lorrdarlin - Someday We'll Be Together
lorrdarlin
Jul 05, 2024 08:33pm
<p><strong><img src="https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/770x0/17f75e3f284b4fca9531a23f34a3acfc.jpg#17f75e3f284b4fca9531a23f34a3acfc" alt="Untitled">The Supremes</strong> were an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_group" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">girl group</a> and a premier act of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Motown</a> Records during the 1960s. Founded as <strong>the Primettes</strong> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Detroit</a>, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_group" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">vocal band</a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_chart_achievements_and_milestones#Most_number-one_singles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">12 number-one singles</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a>. Most of these hits were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland%E2%80%93Dozier%E2%80%93Holland" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Holland–Dozier–Holland</a>. It is said that their breakthrough made it possible for future African-American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">R&B</a> and soul musicians to find mainstream success. <em>Billboard</em> ranked the Supremes as the 16th greatest Hot 100 artist of all time.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Supremes#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Ballard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Florence Ballard</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wilson_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mary Wilson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ross" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Diana Ross</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_McGlown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Betty McGlown</a>, the original members, were all from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster-Douglass_Housing_Projects" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brewster-Douglass</a> public housing project in Detroit. They formed <em>the Primettes</em> as the sister act to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Primes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Primes</a> (with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Williams_(The_Temptations)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Williams</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kendricks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eddie Kendricks</a>, who went on to form <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Temptations</a>). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Martin_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barbara Martin</a> replaced McGlown in 1960, and the group signed with Motown the following year as the Supremes. Martin left the act in early 1962, and Ross, Ballard, and Wilson continued as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trio_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">trio</a>.</p><p>During the mid-1960s, the Supremes achieved mainstream success with Ross as lead singer and Holland–Dozier–Holland as its songwriting and production team. In 1967, Motown president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Gordy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Berry Gordy</a> renamed the group <strong>Diana Ross & the Supremes</strong>, and replaced Ballard with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Birdsong" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cindy Birdsong</a>. In 1970, Ross left to pursue a solo career and was replaced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Terrell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jean Terrell</a>, and the group reverted the name to the Supremes again. During the mid-1970s, the lineup continued to change with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Laurence" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lynda Laurence</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherrie_Payne" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Scherrie Payne</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susaye_Greene" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Susaye Greene</a> joining until the group, after 18 years from its foundation, disbanded in 1977.</p>