Quote Originally Posted by Jimi LaLumia View Post
I also agree..these explanations were BS;
everyone knew that the Monkees were a manufactured group, not a symbol rising from the streets of the projects;
The Supremes were celebrated as much for their vocals as anything else,which makes all that seem like a hoax in retrospect;

and it now turns out that the REAL TRUE MOTOWN SOUND was the sound of THE ANDANTES; THEY should have had the hits, at least then
, they would have been able to perform them properly on tour; no wonder the hits were crunched together into a 'now you see it, now you don't' 'medley'..sheesh..
Jimi as a fellow Long Islander and former Detroiter, I have to tell you that you are misunderstanding things. The Andantes did NOT record all of the vocals on all of the Supremes records. Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson are on the majority of those old recordings.