Someday We'll Be Together question.

[midnightman]

The heyday of the Supremes pop sound was the monster hit, You Can't Hurry Love. After that, it appeared there was more of a turn back to some rock, You Keep Me Hangin On, and more soul with Love Child and Someday We'll be Together. That was the time of the ascendancy of Aretha Franklin and James Brown, so it makes sense that they turned back more to a soul sound.

We talk about who might have sang on You Can't Hurry Love behind Diana but I listened to it today and it hardly matters. It was a lot more significant who sang behind her on Reach Out and Touch and Remember Me and Reach Out I'll Be There and Ain't No Mountain High Enough and those people weren't often identified. Ironic how the background started to be more prominent in her solo career than it was with the Supremes.

It makes you wonder about Ralph's comment about background singers like the Andantes being better than some of the acts.

I think the Waters sisters [[Maxine and Julia) were all over the "Diana Ross" album. The Andantes and [[occasionally) Ashford & Simpson, Jacky Beavers and Johnny Bristol also contributed background vocals in one fashion or another but I believe the Waters were on "Reach Out and Touch" as well. I do agree about the background vocals being more prominent during the first years of Diana's solo career.

[ralpht]

It makes you wonder about Ralph's comment about background singers like the Andantes being better than some of the acts.

In the end, Robb, it is all about selling records. And they sold records at Motown.

[Roberta75]

In the end, Robb, it is all about selling records. And they sold records at Motown.

The lengths some Supremes fans will go to rewrite history on a 43 year old song have me SHH Ralph. You are right my dear man its all about selling records.

I dont really care who is on Someday its a great record and mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong and Diane Ross perform it beautifully on the farewell album and that is good enough for me.

Yours, with every good wish.

Roberta

[midnightman]

The lengths some Supremes fans will go to rewrite history on a 43 year old song have me SHH Ralph. You are right my dear man its all about selling records.

I dont really care who is on Someday its a great record and mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong and Diane Ross perform it beautifully on the farewell album and that is good enough for me.

Yours, with every good wish.

Roberta

They sure did!