Diana Ross & The Supremes Broadway Cover Challenge

[monicarivers]

With the lights out on the Great White Way, I thought it might be fun to compile a list of all of the show tunes the ladies recorded. I’ve gone with all I could think of from their original studio albums [[no expanded editions) up through Farewell. All iterations of the group are fair game as are all of the ladies solo careers. I suggest we keep it to recorded [[audio) versions only and not go down a YouTube rabbit hole. Outtakes, unreleased versions - all on the table. Have fun!

At the Copa

“Put on a Happy Face”, Bye Bye Birdie
“I Am Woman You Are Man”, Funny Girl
“Make Someone Happy”, Do Re Mi
“Somewhere”, West Side Story


I Hear a Symphony

“Stranger in Paradise”, Kismet
“With a Song in My Heart”, Spring is Here
“Without a Song”, Great Day


The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart

"The Lady Is a Tramp", Babes in Arms
"Mountain Greenery", The Garrick Gaieties
"This Can't Be Love", The Boys From Syracuse
"Where or When", Babes in Arms
"Lover", Love Me Tonight [[film)
"My Funny Valentine", Babes in Arms
"My Romance", Jumbo
"My Heart Stood Still", One Dam Thing After Another
"Falling in Love with Love", The Boys From Syracuse
"Thou Swell", A Connecticut Yankee
"Dancing on the Ceiling", Ever Green


Live at London’s Talk of the Town

“With a Song in My Heart”, Spring is Here
“Stranger in Paradise”, Kismet
“Without a Song”, Great Day
“Thoroughly Modern Millie", Thoroughly Modern Millie
“Second Hand Rose”, Ziegfeld Follies
“Mame”, Mame



Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl”, [[all tracks), “Funny Girl”


Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations

“The Impossible Dream”, Man of La Mancha


TCB

“Somewhere”, West Side Story
“Hello Young Lovers”, The King & I
“With a Song in My Heart"/"Without a Song", Spring Is Here/Great Day
”The Impossible Dream”, Man of La Mancha


Let the Sunshine In

“Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In [[The Flesh Failures)”, Hair


On Broadway

“The Rhythm of Life”, Sweet Charity
“It Ain’t Necessarily So”/”Summertime”, Porgy & Bess
“Fiddler on the Roof Medley”, Fiddler on the Roof
“Leading Lady Medley”:
“Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", Annie Get Your Gun
“I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair”, South Pacific
“Wouldn’t It Be Loverly”, My Fair Lady
“People”, Funny Girl
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses”, Gypsy
“Mame”, Mame


Farewell

“The Lady is a Tramp”, Babes in Arms
“My Man”, Funny Girl
“It’s Alright With Me”, Can Can
“Big Spender”, Sweet Charity
“Falling in Love With Love”
“Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In [[The Flesh Failures)”, Hair
“The Impossible Dream”, Man of La Mancha

[sansradio]

JML: "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" [from Pippin]

[TNSUN]

Diana Ross and The Supremes sing and perform "Funny Girl" is my favorite album of all their albums. It had the feel of a live Broadway Show.
Diana Ross is a Broadway Star by this recording.
Diana Ross won a Tony Award for her Broadway Show, "An Evening with Diana Ross" at The Palace Theatre.

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JML: "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" [from Pippin]

Bingo! From The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb

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The Supremes Live! In Japan

”Somewhere”, West Side Story

[Glenpwood]

Don’t forget the canned tracks from Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart that came out in the eighties. Those all came from Broadway shows or reviews I believe.

1. "Manhattan"
2. "The Blue Room"
3. "With a Song in My Heart"
4. "Spring is Here"
5. "Little Girl Blue"
6. "It Never Entered My Mind"
7. "There's a Small Hotel"
8. "You Took Advantage of Me"
9. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
10. "Wait Till You See Him"
11. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"
12. "Johnny One Note"
13. "I Could Write a Book"

[monicarivers]

DonÂ’t forget the canned tracks from Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart that came out in the eighties. Those all came from Broadway shows or reviews I believe.

1. "Manhattan"
2. "The Blue Room"
3. "With a Song in My Heart"
4. "Spring is Here"
5. "Little Girl Blue"
6. "It Never Entered My Mind"
7. "There's a Small Hotel"
8. "You Took Advantage of Me"
9. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
10. "Wait Till You See Him"
11. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"
12. "Johnny One Note"
13. "I Could Write a Book"

Excellent work dear!

Here are the annotations:

“Manhattan”, Garrick Gaieties
“The Blue Room”, The Girl Friend
“With a Song in My Heart”, Spring Is Here
“Spring is Here", Spring Is Here
"Little Girl Blue", Jumbo
"It Never Entered My Mind", Higher and Higher
“There's a Small Hotel", On Your Toes
“You Took Advantage of Me", Present Arms
“Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”, Pal Joey
“Wait Till You See Him”, By Jupiter
“I Didn't Know What Time It Was”, Too Many Girls
“Johnny One Note", Babes In Arms
“I Could Write a Book", Pal Joey

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Monica will clean up the formatting in the AM! Gnite

[PeaceNHarmony]

Diana's rendition of There's A Small Hotel is ... EVERYTHING!

[PeaceNHarmony]

JML: "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" [from Pippin]

Jean sure does a nice rendition of this song. Always loved it. 'Twas a song that everyone-and-their-mother was singing back in the Merv-Johnny-Mike days and I don't believe anyone had a hit [[it is a tad slow in the tempo and lacks a hook or crescendo) but JML sure do the song proud.

[mindful1]

Yes! There's a Small Hotel sure is great! Also like The Rhythm Of Life

[sansradio]

There's also DMC's recording of Hair's "Where Do I Go/Good Morning Starshine" from Motown at the Hollywood Palace. Diana's Central Park take on "Family" from Dreamgirls surfaced on her solo box set Forever Diana. And let's not forget her magnificent "One Giant Step" medley from An Evening with... featuring A Chorus Line's "The Music in the Mirror," "What I Did for Love," "Improvisations" and "Dance: Ten, Looks: Three."

[sup_fan]

My Favorite Things [[The Sound of Music) - from the Merry Christmas album and also sung live at Copa 67

White Christmas [[Holiday Inn) - Xmas album. realize this is a movie, not a Broadway show. but i feel compelled to take liberties here lolol

[sup_fan]

Time After Time - they did a snippet of this song at the end of Make Someone Happy. from the film It Happened In Brooklyn

some live shows include:

Day by Day [[Godspell) - MJC did this in Vegas at the Frontier
Feelin Good [[The roar of the greasepaint the smell of the crowd) - JMC
Corner of the Sky [[Pippin) - MSS
Tonight [[West Side Story) - MSD at Copa 65, MSS used in 76 as show opener
The Way We Were [[film) - MSC, MSS
How Lucky Can You Get [[Funny Lady) - MSC, MSS
It's all right with me [[Can-Can and again in High Society) - MJL
Exodus [[film) - MJC, MLC
maybe This Time [[Cabaret) - MSC, MSS
Cabaret - MJL
If they could see me now [[Sweet Charity) - MJC
Nothing can stop me now [[Roar Greasepaint...) - MJC
Love Story - MJC
People [[Funny Girl) - MJC, MSS
Little Girl Blue, Remember, Mad About the Boy - deleted songs from the larger DMC medley that contained the Porgy & Bess tunes

During the Diana era, the did lots for TV work:

Ain't Misbehavin' [[Connie's Hot Chocolates)
I Get a kick out of you [[Anything Goes)
plus many many more

[sup_fan]

also there are a ton of unreleased Diana-era songs

There's A Place For Us album

Rockabye Your Baby - Broadway show Sinbad
Boy from Ipenema - composed for a musical comedy Dirigivel [[Blimp)
Put on a happy face
Somewhere
Make someone happy/Time after time
People
I am woman


Tribute to the girls
around the world in 80 days [[film)

I Hear a Symphony
All of a sudden my heart sings [[film Anchors Aweigh)
More [[film)

From Broadway to Hollywood
More
Somewhere
The Happening
Beach Ball
Surfer Boy
Dr Goldfoot
If I ruled the world [[Pickwick)
Strangers in the night [[film A Man Could Get Killed)
The Sound of music
Tender is the night [[film of same name)
who can i turn to [[roar of greasepaint)
shadow of your smile [[file Sandpiper)

Lost & Found set
Somewhere over the rainbow

[sansradio]

Mary recorded "I Am Changing" from Dreamgirls; Scherrie did the same for its "One Night Only."

[RanRan79]

Yes! There's a Small Hotel sure is great! Also like The Rhythm Of Life

"There's a Small Hotel" is one of my absolute favs from the R&H sessions. Should have made the album. Diana, Flo and Mary really shine on it.

[RanRan79]

Don't forget the Broadway tune that started it all for the girls [[as far as I can tell): "People" by Flo, Diana and Mary. Also Florence covered "The Impossible Dream".

Flo and Mary recorded "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever".

A track for Golden Boy's "This Is the Life" was cut at the same session as "More" and "Michelle". The IHAS booklet states that these songs did not get vocals. Of course later on the guys discovered "More" and "Michelle" did get vocals, so I guess it's possible "This Is the Life" may have also.

[monicarivers]

Here are the tracks from There’s a Place For Us:

”Put On A Happy Face”, Bye Bye Birdie
“Somewhere”, West Side Story
“Make Someone Happy”, Do Re Mi
“People” and “I Am Woman, You Are Man”, Funny Girl
“All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings”, Anchors Aweigh [[film)
”If I Ruled The World”, Pickwick
“Strangers In The Night”, A Man Could Get Killed[[film)
”The Sound Of Music”, The Sound Of Music
“Tender Is The Night”, Tender Is The Night [[film)
”Who Can I Turn To”, The Roar Of The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd
“The Shadow Of Your Smile” The Sandpiper [[film)

[benross]

sup_fan: Don't worry that Holiday Inn was a 1942 movie; it was a Broadway show, too, although not until 2016. The Roundabout Theatre version, with the approval of the Berlin estate, deleted a song or two, along with the dated, unfortunate minstrel stereotypes of the movie, and it added several more songs from the Berlin catalog. The Roundabout's version was filmed and shown on a PBS series with four or five other recent Broadway shows in Autumn, 2017, if I recall correctly.