Originally Posted by
johnjeb
The show was exciting for me because it was my first time seeing them and in my hometown, no less. I was able to walk to the venue.
I have little recall of the show other than it was pretty much the Copa show. I just got that album for Christmas only about 6 weeks before, so I pretty much knew the show. If they sang any other songs, hits or standards, I don't remember. Maybe owning the album and playing it nonstop clouded my memory of the show that I actually saw.
What stood out for me, as I mentioned, is that they didn't sing My World, their latest single, and I don't think they sang WDOLG, which was my favorite. So I was disappointed that those songs were missing.
Another memory is that during Make Someone Happy their mikes cut-out. Diana, then Florence, hustled over to Mary's mike then Mary's went too but they continued singing. Not sure if the mikes came back on during the song or after the song. I remember they wore gold gowns. From pictures I saw years later it appears they were the gowns which were pictured on Sing HDH the following year.
It's weird how memory can be so hazy. Even after only a few years, or even months, never mind 56 years. I saw Beach Ball in the theater when it was released in 1965. For years afterward I would tell Supremes friends that the girls sang Beach Ball and Stop In The Name Of Love! Boy was I shocked when I saw the movie on TV in the 70s. How did I confuse Stop and Surfer Boy?
As I mentioned this show was 1966 in my suburban hometown. A couple of years ago Scherrie, Susaye and Joyce also performed in my hometown but unfortunately I was unaware and missed the show. Would have been nice to come full circle DMF to SSJ.
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