The Supremes at the London Palladium, 1968, Royal Variety Performance, Queen Elizebeth

Gary James Bridge shared Supremes's photo.

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My Supremes' fix for all of you today. That is Cindy Birdsong on the left, Diana Ross (c) & my friend, Mary Wilson (r). I'll try to find a picture when The Supremes met the Royal Family that night, dressed in 35 pound sequined gowns, & Princess Anne asked Mary Wilson if they were wearing wigs? The cameras caught Mary with this look as if she was saying: "No, you dumb Brit, Blacks have hair like this", ha ha.

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In 1968, Diana Ross & the Supremes played at the London Palladium for the Royal Variety Performance, Prince Charles and the Queen were among those in the audience.

'BABY LOVE', The Supremes, 1964, The Supremes second #1 hit

Gary James Bridge shared Supremes's photo.

November 1 at 10:09pm ·

I'm back from my cruise to the Bahamas. It was awesome. I'm exhausted now. Here's my Supremes fix for the day; their 2nd #1 & the biggest hit as it was #1 for 4 weeks. Even the Beatles couldn't knock them off the top with this hit. I love all of you & will be back on tomorrow to tell about my cruise, etc. Sorry WVU lost in the last 4 seconds earlier this evening.

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It has been 50 years since "Baby Love" went to No.1 in the Billboard Hot 100! uDiscover has the story: http://smarturl.it/tsbabylove

THE SUPREMES-OCTOBER 2, 2014

My Supremes contribution for today!

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Today in 1965, accompanied by Berry Gordy, the Supremes appeared at Holland’s Grand Gala du Disque Awards in Amsterdam.

THE SUPREMES--ROMANIA

THANK YOU, ROMANIA, for finding my Blog & I hope to post a lot more of  THE SUPREMES from my personal experience with them as well as historical information. I will post soon. Thank you to all of my readers. Be well.   Gary

NATHAN JONES by THE SUPREMES, 1971

"NATHAN JONES" by THE SUPREMES was one of 15 Top 40 Hits by the group post Diana Ross & a unique one, indeed. It reached # 16 on Billboard in 1971 but made it to #5 in the UK. It also featured all three Supremes-Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong & Jean Terrell singing simultaneously on the hit which made for a full sounding composition. THE SUPREMES also had other memorable Top Hits at this time with: "FLOY JOY", "AUTOMATICALLY SUNSHINE", "I GUESS I'LL MISS THE MAN" (FROM THE BROADWAY HIT MUSICAL "PIPPIN'), "UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF', 'EVERYBODY'S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE", "BAD WEATHER -WRITTEN BY STEVIE WONDER FOR THEM), "TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE SUCH SWEET MUSIC", "YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART", "RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH", "YOUR WONDERFUL SWEET SWEET LOVE", "BILL, WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK?", "TOUCH"--A BEAUTIFUL BALLAD, AND THE HUGE HIT: "STONED LOVE". 

NO, THE SUPREMES DIDN'T END WITH THE LEAVING OF DIANA ROSS IN 1970. AS YOU CAN SEE--& REMEMBER BY THESE WONDERFUL SONGS--THEY CONTINUED, WITH THE WONDERFUL LEADERSHIP OF MARY WILSON, WITH MANY MORE WONDERFUL YEARS OF HITS!

YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE-THE SUPREMES

48 YEARS AGO TODAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1966 THE SUPREMES "YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE" topped the Billboard's Top 100 with their 6th #1 Hit. It was another Holland, Dozier, Holland song & it held #1 for 2 weeks. It entered the Hot 100 at #66 on August 13, 1966, and according to Billboard Magazine, was an upwardly mobile record, moving from 66-28-7-4 then to number one. It followed two Supremes' hits that didn't make #1 "My World Is Empty Without You" (#5) & "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart" (#9). It prevented The Beatles' "Yellow Brick Road" from taking charge of the top spot!

In Britain it peaked at #3 putting it in a three-way tie for their second biggest single in the UK. "Baby Love" is their only #1 British song. Where Did Our Love Go?" & post Diana Ross, "Stoned Love" also hit #3 in England.

(chart information courtesy of Billboard Magazine records)

Two months later The Supremes would be topping the charts, yet again, with the follow up: "You Keep Me Hangin' On".

They still had 5 more #1 hits to go before the end of 1969!
Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard & Diana Ross kept non-stop in their touring, recording, TV appearances & interviews.

"Where Did Our Love Go?" 8/22/1964

Well everybody; TODAY is the day, August 22, 1964--50 years ago--that The Supremes had their first #1 hit when "Where Did Our Love Go?" took over the #1 spot which would be the beginning of 11 more #1's to follow over the next 5 years!  Congratulations to Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard & Diana Ross (& Cindy Birdsong) for giving us over 40 Top 40 wonderful hits. They are the greatest.