By Vandelron (68.198.48.201) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 03:40 pm:

1)You Keep Me Hangin On---really more rock than soul-and brilliant. Flo chases Diana to the finish line.
2)Where Did Our Love Go--still haunting;lowering the key HDH created Miss Ross. To my ears it sounds like a duet with Mary's baby baby.
3)Stoned Love--Diana who?Jean soars and Mary and Cindy are right there next to her. Only Galdys Knight compares to Jean as far as the best at Motown.
4)Touch--lost #1--Frank Wilson is brilliant and Mary's velvet voice chills. Cindy brings it home.
5)He's My Man--slammin soul/rock/dance. Another lost #1; Mary and Scherrie give no ground but Mary's sass has an edge.---------------------Just my thoughts--yours?

By Greg C. (165.247.28.89) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 03:53 pm:

1) I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking-This song still kicks!
2) Reflections-Haunting. One of the last Florence sang on.
3) When Can Brown Begin-I listened to the "Supremes Produced by Jimmy Webb" album the other night and I was amazed and saddened how Motown slept on this one. This album is stellar!
Jean, Mary, and Lynda turned this one out!
4)Bad Weather-Another great song that Stevie Wonder wrote & produced. Motown did nothing with this one either.
5) Sweet Dream Machine-From the very last studio set with Mary, Scherrie, & Susaye. Powerful and swirling musical arrangements and great lead vocals from Scherrie & Mary. Susaye provides some haunting vocal fills.

By Vandelron (68.198.48.201) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 04:04 pm:

Greg--I certainly agree with Im Gonna...always thought it was Sasaye at the beginning until the 70s anthology and THAT was cleared up--I keep It Hid from Jimmy Webb I think is Mary's best ever--haunting,restrained, passionate and then soaring.

By Robb_K (66.81.176.139) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 04:40 pm:

Run, Run, Run
When The Lovelight Starts Shining In His Eyes
Let Me Go The Right Way
You Bring Back Memories
Someday, We'll Be Together

By R&B (138.238.41.215) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 05:09 pm:

THE TEARS..GIRL DOO-WOP AT IT'S BEST,SO IT DIDN'T SELL MUCH,GET IF YOU CAN FOR HISTORICAL VALUE[MARY WILSON ON LEAD,BARBARA MARTIN WAS STILL IN THE GROUP],I'M STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS OF LOVE..DIANA AT HER SEXIEST,PURRING LIKE A SEX KITTEN[MEOW]..UP THE LADDER..THE GIRLS SHOWED BERRY THAT THEY COULD BRING IT WITHOUT MS ROSS..RUN,RUN,RUN..JUST CUTE MOTOWN WITH THAT DRIVING BEAT..LOVE IS HERE..SERIOUS TONE TO THIS ONE,DIANA AIN'T PLAYIN!

By breathtakingguy (67.24.159.79) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 05:26 pm:

Reflections
Stoned Love
Up The Ladder To The Roof
Anything with Jean.....what a voice!

By Edgar (200.46.13.186) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 05:43 pm:

I'm so glad somebody before me included "Bad Weather"! Yes, I love that great track.
1. Bad Weather
2. You Can't Hurry Love
3. Up the Ladder To the Roof
4. You Keep Me Hangin' On
5. Where Did Our Love Go.

By Robb_K (66.81.176.139) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 06:11 pm:

I keep hearing about "Bad Weather" by The Supremes. I'd never heard of it before coming to SD. When was it recorded? Did it ever come out on vinyl? -Or, was it unreleased from the vaults? I have "Bad, Bad Weather" by the Spinners, writen by Allen Story, H. Gordy and L. Brown (which I like very much). Is it that same song?

By STONE LOVE (24.30.124.189) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 06:46 pm:

1.STONE LOVE. THE SUPREMES MARY WILSON CINDY BIRDSONG JEAN TERRELL TOOK THIS SONG TO THE TOP.2.FLOY JOY.THE SUPREMES(MARY CINDY JEAN)HAD ANOTHER R AND B HIT.3. I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING.THE SUPREMES MARY WILSON CINDY BIRDSONG SHERRIE PAYNE SUSAYE GREEN.THIS TIME CINDY WAS PUT OUT THE GROUP.ANOTHER DANCE HIT.(SHERRIE PAYNE REALLY GOT OFF ON THIS ONE)4.HIGH ENERGY.THE SUPREMES(MARY CINDY SHERRIE SUSAYE)SUSAYE GREEN I WAS NOT READY FOR HER(I DON'T THINK THE FANS WAS READY FOR SUSAYE)SUSAYE GREENE PROVE THAT SHE WAS NO JOKE(AND I LOVED IT)5.YOU ARE THE HEART OF ME.THE SUPREMES MARY WILSON SHERRIE PAYNE SUSAYE GREENE.ON THIS SONG MARY SINGING LEAD YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY MOTOWN KEPT HER IN THE BACK GROUND FOR SO LONG(IN THE 60s)I REALLY THINK IT WAS A MINE GAME THEY(MOTOWN)WAS PLAYING ON THE 60s SUPREMES(MARY WILSON FLORENCE BALLARD).
p.s.HE'S MY MAN(THE SUPREMES MARY CINDY SHERRIE)
AND DON'T LET MY TEARDROP BOTHER YOU.ARE ALSO GREAT SONGS.

By Edgar (200.46.13.137) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 06:57 pm:

No, it was written by Stevie Wonder and Lynda Laurence's brother Ira Tucker, Jr., for The Supremes. As the story goes, Lynda (who had been a part of Wonderlove) asked Stevie to produce The Supremes. Wonder did "Bad Weather" as well as "Soft Days" with them.

"Bad Weather" was released as a single in 1973, and was a huge hit in different places. I was living in San Juan (Puerto Rico) in those days and it became #1 there. It was also played constantly on Radio Luxembourg. Not so in the US, where it flopped. After that song, Jean Terrell left the group, followed by Ms. Laurence.

The song first appeared on a vinyl album on the compilation "DiscOTech Vol. 2", and then in "The Supremes At Their Best". In recent years, it's been included in most Supremes' anthologies, including an extended version in the purple box set, where you can hear Mary Wilson shouting and laughing at the end. You can tell they all had a lot of fun recording it. The song even includes a whistle, a very common practice in discotheques, and I've read somewhere that Mary met ex-husband Pedro Ferrer during a concert in San Juan, in which she blew her whistle when Pedro entered the room.

As for "Soft Days" -with Jean singing lead and Mary singing the last verse- it was intended as the follow-up to "Bad Weather" in Great Britain and a few 45s were distributed for promotion, but it remained in the vaults. Bootleg copies have circulated since then. It's a very beautiful song.

By Vandelron (68.198.48.201) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 07:23 pm:

Bad Weather just never did it for me tho it has grown on me and I like it more now. To my ears its missing something--maybe more of a hook. Though I think it was an excellent attempt at a change in direction. As much as Stevie wanted perhaps a more soulful Jean I think she is more of an Anita Baker type.

By Robb_K (66.81.181.194) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 09:29 pm:

I used to listen to Radio Luxembourg in the early '70s, as I lived in Den Haag. But I didn't remember the song (at least by title). I guess it didn't make that much impression on me. If I would hear it now, I would remember if I had ever heard it. Come to think of it, I can't remember the names of many songs or artists from the '70s. I guess I just listened to the music as "background music", and didn't get much involved emotionally, as I did with the '40s, '50s and '60s music.

By Rhythm & Blues Showcase (65.229.41.174) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 10:21 pm:

1. Stop In The Name Of Love
2. Stoned Love
3. Up The Ladder to the Roof
4. Who Could Ever Doubt My Love
5. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

By nycmotowner (152.163.253.70) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 12:36 am:

1. Where Did Our Love Go?
2. The Only Time I'm Happy
3. Come See About Me
4. Back In My Arms Again
5. I'm Giving You Your Freedom

Now, can you guess which my 2 favorite Supremes'
LP's were??????

Tony Leong

By Spookey (198.81.26.103) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 12:43 am:

1. A HEART LIKE MINE
2. THE SHA-LA LA BANDIT
3. BAD WEATHER
4. HE'S MY SUNNY BOY
5. WITH A CHILD'S HEART

These songs could have been big hits and they are 5 of my favorites, right now.

Hi Tony, how have you been?

By Michael/Cleoharvey (206.216.60.179) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 01:30 am:

Back In My Arms Again

Goin Down for The Third Time

You Keep Me Hangin On (Diana's best vocal and the reason may be that Florence is singing with her and doubling lead.)

Up The Ladder to the Roof (proved that the Supremes would continue and is a great song)

Together We Can Make Sweet Music (love Mary and Cindy's backup to Jean's great vocal. This should have been a single)

By RD (65.54.98.16) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 02:43 am:

Your Heart Belongs To Me
Where Did Our Love Go
Come See About Me
Love Is Here But Now You're Gone
Someday We'll Be Together

By TRI-PHI (68.5.143.49) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 06:36 am:

DRIVING WHEEL- SCHERRIE'S BEST SONG
MR.BLUES- JUST A BAD ASS SONG
RUN,RUN,RUN-SOULFULL SOUNDING SONG
IN AND OUT OF LOVE-FLORENCE'S LAST SONG
BAD WEATHER-JAMMIN STEVIE WONDER PRODUCTION
HONORABLE MENTION
A BREATH TAKING GUY
MY IMAGINATION (UNRELEASED FROM BALLADS'N BLUES)
BAH,BAH,BAH
WE SHOULD BE CLOSER TOGETHER (ONE OF MARY'S BEST
)

By soulboy (213.105.224.5) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 07:32 am:

1.Love child-showed the world they were more than just an ooh baby baby type girl group.
2.Stop - Timeless pop masterpiece
3.symphony - classical style
4.who could ever doubt my love - great harmonies
5.love is like an itchin in my heart. - great stomper
6.Nathan jones - funky
7.Together we can make sweet music
8.Up the ladder to the roof
and many more.

By BankHouseDave (195.93.34.12) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 07:44 am:

Forever Came Today
Keep An Eye On Your Close Friend
Going Down For The Third Time
Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
My World Is Empty Without You

next five:

Reflections
Stop In The Name of Love
In and Out of Love
Nathan Jones
Love Child

By Helene (217.32.166.37) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 10:23 am:

What an impossible task!!!

Love Child
You keep me hanging on
Love is here and now you're gone
Nathan Jones
Stoned Love.

By marv (152.163.253.70) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 11:13 am:

Well here goes....

1. Stoned Love
2. Come See About Me
3. Floy Joy
4. I Hear A Symphony
5. Up The Ladder To The Roof

By john dixon (205.188.209.13) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 03:52 pm:

1.You Keep Me Hanging On
2.Love is Here and Now You're Gone
3.Back in My Arms Again
4.Love is Like an Itching in my Heart
5.Reflections

By pholt (24.31.124.95) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 08:41 pm:

1.you keep me hanging on-bassline incredible,love the horns
2.back in my arms again-love the doom-doom-doom-doom-doom drums
3.mother you smother you-smooth groove
4.where did our love go-love the sax solo
5.nothing but heartaches-love the horns and you can really hear flo
6.love is like an itching-in my heart-lovely intro,great up tempo song
7.you can't hurry love-great song
8.come see about
9.baby love
10.going down for the third time
put yourself in my place
11.surfer boy
12.ooh wee baby

By Nish (128.239.194.248) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 12:06 am:

Wow, this is hard, there are truly so many great Supremes tunes.

1. A Heart Like Mine - Mary's dusky lead searching for the answers. The harmonies are ethereal, they take me to a great place.
2. Your Heart Belongs To Me - Diana Ross singing in a non-nasally voice, just sounding as sexy as she wants to sound.
3. He's My Sunny Boy - Such a sweet song, and it's bouncy and buoyant, everything you expect from a Supremes tune
4. Surfer Boy - no reason really, i just love this song and it's diana at the height of that cooing nasal sound, i actually dig it.
5. Touch - sexiest supremes song ever.

By Vandelron (68.198.48.201) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 12:09 am:

What is a Heart Like Mine on???????never heard it!!Floy Joy?

By Vandelron (68.198.48.201) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 08:58 am:

I was only going with A side singles. Going Down for The Third Time-so un-Supremes and could have been an A side-fantastic---too "soulful" for an A side did Motown think? One of the few songs I can think of where Flo and Mary and Diana really just let loose.

By Tony Russi (66.20.116.135) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 09:09 am:

My fave 5 Supremes records are 1)When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes 2)Where Did Our Love Go 3)Come See About Me 4)Back In My Arms Again 5)Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart

By Edgar (200.46.13.165) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 01:20 pm:

Vandelron, yes, "A Heart Like Mine" is from the "Floy Joy" album.

By Michael/cleoharvey (160.79.83.208) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 02:31 pm:

Vandelron:

You are right about Goin Down For the Third Time. Mary and Florence are wailing on that song. It is similar in terms of wailing backup to I'll Set You Free on the Love Child album. Mary and Cindy seem to be having a blast. At least I think it is Mary and Cindy.... I'd like to think it is.... in any event, somebody is singing the walls down in the backup.

By DyvaNaye (209.212.74.212) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 03:02 pm:

In no specific order:

Love Child
Love Is Here (Now Youre Gone)
Standing At the Crossroads of Love
Stop In the Name Of Love
Someday We'll Be Together

By Conrad Bool (195.92.198.75) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 05:09 pm:

I just love The Supremes, in any guise:
Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
Run, Run, Run
Im Livin In Shame
Love Child
Back In My Arms Again

Theres just too much class here

By Richard Felstead (128.40.91.183) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 09:58 am:

Thanks Edgar on the insight to " Bad Weather".

Robb K, ya just gotta hear this cut, it's great.

You can find it on a fairly recently released CD compilation called "The Wonder Of Stevie".

It's an album featuring other artists interpretations of Stevie songs and well worth picking up.

1) It has Bad Weather on it.

2) It contains the definitive version of Golden Lady as done by Jose Feliciano.

If that wasn't enough......

3) It contains the definitive version of Pastime Paradise as recorded by Ray Barreto. Simply awesome.

By Handsome (170.118.158.14) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 06:18 pm:

Hi All.

Here's my Top 5 Supremes Songs:

1) You Keep me Hanging On
2) Someday We'll be Together
3) Up The Ladder To The Roof
4) Bad Weather
5) I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking

Handsome

By t (152.163.253.70) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 08:00 pm:

1. Everything Is Good About You
2. There's No Stopping Us Now
3. He's All I Got
4. Take Me Where You Go
5. Let Me Go The Right Way

for the Philly groove Motown dance sounds

By LadyMystique (216.37.228.72) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 08:41 pm:

1. Baby Love
2. Bad Weather
3. Stormy
4. T.C.B.
5. He's My Man/I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking

By Dinelle (67.35.238.230) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 10:30 pm:

The Supremes are one of my favorite groups.

1. Baby Love
2. Where Did Our Love Go
3. Love Is Like In Itching In My Heart
4. Back In My Arms Again
5. Stone Love

By Pogo (66.129.42.105) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 11:35 pm:

1. Where Did Our Love Go
2. When The Lovelight Starts Shining In His Eyes
3. Let Me Go The Right Way
4. Come See About Me
5. Buttered Popcorn

By kevinquinn (141.151.92.165) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 11:59 pm:

Top 5 Supremes:

-He's All I Got
-Whisper You Love Me
-Everything's Good About You
-Back In My Arms Again
-Floy Joy

By Ron Murphy (68.42.90.140) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 12:16 am:

1. Stop In The Name Of Love
2. Your Heart Belongs To Me
3. I Want A Guy(maybe I'm crazy - I did buy this new when it came out)
4. When The Lovelight Starts Shinning
5. A Breathtaking Guy

By Don (68.78.24.219) on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 03:50 pm:

I Want A Guy
Your Heart Belongs To Me
Baby Love
Love Chile
Reflection

By 8supremes (68.126.121.217) on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 03:56 pm:

#1. When Can Brown Begin-Jean, Mary, Lynda
#2. Bad Weather-Jean, Mary, Lynda
#3. I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking-Scherrie, Mary, Susaye
#4. Up The Ladder To The Roof- Jean, Mary, Cindy
#5. Color My World Blue- Scherrie, Mary, Cindy

By Reese (12.15.168.69) on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 04:02 pm:

Baby Love
Come See About Me
Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
Love Is Here And Now You're Gone
Someday We'll Be Together

By EverlovinBoy (169.139.180.100) on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 04:17 pm:

1)My Heart Can't Take It No More (listen to that
harmony!)
2)Time Changes Things (B side of Let Me Go The
Right Way)
3)Your Heart Belongs To Me
4)When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His
Eyes
5)Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart

By bigdaddyg2k4 (205.138.54.125) on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 05:05 pm:

With or without Diana Ross:

Where Did Our Love Go
Stoned Love
Up The Ladder To The Roof
Back In My Arms Again
Someday, We'll Be Together

By STONEWALL (68.237.59.78) on Saturday, April 03, 2004 - 03:14 pm:

DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES (Mari, Flo a/o Cindy):

01) "U KEEP ME HANGIN' ON" (remix)
02) "STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE"
03) "LOVE CHILD"
04) "MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU"
05) "LOVE IS LIKE AN ITCHIN' IN MY HEART"
06) "NOTHING BUT HEARTACHES"
07) "REFLECTIONS"
08) "EVERYTHING'S GOOD ABOUT YOU"
09) "NO MATTER WHAT SIGN U ARE"
10) "ASK ANY GIRL"

... and a baker's dozen more!


To see more on the songs of D.R.S., visit:
www.STONEWALLvets.org/songsofStonewall-1.htm

By STONEWALL (68.237.59.78) on Saturday, April 03, 2004 - 03:16 pm:

OMG.......... D.R.S. Bonus Favourite:

**) "SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER!"

By STONEWALL (68.237.125.253) on Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 09:58 am:

The SUPREMES Mari Wilson & Cindy Birdsong are now confirmed for the filming of "Motown 45" on 4/4/4. Now, the only question is: who will be the 1st Supreme??? Answer: ______________________.

By tamlaboy (195.93.74.20) on Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 07:45 pm:

Love Child
Stop im the name of love
My world is empty
Where did our love go
Stoned Love

By STONEWALL (68.237.107.94) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 10:42 am:

Up The Ladder To The Roof....Of The Forum

By LoveChild (209.42.40.145) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 01:39 pm:

Althought this is a HARD one, here are MY Top 5:

1. My World Is Empty Without You
2. Reflections
3. Love Child
4. You Can't Hurry Love
5. Up The Ladder To The Roof

By royaljones (166.68.134.174) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 03:28 pm:

these 5 came to my mind instantly. i really get my swerve on jammin to these...come see about me,
a breath taking guy,
man with the rock and roll banjo band,
enjoy yourself (live performance),
things are changing(the psa),
.....i like to party and get down to all of the above....runner up is high energy featuring the tiniest diva with the grandest voice Susaye (Lil Bit)Greene....

By STONEWALL (68.237.107.94) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 03:42 pm:

Oh, Royal Jones, as I live and breathe... a Motown welcome to the for-real Soulful Detroit Forum. I luv when people take my advice. And F-em if they don't. How did U like the pix of Diva REEVES submitted by S.D.F. Administrator D.M.?

By STONEWALL (68.237.107.94) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 03:48 pm:

Bi the Supreme, isn't the tiniest diva with the grandest voice Miss SCHERRIE "He's My Man"/"High Energy"/"Heart Do The Walking" PAYNE???

Nevermind, I'll ask FREDA.