Which Supremes HITS Featured Four Certified Supremes Singing ?

If I've got it right :rolleyes::

Over their history, Supremes singles can have an assortment of people vocalizing on them , sometimes a whole lot of extra voices can be heard --- and sometimes there might be as few as zero Supremes performing [[if you decide that from '67 onward Diana Ross was not herself a Supreme).
The earliest recordings featuring four Supremes did not result in any hits. Thereafter, for years, the only certified Supremes voices heard were limited to a maximum of three. But as replacement members checked in and out and in again , the total number of certified Supremes accrued. And there was at times some overlap.

In this process , an example of a Supremes HIT [[top 40) that has four certified Supremes singing on it is : I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING
The record has the voices of the 3 current Supremes: Mary Wilson, Sherrie Payne and Susaye Greene---- plus the residual vocals from Cindy Birdsong....

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from wiki :All of the tracks had been completed with Birdsong, but Greene was brought in to overdub her vocals on two tracks. Among those two were "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking".

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So when you add them up , that's four Supremes singing on there.....


I'm guessing this is not the only such occurrence ??:confused:
And I'm sure someone here will be able to fill in the blanks.

unless you want to count the Barbara songs [[which you're right, weren't HITS) then that is the only one. There are albums with tracks from various Sup lineups. But here are the singers on the hits:

WDOLG - DFM
Baby Love - DFM
Come See - DFM
Stop - DFM and Andantes
BAck in arms - DFM
Heartaches - DFM
Symphony - DFM
Children Xmas - D and Andantes and Berry Jr, Chico, Terry Gordy
My World - DFM
Itchin - DFM
You can't hurry - DM and Marlene
Hanging - DFM
Love is here - DFM and A's
The Happening - DFM
Reflections - either DFM or DM and Marlene
In and out - DFM and A's
Forever - D and A's
Some Things - D and the simpsons
Love Child - D and A's
I'm Gonna Make - DMC, Tempts and As
Shame - D and A's
I'll Try - DMC, Tempts and A's
Composer - D and A's
Sign - D and As
someday - D and the water sisters and Johnny
ladder - JMC
Everybody - JMC
SL - JMC
River Deep - JMC, Tops and As
Nathan - JMC and Clydie King
You gotta have love - JMC, Tops and A's
Touch -JMC and A's
Floy joy - JMC and A's
Auto Sun - JMC and A's
You're wonderful - JMC and A's and Smokey
I Guess - JML
Bad Weather - JML
He's My Man - SCM
Where do i go - SCM
Walking - SCMS
Wheel - SMS
LYG - SMS

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Originally Posted by sup_fan

Sign - D and As

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I believe the Blackberries are backup on this, not the Andantes.

And don’t forget Barbara Martin

Also I think it’s the blackberries doing the additional background on Touch

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Originally Posted by RanRan79

I believe the Blackberries are backup on this, not the Andantes.

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My hat's off to you Sup! You have it down!! [[When will YOU get a book out!?)

So , to conclude, I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING is the one Supremes hit with the most Supremes singing on it. [[four) :cool:.

I guess my follow-up question now would be:
Which Supremes hit single has the MOST voices on it, period :confused:.....hmmm let me look at your breakdown and see if I can figure it out....:confused:

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Originally Posted by blackguy69

Also I think it’s the blackberries doing the additional background on Touch

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i sort of use "Andantes" in a generic sense. Unless some source has very specifically identified the vocalists [[like Syreeta on Beginning of the End or the Waters on Someday), i just sort of use the As to mean additional session vocalists. I have no idea about when it was the andantes vs the blackberries or whomever else

Isn't Hazel Joy, too, on The Children's Christmas Song?

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Originally Posted by Boogiedown

My hat's off to you Sup! You have it down!! [[When will YOU get a book out!?)

So , to conclude, I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING is the one Supremes hit with the most Supremes singing on it. [[four) :cool:.

I guess my follow-up question now would be:
Which Supremes hit single has the MOST voices on it, period :confused:.....hmmm let me look at your breakdown and see if I can figure it out....:confused:

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I'd guess their recording of He. they have a whole fucking choir there lololol

Touch I think has the most [[or among the most) layered vocals. during the ending you have:

Jean lead lines
Mary lead lines
Cindy's solo lines of Touch
then there's the whispered Touch on the down beats of the measures
the choral Touch
the ooos


Give out also had a ton of layered vocals:
scherrie lead
group lines in 3 part harmony of the lyrics of the chorus
ba dah's backing vocals
oooo's backing vocals

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I'm Gonna Make - DMC, Tempts and As

I'll Try - DMC, Tempts and A's

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I'm counting eleven voices on these ....

i still think Touch would have the most voices at the ending, although not necessarily the most individual or unique voices, due to the layering

1. Jean lead lines
2. mary lead lines
3. cindy lead lines
4 voices doing the choral Touch
at least 2 or three doing the oooos
and again 2 or 3 doing the whispered Touch

that could be up to 13

good grief ! lol!!

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Originally Posted by Boogiedown

good grief ! lol!!

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lololol ;)

RUN RUN RUN features 3 Supremes, 4 Tops, and HDH.

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Originally Posted by marybrewster

RUN RUN RUN features 3 Supremes, 4 Tops, and HDH.

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I'm pretty sure there's a couple of Andantes in there too lol

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Originally Posted by marybrewster

RUN RUN RUN features 3 Supremes, 4 Tops, and HDH.

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according to the WDOLG EE booklet, it's Brian and Lamont doing the grunts. not the tops. but i do believe the Andantes were added in. So that makes the 3 sups, the 3 andantes and the 2 guys. 8