Seems like the water is being muddied here. I suspect most can accept the using of the Andantes to enhance/enrich the depth of the vocals on a record. Kind of standard fare.

What the threads asks though is , what are your thoughts on The Andantes REPLACING vocals on groups? That's a more serious scenario.

When The Supremes appear on television shows pretending their voices are on the records when they aren't, that is fraud , plain and simple.

It would be akin to finding out Jimi Hendrix didn't actually play the guitar on his records.
That's the point of Jimi Hendricks, his guitar playing, and that's the point of The Supremes , singing back-up [[and I think back-up is the right word) to Diana Ross .

I suppose if transparency were the goal, the records should've been labeled
Diana Ross And The "Supremes".