Read The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal Online
Authors: Mark Ribowsky
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“My Heart Can’t Take It No More”/“It Makes
No Difference Now”/“You Didn’t Care/“Tears
in Vain”/“Tumbling Tumbleweeds”/“Lazy
Bones”/“You Need Me”/ “Baby Doll”/“Sunset”/
“(The Man with the) Rock and Roll Banjo Band” Motown 626
The Supremes Recorded Live! (unreleased)
Motown 629
We Remember Sam Cooke Tracks: 4/12
75
(5)
“You Send Me”/“Nothing Can Change This
Love”/“Cupid”/“Chain Gang”/“Bring It on
Home to Me”/“Only Sixteen”/“Havin’ a
Party”/“Shake”/“Wonderful World”/“A Change
Is Gonna Come”/“(Ain’t That) Good News”
Motown 627
More Hits by the Supremes Tracks: “Ask
7/23
1 (6)
Any Girl”/“Nothing But Heartaches”/
“Mother Dear”/“Stop! In the Name of Love”/
“Honey Boy”/“Back in My Arms Again”/
“Whisper You Love Me Boy”/“The Only Time
I’m Happy”/“He Holds His Own”/“Who Could
Ever Doubt My Love”/“(I’m So Glad)
Heartaches Don’t Last Always”/“I’m in Love
Again”
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1964 (continued)
Motown 628
There’s a Place for Us (unreleased)
Motown 635
Tribute to the Girls (unreleased)
Motown 636
The Supremes at the Copa Tracks: 11/1
11
(6)
Opening Introduction/“Put on a Happy
Face”/“I Am Woman”/“Baby Love”/“Stop!
In the Name of Love”/“The Boy from
Ipanema”/“Make Someone Happy”/“Come
See About Me”/“Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with
a Dixie Melody”/“Queen of the House”/
“Group Introduction”/“Somewhere”/“Back
in My Arms Again”/“Sam Cooke Medley”/
“You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You”
Motown 638
Merry Christmas, The Supremes Tracks: 11/1
6d
“White Christmas”/“Silver Bells”/“Born of
Mary”/“Children’s Christmas Song”/“The
Little Drummer Boy”/“My Christmas Tree”/
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”/“Santa
Claus Is Coming to Town”/“My Favorite Things”/
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”/“Little Bright Star”/
“Joy to the World”
1966
Motown 643
I Hear a Symphony Tracks: “Stranger in
2/18
8 (1)
Paradise”/“Yesterday”/“I Hear a
Symphony”/“Unchained Melody”/“With a
Song in My Heart”/“Without a Song”/“My
World Is Empty Without You”/“A Lover’s
Concerto”/“Any Girl in Love (Knows What
I’m Going Through)”/“Wonderful
Wonderful”/“Everything Is Good About You”/
“He’s All I Got”
Motown 648
Pure Gold (Unreleased)
Motown 649
Supremes A Go-Go Tracks: “Love Is Like
8/25
1 (1)
an Itching in My Heart”/“This Old Heart of
Mine (Is Weak for You)”/“You Can’t Hurry
Love”/“Shake Me Wake Me (When It’s
Over)”/“Baby I Need Your Loving”/“These
Boots Are Made for Walking”/“I Can’t Help
Myself”/“Get Ready”/“Put Yourself in My
Place”/“Money (That’s What I Want)”/“Come
and Get These Memories”/“Hang On Sloopy”
————————
d Billboard’s Hot 100 Holiday chart
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1967 (continued)
Motown 650
The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-
1/23
6 (1)
Holland Tracks: “You Keep Me Hangin’
On”/“You’re Gone (But Always in My
Heart)”/“Love Is Here and Now You’re
Gone”/“I Wanna Mother You, Smother You
with Love”/“I Guess I’ll Always Love You”/
“I’ll Turn to Stone”/“It’s the Same Old Song”/
“Going Down for the Third Time”/“Love Is
in Our Hearts”/“Remove This Doubt/“There’s
No Stopping Us Now”/“Love Is Like a Heat Wave” Motown 656
Supremes and the Motown Sound (unreleased)
Motown 659
The Supremes Sing Rodgers and Hart
5/22
20 (3)
(Originally planned as a double album;
songs recorded but not released appear on
the Supremes 25th Anniversary Album,
Motown 5381ML3.) Tracks: “The Lady Is a
Tramp”/“Mountain Greenery”/“This Can’t Be
Love”/“Where or When”/“Lover”/“My Funny
Valentine”/“My Romance”/“My Heart Stood
Still”/“Falling in Love with Love”/“Thou Swell”/
“Dancing on the Ceiling”/“Blue Moon”
DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES
1967
Motown 663
Diana Ross and the Supremes Greatest
8/29
1 (1)
Hits, Volumes 1 & 2 (2-LP set) Tracks:
Disc 1: “When the Lovelight Starts Shining
Through His Eyes”/“Where Did Our Love
Go”/“Ask Any Girl”/“Baby Love”/“Run Run
Run”/“Stop! In the Name of Love”/“Back in
My Arms Again”/“Come See About Me”/
“Nothing But Heartaches”/“Everything Is
Good About You”; Disc 2: “I Hear a Symphony”/
“Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone”/“My
World Is Empty Without You”/“Whisper
You Love Me Boy”/“The Happening”/“You
Keep Me Hangin’ On”/“You Can’t Hurry Love”/
“Standing at the Crossroads of Love”/“Love
Is Like an Itching in My Heart”/“There’s No Stopping Us Now” (Reissued as two separate
albums in 1986: Greatest Hits and Greatest
Hits Volume 2.)
Motown 656
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1968
Motown 665
Reflections Tracks: “I’m Gonna Make It
(I Will Wait for You)”/“Forever Came
3/25
18 (3)
Today”/“I Can’t Make It Alone”/“In and
Out of Love”/“Bah-Bah-Bah”/“What the
World Needs Now Is Love”/“Up Up and
Away”/“Love (Makes Me Do Foolish
Things)”/“Then”/“Misery Makes Its Home
in My Heart”/“Ode to Billie Joe”
Motown 676
Live at London’s Talk of the Town Tracks: 8/26
57
(6)
Medley: “With a Song in My Heart”–
“Stranger in Paradise”–“Wonderful
Wonderful”–“Without a Song”/Medley:
“Stop! in the Name of Love”–Come See
About Me”–“My World Is Empty Without
You”–“Baby Love”/“Love Is Here and Now
You’re Gone”/“More”/“You Keep Me
Hangin’ On”/Medley: “Michelle”–“Yesterday”/
“In and Out of Love”/Medley: “The Lady
Is a Tramp”–“Let’s Get Away from It All”/
“The Happening”/Medley: “Thoroughly
Modern Millie”–“Second Hand Rose”–
“Mama”/“Reflections”/“You’re
Nobody Till Somebody Loves You”
Motown 672
Tracks: “Funny Girl”/“If a Girl Isn’t Pretty”/
8/26
150
“I Am Woman”/“The Music That Makes Me
Dance”/“Don’t Rain on My Parade”/
“People”/“Cornet Man”/“His Love Makes
Me Beautiful”/“Sadie Sadie”/“I’m the
Greatest Star”
Motown 642
In Loving Memory (Memorial album to
9/68
Loucye Gordy Wakefield) Various Artists.
Includes “He”
Motown 679
Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the
11/8
2 (1)
Temptations Tracks: “Try It Baby”/
“I Second That Emotion”/“Ain’t No
Mountain High Enough”/“I’m Gonna
Make You Love Me”/“This Guy’s in Love
With You”/“Funky Broadway”/“I’ll Try
Something New”/“A Place in the Sun”/
“Sweet Inspiration”/“Then”/“The Impossible
Dream”
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1968 (continued)
Motown 670
Love Child Tracks: “Love Child”/“Keep an
11/13
14 (3)
Eye”/“How Long Has That Evening Train
Been Gone”/“Does Your Mama Know About
Me”/“Honey Bee (Keep on Stinging Me)”/
“Some Things You Never Get Used To”/“He’s
My Sunny Boy”/“You’ve Been So Wonderful
to Me”/“You Ain’t Livin’ Till You’re Lovin’”/
“(Don’t Break These) Chains of Love”/“I’ll Set You Free”/“Can’t Shake It Loose”
Motown 681
Merry Christmas from Motown Various
12/68
Artists. Includes “Santa Claus Is Comin’
to Town”; “My Christmas Tree”; “Silver Bells” by Diana Ross and the Supremes
Motown 682
T.C.B. (Original Soundtrack) Diana Ross
12/2
1 (1)
and the Supremes and the Temptations.
Tracks: “T.C.B”/“Stop! In the Name of Love”/
Introduction of Diana Ross & Supremes/
“You Keep Me Hangin’ On”/Introduction of
the Temptations/“Get Ready”/Introduction
of Diana Ross/“The Way You Do the Things
You Do”/Medley: “A Taste of Honey”–“Eleanor Rigby”–“Do You Know the Way to San Jose”–
“Mrs. Robinson”/“Respect”/“Somewhere”/
“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”/Introduction of the Temptations/“Hello Young Lovers”/“For
Once in My Life”/“(I Know) I’m Losing You”/
Medley: “With a Song in My Heart”–“Without
a Song”/Medley: “Come See About Me”–“My
World Is Empty Without You”–“Baby Love”/
“I Hear a Symphony”/“The Impossible Dream”
1969
Motown 689
Let the Sunshine In Tracks: “The
5/26
24 (7)
Composer”/“Everyday People”/“No Matter
What Sign You Are”/“Hey Western Union
Man”/“What Becomes of the Broken
Hearted”/“I’m Livin’ in Shame”/“Aquarius”/
“Let the Sunshine In”/“Let the Music Play”/
“With a Child’s Heart”/“(And You’ll Discover Love)”/“Will This Be the Day”/“Somebody
(Like You Around)”
Motown 692
Together Diana Ross and the Supremes
9/23
28 (6)
and the Temptations. Tracks: “Stubborn
Kind of Fellow”/“I’ll Be Doggone”/“The
Weight”/“Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”/
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1969 (continued)
“Uptight (Everything’s Alright)”/
“Sing a Simple Song”/“My Guy–My Girl”/
“For Better or Worse”/“Can’t Take My Eyes
off You”/“Why (Must We Fall in Love)”
Motown 694
Cream of the Crop Tracks: “Someday We’ll
11/3
33 (3)
Be Together”/“Can’t You See It’s Me”/“You
Gave Me Love”/“Hey Jude”/“The Young
Folks”/“Shadows of Society”/“Loving You
Is Better Than Ever”/“When It’s to the Top
(Still I Won’t Stop Giving You Love)”/“Till Johnny Comes”/“Blowin’ in the Wind”/
“The Beginning of the End”
Motown 699
On Broadway (Original T.V. Soundtrack:
11/7
38 (4)
“G.I.T. on Broadway”) Diana Ross and the
Supremes & the Temptations Tracks: “G.I.T.
on Broadway”/Broadway Medley/“Malteds
Over Manhattan”/Leading Lady Medley/
“Fiddler on the Roof” Medley/“Student
Mountie”/“Rhythm of Life”/Finale: “Let the
Sunshine In”-“Funky Broadway”-“G.I.T. on
Broadway” (reprise)
Motown 702
Diana Ross and the Supremes’ Greatest
12/18
31 (5)
Hits, Volume 3 Tracks: “Reflections”/“Love
Is Here and Now You’re Gone”/“Someday
We’ll Be Together”/“Love Child”/“Some
Things You Never Get Used To”/“Forever
Came Today”/“In and Out of Love”/“The
Happening”/“I’m Livin’ in Shame”/“No Matter What Sign You Are”/“The Composer”
Motown 703
Motown at the Hollywood Palace Various 3/70
105
Artists. Includes: Medley: “Where Do I Go”–
“Good Morning Starshine”; “Someday We’ll
Be Together”-Diana Ross & the Supremes/
“Can’t Take My Eyes off You”-Diana Ross & the Supremes featuring Mary Wilson/“I’m
Gonna Make You Love Me”; “For Once in
My Life”-Stevie Wonder & Diana Ross
Motown 708
Farewell Diana Ross & Supremes (2-LP set) Diana Ross’s last performance with the
Supremes, recorded in Las Vegas on
January 14, 1970. Originally released in a
box-set with a 16-page booklet.