"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.

50 Years today, 8/1/1964 The Supremes were at #5...

...with their highest charting record yet! After 8 previous 'flops', with only "A Breath Taking Guy" that managed to hit #75 in the summer of 1963, The Supremes began their incredible career of hits as "Where Did Our Love Go" (which had already been turned down by The Marvelettes & Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) broke the Top 5 with The Beatles holding down the #1 spot with their "A Hard Day's Night" that held #1 for two weeks. "Where Did Our Love Go" didn't fade, however, as Frank Sinatra then took over from The Beatles for one week with "Everybody Loves Somebody". Then The Supremes took over #1 for two weeks with the first of their 12 #1 Hits on August 22, 1964--50 years ago this month! The rest was history in the making as everything in their life, & Motown's, changed. They had just begun to chart & break records that are still unsurpassed to this very day. The original release has Mary & Flo singing "Baby, Baby" 54 times throughout the song!

"You Keep Me Hangin' On", The Supremes, 1966

On this day in 1966, the Supremes recorded vocals for “You Keep Me Hangin’ On.”

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Billboard Magazine states that "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was recorded on JUNE 30, 1966 & I'd tend to believe their date. It entered the Top 100 at #68 on October 29 & 'moved like lightning: 68-27-7-to number one!'

Billboard states that this was the first time in the history of the Hot 100 that all five positions were filled by songs that either had been or would be number one!

Like The Supremes' previous hit, "You Can't Hurry Love", "You Keep Me Hanin' On" help the Number One Spot for two consecutive weeks.

"Nothing But Heartaches"- 1965, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross

Isn't this an awesome picture of Flo, Diana, & Mary? I don't recall ever seeing it before! Here's some info about "Nothing But Heartaches". This was their 6th release after "Where Did Our Love Go?" hit #1 as did "Baby Love", "Come See About Me", "Stop! In The Name Of Love" & then their 5th consecutive #1 "Back In My Arms Again"! "Nothing But Heartaches" stalled at #11--yes, it didn't make the Top Ten! Everyone was shocked! I think there was some hanky panky behind this as it was a wonderful song & talk was out about The Supremes couldn't keep challenging The Beatles like they were doing. It actually was going to be called: "I Can't Break Away" as both lines were used almost equally throughout the song. Their next 4 songs hit #1 which would have made The Supremes have 10 consecutive #1 Hits (unsurpassed if it would have been allowed to happen). Enjoy the info.

"Nothing But Heartaches” by the Supremes is released, 1965. http://itunes.com/Motown

 

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"Where Did Our Love Go? released 50 years ago today. The Supremes

From Wikipedia:

Some more info about The Supremes' first #1 hit released 50 years ago today, June 17, 1964--"Where Did Our Love Go?"

Where Did Our Love Go is a 1964 album by Motown singing group The Supremes. The album, their second studio LP, includes several of the group's singles and B-sides from 1963 and 1964. Included are the group's first Billboard Pop Singles number-one hits, "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", and "Come See About Me", as well as their first Top 40 hit, "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes", and the singles "A Breathtaking Guy" and "Run, Run, Run".
With the release of this album, The Supremes became the first act in Billboard magazine history to have three number-one hits from the same album. It was the album that introduced "The Motown Sound" to the masses. It was also, at the time, the highest ranking album by an all female group. It remained in the #2 position for 4 weeks, in January 1965, remaining on the Billboard charts for an unprecedented 89 weeks.

Note the second paragraph where it states that The Supremes became the FIRST act in Billboard magazine history to have three number-one hits from the same album! It also was the highest ranking album by an all female group & remained on the Billboard charts for an unprecedented 89 weeks--that's over one year & nine months!!!  GO SUPREMES!
 

50 YEARS TODAY, JUNE 17, 1964--THE SUPREMES FIRST #1 RELEASED

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Gary James Bridge

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It was 50 years ago today that The Supremes' first #1 record, "Where Did Our Love Go?" was released! They were called the No-Hit Supremes as they had 8 singles that flopped. After "Where Did Our Love Go?" The Supremes went on to have 4 more consecutive #1's--a feat yet to be matched by any American artist or group. After their 6th release (which I feel should have been #1) "Nothing But Heartaches", failed to make #1 they then came back with 4 more consecutive #1 hits. They ended up having--as most people from my generation knows--12 #1 Hits; more than any artist except for The Beatles (a British group) & Elvis Presley (an American solo male)! Such incredible memories of fantastic songs.