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Mary Wilson (singer)
Mary Wilson (March 6, 1944 – February 8, 2021) was an American singer. She gained worldwide recognition as a founding member of the Supremes, the most successful Motown act of the 1960s and the best-charting female group in U.S. chart history, as well as one of the best-selling girl groups of all-time. The trio reached number one on ''Billboard''s Hot 100 with 12 of their singles, ten of which feature Wilson on backing vocals. Wilson remained with the group following the departures of the other three original members: Barbara Martin (in 1962), Florence Ballard (in 1967), and Diana Ross (in 1970), though the subsequent group disbanded following Wilson's own departure in 1977. Wilson later became a ''New York Times'' best-selling author in 1986 with the release of her first autobiography, '' Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme'', which set records for sales in its genre, and later for the autobiography ''Supreme Faith: Someday We'll Be Together''. Continuing a successful car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenville, Mississippi
Greenville is the List of municipalities in Mississippi, ninth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, and the largest city by population in the Mississippi Delta region. It is the county seat of Washington County, Mississippi, Washington County. The population was 29,670 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census. History Early history This area was occupied by indigenous peoples for thousands of years. When the France, French explored here, they encountered the historic Natchez people. As part of their colony known as ''La Louisiane'', the French established a settlement at what became Natchez, Mississippi. Other Native American tribes also lived in what is now known as Mississippi. The current city of Greenville is the third in the State to bear the name. The first, (known as Old Greenville, Mississippi, Old Greenville) located to the south near Natchez, Mississippi, Natchez, was the Jefferson County seat from 1803 to 1825 but became defunct soon after the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come See About Me
"Come See About Me" is a 1964 song recorded by the Supremes for the Motown label. The track opens with a fade-in, marking one of the first times the technique had been used on a studio recording. The song became third of five consecutively released Supremes songs to top the ''Billboard'' pop singles chart in the United States (the others being " Where Did Our Love Go", " Baby Love", "Stop! In the Name of Love" and " Back in My Arms Again"). It topped the chart twice, non-consecutively, being toppled by and later replacing the Beatles' " I Feel Fine" in December 1964 and January 1965. The BBC ranked "Come See About Me" at #94 on ''The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart'', which ranks Motown releases by their all time UK downloads and streams. History Overview "Come See About Me" was written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland. It was recorded during a two-week period in which the Supremes also cut " Baby Love", after " Where Did Our Love Go" bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Ross
Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown Records", she was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown#Major divisions, Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl groups of all time. They remain the best-charting female group in history, with a total of 12 number-one pop singles on the Billboard Hot 100, U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Following her departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross embarked on a successful solo music career with the release of her Diana Ross (1970 album), eponymous debut solo album. She went on to release 26 studio albums, including ''Touch Me in the Morning (album), Touch Me in the Morning'' (1973), ''Diana Ross (1976 album), Diana Ross'' (1976), ''Diana (album), Diana'' (1980), ''Why Do Fools Fall in Love (album), Why Do Fools Fall in Love'' (1981) and ''Swept Away (Diana R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Ballard
Florence Glenda Chapman (''née'' Ballard; June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes. She sang on 16 top 40 singles with the group, including ten number-one hits. After being removed from the Supremes in 1967, Ballard tried an unsuccessful solo career with ABC Records before she was dropped from the label at the end of the decade. Ballard struggled with alcoholism, depression, and poverty for three years. She was making an attempt at a musical comeback when she died of a heart attack in February 1976 at the age of 32. Ballard's death was considered by one critic as "one of rock's greatest tragedies".Unterberger, Richie (2005). The Supremes In Allmusic. Ann Arbor, MI: All Media Guide. Ballard was posthumously inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Supremes in 1988. Early life Florence Glenda Ballard was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 30, 1943 to Lurlee (''née'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Martin (singer)
Barbara Diane Martin Richardson (June 16, 1943 – March 4, 2020) was an American singer, best known as one of the original members of Motown group The Supremes. She was born in Detroit. Career After Betty McGlown left the Primettes because she was getting married, Martin replaced her in the group in 1960. She and her group mates, Diana Ross (then known as Diane), Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard, signed a recording contract with Motown founder Berry Gordy Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), also known as Berry Gordy Jr., is an American retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and i ... on January 15, 1961, as the Supremes, a name that Ballard had chosen (as she was the only group member in the studio at the time) from a list provided by Motown songwriter Janie Bradford; the group became part of the Motown stable of performers. While recording a handful of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backing Vocalist
A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used in a broad range of popular music, traditional music, and world music styles. Solo artists may employ professional backing vocalists in studio recording sessions as well as during concerts. In many rock and metal bands (e.g., the power trio), the musicians doing backing vocals also play instruments, such as guitar, electric bass or keyboards. In Latin or Afro-Cuban groups, backing singers may play percussion instruments or shakers while singing. In some pop and hip-hop groups and in musical theater, they may be required to perform dance routines while singing through headset microphones. Styles of background vocals vary according to the type of song and genre of music. In pop and country songs, backing vocalists may sing harmony to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Someday We'll Be Together
"Someday We'll Be Together" is a song written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, and Harvey Fuqua. It was the last of twelve American number-one pop singles for Diana Ross & the Supremes on the Motown label. Although it was released as the final Supremes song featuring Diana Ross, who left the group for a solo career in January 1970, it was recorded as Ross' first solo single and Supremes members Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong do not sing on the recording. Both appear on the B-side, "He's My Sunny Boy". The single topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop singles chart for one week, in the final 1969 issue of ''Billboard'' magazine (dated December 27). It would be the last number one hit of the 1960s. Background Original version The song was written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, and Harvey Fuqua in 1961; Bristol and Beavers recorded the song together as "Johnny & Jackey" for the Tri-Phi label that same year. "Someday" was a moderate success in the Midwestern United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Child (song)
"Love Child" is a 1968 song released by the Motown label for Diana Ross & the Supremes. The second single and title track from their album '' Love Child'', it became the Supremes' 11th number-one single in the United States, where it sold 500,000 copies in its first week and 2 million copies by year's end. The record took just three weeks to reach the Top Ten of ''Billboards Hot 100 pop chart, which eventually it topped for two weeks (issues dated November 30 and December 7, 1968), before being dethroned by an even bigger Motown single, Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". "Love Child" also performed well on the soul chart — where it spent three weeks at no. 2 (behind Johnnie Taylor's " Who's Making Love") — and paved new ground for a major pop hit with its then-controversial subject matter of illegitimacy. It is also the single that finally knocked the Beatles' "Hey Jude" off the top spot in the United States after its nine-week run. The Supremes debuted the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happening (song)
"The Happening" is a 1967 song recorded by Motown artists The Supremes. It served as the theme song of the 1967 Columbia Pictures film '' The Happening'', and was released as a single by Motown at the time of the film's release that spring. While the movie flopped, the song peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop singles chart in May, becoming The Supremes' tenth number 1 single in the United States, peaking in the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart at number 6, and in the top 5 in the Australian Pop Chart and in the Dutch Pop Chart. History Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, and written by Holland–Dozier–Holland and Frank De Vol (''The Happening's'' musical director), "The Happening" was the final single issued by The Supremes under that name. Between the release of "The Happening" and the next Supremes single, " Reflections," the group's billing changed to ''Diana Ross & the Supremes'', and Florence Ballard was replaced with Cindy Birdsong of Patti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is Here And Now You're Gone
"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" is a 1967 song recorded by the Supremes for the Motown label. Written and composed by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, it became the second consecutive number-one pop single from the Supremes' album ''The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland'' and the group's ninth overall chart-topper in the United States on ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking March 1967. Background History The song, which depicts a relationship in the beginning stages of breakup (''"You persuaded me to love you/And I did/But instead of tenderness/I found heartache instead"''), features several spoken sections from lead singer Diana Ross, who delivers her dialogue in a dramatic, emotive voice. Matching the song's drama influences is an instrumental track, featuring a prominent harpsichord and strings, which recalls both a Hollywood film score and The Left Banke's recently popularized "Baroque rock." Primarily recorded in Los Angeles, California, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Keep Me Hangin' On
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" is a song written and composed by Holland–Dozier–Holland. It was first recorded in 1966 by American Motown group the Supremes, reaching number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song has since been interpreted by many performers. American rock band Vanilla Fudge released a cover version in June the following year, which reached number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Wilson Pickett recorded it in 1969. English singer Kim Wilde covered "You Keep Me Hangin' On" in 1986, reaching number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in June 1987. In 1996, a version recorded by American country singer Reba McEntire reached number two on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart. In the first 32 years of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 rock era, "You Keep Me Hangin' On" became one of the six songs to reach number one by two different musical acts, for the Supremes and Wilde versions. The BBC ranked the Supremes' original song at number 78 on ''The Top 100 Digital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Can't Hurry Love
"You Can't Hurry Love" is a song originally recorded by the Supremes on the Motown label. It was released on July 25, 1966 as the second single (music), single from their studio album ''The Supremes A' Go-Go''. Written and produced by Motown production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song topped the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, made the top five in the UK Singles Chart, UK, and top 10 in Kent Music Report, Australia. It was released and peaked in late summer and early autumn in 1966. Sixteen years later, it became a number-one hit in the UK when Phil Collins re-recorded the song for his album ''Hello, I Must Be Going! (album), Hello, I Must Be Going!''. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks beginning in January 1983 and reached number 10 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 a month later. ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' named the song number 19 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl group, Girl Group Songs of All Time. The BBC ranked "You C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
