Originally Posted by
RanRan79
That seems to be the consensus about Smokey and the Supremes, it was a musical marriage that just didn't have what it took to go the distance. As far as "Lovelight", while I do like the song, I've always thought the track had an almost marching band sound to it in places, and I've always assumed that may have been why it didn't "explode". It was certainly a departure in sound at that point. With benefit of a time machine and a amnesia pill, if HDH had come to me with the track and asked me to guess who they were producing it on, I would answer Martha and the Vandellas without even thinking. But the Supremes killed it. Diana's lead was just further testimony that she could sing just about anything well, and Mary and especially Florence were murdering those backing vocals. [[I think there's a male voice in the mix too, maybe Eddie Holland?) Interestingly, while the song stalled a few spots out of the top 20 on the Hot 100, "Lovelight" was at #2 on Cashbox's r&b chart. If Billboard hadn't suspended it's r&b chart at the time, I wonder how well "Lovelight" would have done there.
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