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  BlackMusic Festival 2004
The Supremes: The worlds all-time favourite girl group who gained the coveted accolade during their dominance of the music charts all around the world in the 60's and 70's.
The Supremes had eight members during that time with each of the ladies contributing to the groups enviable record success of close to 20 million selling singles and over 20 hit albums.
Their individual talents and Supreme experience are amply demonstrated in their acknowledged polished performances, giving true justification to the name of the world's most accomplished and best loved female trio....
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  The Supremes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gordy wanted the Supremes, like all of his performers, to be equally appealing to fl and white audiences, and he also sought to erase the image of fl performers as being unrefined or lacking class.
Diana Ross and The Supremes gave their final performance together on January 14, 1970 at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas; a live recording of the performance was released later that year in a double-LP box set entitled Farewell.
In 1978, it was reported that Wilson had tried to arrange a new set of Supremes, and hired Karen Ragland and Karen Jackson to tour England with her as "Mary Wilson and the Supremes", but then lost rights to the Supremes' name, as it legally resided with Motown.
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 Encyclopedia: Supremes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jokingly referred to as the "no-hit Supremes" around Motown's Hitsville USA offices, the girls tried to make up for their lack of a bonafide hit by taking on any chore that was available at the studio, including performing hand claps and singing backup for Motown artists such as Marvin Gaye and The Temptations.
The Supremes continued to perform and appear with Ballard, while Birdsong was kept on-hand as a stand-in as she was groomed to replace Ballard.
Although the Supremes never won a Grammy award, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994, and entered into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.
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 Supremes discography
Before they were The Temptations and The Supremes, they were The Primes and The Primettes.
The 1968 LP Diana Ross and The Supremes Join The Temptations reunited the two groups.
This is a listing of all of the singles and albums released by Motown singing group The Supremes.
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 The Supremes Albums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Supremes and the Four Tops' first album crept to number 113 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums survey and produced a moderate hit, prompting Motown to go to the well again with The Return of the Magnificent Seven (three Supremes and [four] Tops).
Supremes A' Go-Go was the group's first number one pop album, propelled to that place with help from a chart-topping single ("You Can't Hurry Love") and a marketing ploy that generated an irresistible song lineup.
The Supremes were hot in the mid-'60s, and Motown tried to capitalize on the trio's success.
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 The Supremes
Both the Supremes and the Temptations were huge hits on the nightclub circuit at this point, and they pooled their talents on several network television specials.
Any 60s Supremes fan who ignores the release date and photo on the cover is going to enjoy the music.
In 1973 the Supremes released the single "Bad Weather," produced by Stevie Wonder; I think this was Terrell's last hurrah.
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 Encyclopedia: The Supremes
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The Supremes A Go-Go is a 1966 album by Motown singing group The Supremes.
Diana Ross and the Supremes Join the Temptations is, as the title implies, a collaborative album combining Motowns two best selling groups, Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Temptations.
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 The Supremes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
With their girl-next-door looks and endearingly unsophisticated demeanour, the Supremes became role models for young fl Americans and their name was used to promote a range of merchandising, even (ironically) a brand of white bread.
These were confirmed at the end of the year, when the Supremes staged a farewell performance, and Ross bade goodbye to the group with the elegiac "Someday We'll Be Together" - a US chart-topper on which, ironically, she was the only member of the Supremes to appear.
The Supremes also tried to revive the atmosphere of their earlier recordings with the Temptations on a series of albums with the Four Tops.
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 The Supremes - Music Downloads - Online
There's no question that there was about as much pop as soul in the Supremes' hits, that even some of their biggest hits could sound formulaic, and that they were probably the fl performers who were most successful at infiltrating the tastes and televisions of middle America.
Not all of the Supremes' singles went to number one after 1965, but they usually did awfully well, and were written and produced with enough variety (but enough of a characteric sound) to ensure continual interest.
The Supremes were still superstars, but as a unit, they were disintegrating; it's been reported that Wilson and Birdsong didn't even sing on their final hits, a couple of which ("Love Child" and "Someday We'll Be Together") were among their best.
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 45s.com - Supremes - Recording artist information: Supremes - 45 RPM Records -- Search for records, 45-rpm-records -- ...
The Supremes were America's ingenues, exuding a stylish charm and soulfulness that appealed across the board to fl and white listeners at a time when racial divides were coming down.
The Supremes successfully made the transition from grueling one-nighters on Motown's bus caravans to the upscale world of nightclubs like the Copacabana, where the group performed a much-ballyhooed engagement in the summer of 1965.
She was replaced by Jean Terrell, and the Supremes' hitmaking streak continued with such songs as "Up the Ladder to the Roof" and "Stoned Love." The trio continued to perform and record into the Seventies, with founding member Mary Wilson keeping the name and the music alive through a series of further personnel changes.
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 Supremes-1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It was during the interview with Leo that I discovered the whereabouts of the Supremes.
Since the record never sold well for Ace, some might contend that the Supremes have little right to complain, anyway much less than some of the major R and B groups who were shafted.
The Supremes reunited for a studio recording session in 1977 with producer John Clifton that resulted in the release of a 45, “Glow b/w You And Me”, on the Grog label.
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 Diana Ross & The Supremes
Jokingly referred to as the "no-hit Supremes" around Motown's "Hitsville U.S.A." offices, the girls tried to make up for their lack of a bonafide hit by taking on any chore that was available at the studio, including performing hand claps and singing backup for Motown artists such as Marvin Gaye and The Temptations.
Ballard and Wilson were periodically given solos on Supremes albums, and Ballard continued to sing her solo number, "People", in concert for the next two years.
Gordy wanted the Supremes, like all of his performers, to be equally appealing to fl and white audiences, and he also sought to erase the image of fl performers as being unrefined or lacking class.
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 The Supremes Summary
By the late 1990s, the Supremes still held the record for most consecutive number-one hits by a musical group and their legacy formed the basis of hit trios and quartet female musical groups of the 1990s including TLC and En Vogue.
Although the Supremes scored two number-one hits during the first quarter of 1967, "Love is Here and Now You're Gone" and "The Happening", the group as a unit began to disintegrate.
Diana Ross and The Supremes gave their final performance together on January 14, 1970 at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas; a live recording of the performance was released later that year in a double-LP box set entitled Farewell.
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 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Girl Group 1950's 1960's
The Supremes were a very successful Motown all-female singing group active from 1959 until 1977, performing at various times doo-wop, pop, soul music, Broadway showtunes, psychedelia, and disco.
In fact, her voice continued to appear on Supremes album tracks for the rest of the decade, as many of the album cuts were sourced from archived recordings.
In 1978, it was reported that Wilson had tried to arrange a new set of Supremes, and hired Karen Ragland and Karen Jackson to tour England with her as "Mary Wilson and the Supremes", but then lost rights to the Supremes' name, as it legally resided with Motown.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
Thirty-three of their singles reached the ''Billboard magazine Billboard'' Top 40 in the US, twenty-three reached either the US or United Kingdom Top 10, and twelve reached the #1 position on the US pop charts.
''(Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations)''
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 Biography on the Supremes - Spotlighting the Original and '70s Supremes
They added pop standards to their discography, and eventually made it to the Copacabana, a swanky NYC nightclub where the most popular and respectable artists performed.
The public greeted her gladly, rewarding the new Supremes with Top 20 status several more times for songs like "Up the Ladder to the Roof" and "Stoned Love." The Supremes crystallized their legitimacy by performing with the Four Tops on three albums.
She was also the one of two surviving original Supremes to attend their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 1988.
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 Channel4.com - SlashMusic - Supremes (The)
The Supremes are one of the most successful and influential female ensembles in the history of pop music.
Ross left the group in 1969 to pursue a solo career, and though the Supremes soldiered on without her for several years, they would never regain the power they had during the 1960s.
The 1981 musical DREAMGIRLS was based on the story of the Supremes, and was turned into a critically acclaimed film in 2006.
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 The Supremes Websites @ Soundbug
Fan site includes photos, discography, and member profiles.
Founded in 1986 as a living memorial to the late member of the Supremes.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Supremes
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 The Supremes Pictures, Biography, Discography, Filmography, News, Ringtones,
The most successful fl performers of the 1960s, the Supremes for a time rivaled even the Beatles in terms of red-hot commercial appeal, reeling off five number-one singles in a row at one point.
Critical revisionism has tended to undervalue the Supremes' accomplishments, categorizing their work as more lightweight than the best soul stars' (or e...
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 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Music Downloads - Online
Bio: The most successful fl performers of the '60s, the Supremes for a time rivaled even the Beatles in terms of red-hot commercial appeal, reeling off five number one singles in a row at one point.
Not all of the Supremes' singles went to number one after 1965, but they usually did awfully well, and were written and produced with enough variety (but enough of a characteristic sound) to ensure continual interest.
After Ballard's exit, the group was billed as Diana Ross & the Supremes, fueling speculation that Ross was being groomed for a solo career.
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 The Supremes
Just in their early teens when they started singing together, the Supremes — like their contemporaries — were influenced by and mimicked the styles of male doo-wop and R&B groups like The Drifters, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, The Isley Brothers, and their mentors The Primes.
The Supremes continued to perform and appear with Ballard, while Birdsong was kept on-hand as a stand-in as she was groomed to replace Ballard.
In 1976 in music1976, Birdsong, dissatisfied with the management of the Supremes (handled at the time by Mary Wilson's then-husband Pedro Ferrer), left again and was replaced by Susaye Greene, another former member of Wonderlove.
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 55959 The Supremes Discography + Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music
The discography below is not a chronological record of The Supremes albums, singles and compact discs.
All LPs, CDs and specified in this discography are a small selection of this artist, designed to help anyone who is record collecting The Supremes music recordings which have been for sale.
Recordings found in this discography are for sale through links found on the pages within.
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 The Supremes (1970s) -- Bold Soul Sisters
The simple fact of the matter is that when Diana Ross left the Supremes in '69 to pursue a solo career, the Supremes kept on trucking through 1977.
All 9 of their records featured some great material, but recieved pitiful promotion, and support from Motown stopped in the name of Diana's career, which was #1 priority.
The book, Supreme Faith: Someday We'll Be Together, went out-of-print for a while, but will be republished in an updated edition, combining it with Dreamgirl (about the 60s Supremes), in January 2000.
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 Supremes at ArtistHotel.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Offers Supremes discographies featuring record label, release date, track list and cd covers.
Classic Soul - Supremes, Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, 70's Supremes, Motown, Berry Gordy, Fake Groups
The Florence Ballard Fan Club was founded in 1986 by Alan White as a living memorial to Florence Ballard.
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