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At Their Best (The Supremes Album)
''At Their Best'' is a 1978 album by The Supremes. It includes most of their singles from 1970 through 1976 and featured, at the time, two never-before released songs: "The Sha-La Bandit" and "Love Train". It was released first in the United Kingdom in February 1978, including 14 tracks. It was later released in the US in June 1978, with some of the tracks removed and the track order amended. In 2006, the album was reissued as part of Universal's 2-CD "The Supremes: Gold" compilation of Motown hits albums, including ''Greatest Hits'', and '' Greatest Hits Vol. 3''. UK Track listings Side one #"Stoned Love" (2:58) #"I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" (3:08) #" Floy Joy" (2:31) #" Nathan Jones" (3:01) #"Everybody's Got the Right to Love" (2:44) #" High Energy" (4:13) #"Automatically Sunshine" (3:08) Side two #"Up the Ladder to the Roof" (3:14) #"You're My Driving Wheel" (3:19) #"Bad Weather" (3:01) #"Love Train" (3:20) #"The Sha-La Bandit" (3:40) #"He's My Man" (3:02) #"You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Supremes
The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful American vocal group, vocal band, with List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones#Most number-one singles, 12 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Most of these hits were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland. It is said that their breakthrough made it possible for future African American Rhythm and blues, R&B and soul musicians to find mainstream success. ''Billboard'' ranked the Supremes as the 16th greatest Hot 100 artist of all time. Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson (singer), Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Betty McGlown, the original members, were all from the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, Brewster-Douglass public housing proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Mirror
''Record Mirror'' was a British weekly music newspaper between 1954 and 1991 for pop fans and record collectors. Launched two years after the ''NME'', it never attained the circulation of its rival. The first UK album chart was published in ''Record Mirror'' in 1956, and during the 1980s it was the only consumer music paper to carry the official UK singles and UK albums charts used by the BBC for Radio 1 and ''Top of the Pops'', as well as the US ''Billboard'' charts. The title ceased to be a stand-alone publication in April 1991 when United Newspapers closed or sold most of their consumer magazines, including ''Record Mirror'' and its sister music magazine ''Sounds'', to concentrate on trade papers like ''Music Week''. In 2010 Giovanni di Stefano bought the name ''Record Mirror'' and relaunched it as an online music gossip website in 2011. The website became inactive in 2013 following di Stefano's jailing for fraud. Early years, 1954–1963 ''Record Mirror'' was founded by for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Train
"Love Train" is a hit single by the O'Jays, written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Released in 1972, it reached No. 1 on both the R&B Singles and the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in February and March 1973 respectively, and No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart and was certified gold by the RIAA. It was the O'Jays' first and only number one record on the US pop chart. The song has been considered one of the first songs of disco music. "Love Train" entered the Hot 100's top 40 on January 27, 1973,''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'' - the same day that the Paris Peace Accords were signed. The song's lyrics of unity mention a number of countries, including England, Russia, China, Egypt and Israel, as well as the continent of Africa. Recorded at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios, the house band MFSB provided the backing. Besides its release as a single, "Love Train" was the last song on the O'Jays' album '' Back Stabbers''. "Love Train" was a 2006 inductee into the Grammy Hall of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Weather
"Bad Weather" is a song recorded and released as a single by Motown vocal group The Supremes in 1973. It was composed by Stevie Wonder and Lynda Laurence's brother Ira Tucker Jr., and produced by Wonder. The song was then-lead singer Jean Terrell's last charted single as a member of the Supremes and the second and last time Laurence was featured on a Supremes single. Recording By 1973, the Supremes' records were doing poorly in the charts. Cindy Birdsong left the group on maternity leave after recording the group's 1972 album, '' Floy Joy'' and was temporarily replaced by former Wonderlove background singer, Lynda Laurence. Although Birdsong was featured on every track, Laurence appeared on the cover of the album. The new lineup featuring Laurence set about recording ''The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb'', but it also sold poorly in spite of good reviews. Undaunted, Laurence asked Wonder, her former mentor, to help the group find a new sound. Wonder concocted the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're My Driving Wheel
"You're My Driving Wheel" is a dance/ disco song by The Supremes. The song was released on September 30, 1976 as the first single from their album ''Mary, Scherrie & Susaye''. Along with the tracks, "Let Yourself Go" and "Love I Never Knew", "You're My Driving Wheel" peaked at number five on the disco chart. On the Soul chart, the single peaked at number fifty and number eighty-five on the Hot 100. Charts Personnel * Lead vocals by Scherrie Payne * Background vocals by Mary Wilson, Scherrie Payne and Susaye Greene Susaye Greene (born September 13, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter. She was the last official member to join the Motown girl group The Supremes, remaining in the group during its final years of existence from 1976 to 1977. She is a su ... References {{Authority control 1976 singles The Supremes songs Motown singles 1976 songs Songs written by Brian Holland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up The Ladder To The Roof
"Up the Ladder to the Roof" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the first Supremes single to feature new lead singer Jean Terrell in place of Diana Ross, who officially left the group for a solo career two weeks before the recording of this song in January 1970. This song also marks a number of other firsts: it is the first Supremes single since " The Happening" in 1967 to be released under the name "The Supremes" instead of "Diana Ross & The Supremes", the first Supremes single solely produced by Norman Whitfield associate Frank Wilson, and the first Supremes single to make the United Kingdom Top 10 since " Reflections" in 1967. Frank Wilson wrote the music for the song, with lyrics written by an Italian-American songwriter from New York City named Vincent DiMirco. "Up the Ladder to the Roof" rose to number ten on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number five on the soul chart, in the spring of 1970. Outside the US, The Supremes scored a #6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automatically Sunshine
"Automatically Sunshine" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and released as a single by Motown singing group The Supremes as the second single from their popular album '' Floy Joy'' in 1972. The single featured Jean Terrell and original Supreme Mary Wilson sharing lead vocals on the song. ''Floy Joy'' was one of the group's final albums recorded at Motown's famed Detroit studio, Hitsville U.S.A. On the US soul chart, "Automatically Sunshine" reached number twenty-one and was the Supremes' final top 40 US hit for four years peaking at number thirty-seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while it became the group's third consecutive top-ten single on the UK Singles Chart peaking at number ten. Charts Personnel *Lead vocals by Mary Wilson and Jean Terrell *Background vocals by Mary Wilson, Jean Terrell and Cindy Birdsong *Additional vocals by The Andantes *Produced and written by Smokey Robinson *Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers The Funk Brothers were a group of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Energy (The Supremes Song)
"High Energy" is a dance/ disco song by The Supremes. Released as the album's title-track single in 1976 from their penultimate album '' High Energy'', this energic, sound-bursting tune featured lead vocals by Susaye Greene. Greene, new to the group, was brought in to dub her vocals although Scherrie Payne had already recorded lead vocals prior to Greene's entry into the trio. As such, this was the final single to feature former member Cindy Birdsong's vocals, and the sixth and final single of the group to feature four members. Written by Harold Beatty, Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr., the song peaked at position nine on the dance/disco charts later that same year. Personnel * Lead vocals by Susaye Greene Susaye Greene (born September 13, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter. She was the last official member to join the Motown girl group The Supremes, remaining in the group during its final years of existence from 1976 to 1977. She is a su ... * Background vocal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everybody's Got The Right To Love
"Everybody's Got the Right to Love" is a socially conscious–inspired pop song written by Lou Stallman, produced by Frank Wilson and released as a single in 1970 by Motown group The Supremes, who took the song into the top forty in mid-1970 following the release of "Up the Ladder to the Roof". Song information The songs features new Supremes lead singer Jean Terrell, with backup vocals by original Supreme Mary Wilson and more recent member Cindy Birdsong. The lyrics describe how everyone should be able to love, saying "without love you can't survive". This is the first song that showcases the group's vocals as a group, which had not been done since the late 1960s. At the start of the song the trio sings, "..Say I/Say Yeah..", in harmony. There are at least three different versions of the song. One appears on the Supremes' "70's Greatest Hits & Rare Classics" and the other on The Supremes (2000 album). Charts The song became a top 30 hit for the Supremes peaking at number 21 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Jones (song)
"Nathan Jones" is a song by American girl group the Supremes from their twenty-third studio album, ''Touch'' (1971). It was released on April 15, 1971, as the album's lead single. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Kathy Wakefield and Leonard Caston, "Nathan Jones" was one of eight top-40 entries the Supremes recorded after its original frontwoman, Diana Ross, left the group for a solo career. Background The song centers around a woman's longing for her former lover, a man named Nathan Jones, who left her nearly a year ago "to ease ismind." Suffering through the long separation (''"Winter's past, spring, and fall"'') without any contact or communication between herself and Jones, the narrator is no longer in love with Jones, remarking that "Nathan Jones/you've been gone too long". Supremes version "Nathan Jones" is an unusual entry among the Supremes' singles repertoire for several reasons, not the least of which is the fact that all three members of the group (Jean Terrel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floy Joy (song)
"Floy Joy" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and released as a single in December 1971 by popular Motown female singing group The Supremes. The song, built on a retro sixties vibe reminiscent of past Supremes songs, was recorded by the group's former mentor Robinson, marking his first production of a Supremes song since 1969's "The Composer". The song featured original Supreme Mary Wilson and early-seventies Supremes lead singer Jean Terrell on lead vocals, featuring the third lead vocals by Wilson on a Supremes hit single. The song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, number sixteen on the American pop singles chart and number nine on the UK Singles Chart. Personnel *Lead vocals by Mary Wilson and Jean Terrell *Background vocals by Mary Wilson, Jean Terrell, Cindy Birdsong *Additional vocals by The Andantes *Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and Marv Tarplin of The Miracles *Produced and written by William "Smokey" Robinson William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking
"I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" is a disco-styled soul single composed by the Holland brothers Eddie and Brian, members of the former Holland–Dozier–Holland team and was released as a single by Motown vocal group The Supremes in 1976 on the Motown label. It was the first single since "Your Heart Belongs to Me" in 1962 to feature four Supremes. It is also notable for being the last top forty single the group would score before they disbanded in 1977. Overview Recording By 1976, the Supremes were four years without a top 40 recording and were constantly changing group members. After departures from Jean Terrell, Lynda Laurence and Cindy Birdsong - two times within four years - Mary Wilson struggled to keep the group going. After hiring Scherrie Payne, the group found themselves in search of a group member again after Birdsong left due to problems with the group's management team, led by Wilson's husband Pedro Ferrer. After Birdsong split in early 1976, Wilson eventua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
