Hope this is readable. Talks about Pat in conjunction with Diana and Berry starting the trust fund for the girls. By the time the girls came of age there was no money and no one knows what happened...
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Hope this is readable. Talks about Pat in conjunction with Diana and Berry starting the trust fund for the girls. By the time the girls came of age there was no money and no one knows what happened...
This excerpt from the Ann Arbor Sun July 4, 1975:
"The Motown sound also got a showing at the benefit, with the first live appearance of Florence Ballard-Chapman since 1968. Florence is best...
I would think there had to be a definitive start/stop to the recordings, as there is probably no way a Diana/Mary/Cindy recording was going to end up in Diana's solo career, nor a Diana song in the...
Does the setlist for this only exist, or is there audio also?
No, it's not a surprise, but that doesn't make it any better. The Jean Supremes had a wonderful collection of their very own material and during a time when Motown wasn't as invested in them as the...
Which "ballards" in particular? Florence? Hank? Alimi? Robert?:p
Jean could sing anything. "That's the Way Our Love Grows" is disco and one of the highlights of her solo album. I think she would be more than capable of singing lead on "He's My Man", "Early Morning...
The failed Supremes reunion will always be a huge shadow over what should have otherwise been a truly historic night. But honestly, I don't think it was the worst tragedy of the show, just one of...
Yeah, I'm not buying the dress code either. It just doesn't make sense. There was no time for a rehearsal, but there was time to coordinate colors?
Where did the information that Cindy's dress was...
Very interesting. I think the competition element wasn't a bad idea, as competition breeds excellence. I'm betting the way Berry pitted some folks against each other, the way he played favorites,...
I'm not sure why the decision to merge "Stoned" and "Break", and agree that it was strange. However, I do enjoy hearing them do "Break" live, as it's one of my favs from the NW album. Might have made...
I can see how my statement might have been confusing. I wasn't suggesting that the whole show be one album. When I said the whole album would have made for an excellent show, I was referring to the...
Does anyone know for a fact, or have strong evidence that suggests it, what songs the Jean Supremes recorded in 1969? Whether the backing vocals are Supremes or not makes no difference to my...
A big problem with Touch, and pretty much all the Jean albums, was promotion. I'm not talking about the label's promotion, but instead the group's promotion of themselves. At this point the Supremes...
I don't know what their problem was, why it was so hard for them to communicate. IMO, a lot of the issues Diana and Mary had with each other could have been squashed with a simple conversation. Mary...
I love Teena Marie. Her first few albums at Motown are pretty great. She released some fantastic singles too, but most of what she recorded didn't live up to it's potential, sales and chart wise....
Same here, although my first hearing it was many years after its release. She was so much better than that crap. Her first single on RCA should have been some type of mega smash. I can't imagine...
I don't hate "Time and Love". I just feel like it doesn't belong on Touch. Jean, as usual, does an excellent job with it. I do prefer Diana's to Jean's, although I'm glad that Diana's career did not...
I was under the impression that the Promises Kept tracks were after Touch. Is that not the case? Admittedly, I'm often confused about it's time line. Lol
Wasn't Meet the Supremes reissued with a different cover after the group hit big? Was the reissue not a decent seller?
I like "Baby, Baby" on New Ways. I'm not a fan of the song but it definitely has a harder sound and would have fit on New Ways.
Yes, I hear it. Could be Smokey singing with them in a deeper tone.
To be fair, there were two Supremes on the track: Jean, and apparently at some point Diana can be heard bleeding through the vocal.;)
Oh my gosh. Nobody found the mention of Jesus to be offensive. Dang. Like you said, the song sounds out of place among the other tunes. It definitely makes more sense to include it on New Ways.
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I'm sure he didn't. But what's even more crazy is him expecting Diana to have "warm fuzzies" when most of the profits from her career, she never saw, and they ended up in his pocket. Lol