Originally Posted by
stingbeelee
No jobeterob, absolutely not.
All of the records, session books, session logs and notations all have stated that the three people singing on Stop! In The Name of Love were Diana, Mary and Flo.
What you are either believing or want to believe is that two compilers forty years later listen to the record and determine it to be the Andantes. They stated they did not look at logs, notes, session records or anything like that; they just know it to be true.
So the people who were there and wrote down who sung it were incorrect? The people who take account of all the singers, musicians, producers and etc. and who recorded the information from 1965 were incorrect?
I am a long time member of this forum. I do not post often, because I tend to be a quiet person who does not like a lot of arguments and etc. But this assertion on Stop! In the name of Love actually begins to destroy the legacy of the Supremes.
We on this forum [[mostly) love the Supremes and believe them to be one of the greatest rock and roll groups of all time, and they are acknowledged as being - in the 60's - second only to the Beatles, and yet people will come on this forum and state that their records only sold a half a million for this one and a half a million for that one and etc. Others will come on and say Diana couldn't do whatever and Mary and Flo were dispensable and etc.
To me, a great deal of it is due to the fact people are angry that Motown is the most recognizable record company in the world, the Supremes are the greatest female group ever and that, for the most part, it was sucessful.
Sorry for the rant! I am not personally attacking jobeterob or any other member of this forum.
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