballard was born on June 30, 1943.
7) Florence Ballard had a wonderful sense of humor & also had a powerful voice. She, as Mary Wilson has often stated, didn't need music to accompany her incredible voice & range. Florence also started The Supremes, named The Supremes & was the first forced out of The Supremes in 1967 when their name was changed to Diana Ross & The Supremes. This is when Cindy Birdsong (from Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells) was brought in to replace Flo.
Thank you for checking in to my Blog & do feel free to comment on anything I post. Be well.
Gary
1) I think we all know The Supremes had an unprecedented 12 #1 hits; starting with 1964's "Where Did Our Love Go?" & ending with 1969's "Someday We'll Be Together".
2) The Supremes never won a Grammy!
3) Only The Beatles & Elvis Presley had more number one hits than The Supremes & Elvis was a single, male, American artist & The Beatles were a British male band.
4) Ironically, Elvis Presley, The Supremes & The Beatles ALL had their last #1 hit within eight months of each other! Elvis with "Suspicious Minds", The Supremes with "Someday We'll Be Together" & The Beatles with "The Long & Winding Road"! AND, a lot of people don't know this but Mary & Cindy didn't sing on their last #1 song (Motown's backup singers, The Andantes did), Elvis' regular band didn't back him up on his last #1 & only Paul sang on The Beatles last #1, Paul playing the piano & singing solo & John did play the bass guitar. The others were studio musicians.
5) "Baby Love" was The Supremes biggest hit if you base it on the most weeks at Billboard's Number 1 Hits. It held it for 4 weeks.
Baby Love was also the only song to hit #1 in England until the post Diana Ross Supremes when Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, & Jean Terrell hit #1 with "Stoned Love"!
6) Mary Wilson is 20 days older than Diana Ross. Mary was born on March 6, 1944 & Diane (a) was born on March 26, 1944. Dear Florence Ballard was born on June 30, 1943.
7) Florence Ballard had a wonderful sense of humor & also had a powerful voice. She, as Mary Wilson has often stated, didn't need music to accompany her incredible voice & range. Florence also started The Supremes, named The Supremes & was the first forced out of The Supremes in 1967 when their name was changed to Diana Ross & The Supremes. This is when Cindy Birdsong (from Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells) was brought in to replace Flo.
Thank you for checking in to my Blog & do feel free to comment on anything I post. Be well.
Gary
Sunday, January 5, 2014
44 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK...
... December 27, 1969 - January 2, 1970 the Number One record was: "SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER" according to "The Billboard Book of NUMBER ONE HITS". Quoting their first paragraph: "The final number one song of the 1960's was by the most successful American group of the decade--of the entire rock era, in fact. "Someday We'll Be Together" was the twelfth number one single for Diana Ross and The Supremes, and their final release before Diana left to pursue a solo career." The Supremes would continue to chart with hits such as "Up The Ladder To The Roof", "Stoned Love" (which was the ONLY record except for Baby Love) to go to Number One in England), Nathan Jones, Bad Weather, Automatically Sunshine, & more. They, however, never hit #1 again in the United States.
... December 27, 1969 - January 2, 1970 the Number One record was: "SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER" according to "The Billboard Book of NUMBER ONE HITS". Quoting their first paragraph: "The final number one song of the 1960's was by the most successful American group of the decade--of the entire rock era, in fact. "Someday We'll Be Together" was the twelfth number one single for Diana Ross and The Supremes, and their final release before Diana left to pursue a solo career." The Supremes would continue to chart with hits such as "Up The Ladder To The Roof", "Stoned Love" (which was the ONLY record except for Baby Love) to go to Number One in England), Nathan Jones, Bad Weather, Automatically Sunshine, & more. They, however, never hit #1 again in the United States.
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