They did a whole Ed Sullivan on the Supremes - January 30
They did a whole Ed Sullivan on the Supremes - January 30
Yes, I watched that last night. I don't think any other act has had a whole Ed Sullivan just devoted to them. As Mary Wilson stated once, it felt like we had our own tv show. They did their first show Come See About Me, the first with Cindy Forever Came Today and the first with Jean Up The Ladder To The Roof. They did choose some more obscure ones like No Matter What Sign You Are and I'm Living in Shame rather than bigger hits Love Child, Someday We'll Be Together or #1 hit medleys which was an interesting choice. It was so nice to see and especially a week before their lifetime Grammy.
i'm assuming this is sort of just a broadcasted version of the standalone dvds. both the Temps and the Sups had dedicated dvds of the sullivan appearances. plus there was a dvd of just motown overall
There was commentary about Motown and the Supremes and their appearances on Sullivan
Interesting that they seem to not have aired some of the most popular appearances - wonder if that was done to keep Motown DVDs selling a little?
there's also a youtube channel with these and other performances. i think nearly all of them are accounted for. but a couple might not be out there yet.
Come See about me - yes
You're nobody DMF - yes
My world - yes
somewhere - yes
itchin - yes
more - yes
YCHL - yes
symphony medley - i don't think so. i know the bootleg is out there but i think they've only aired a portion of the medley. not the whole thing
fav things - yes
hits medley - yes
happening - yes
millie/rose/mame - yes
in and out - yes
thou swell - yes
temps medley - yes
forever - yes
fats waller - yes, i think
always - yes
ethel merman medley - not sure
happy bday song to Irving/ending of the special - no
love child - yes
funny girl - yes
love child - yes
shame - yes
i get a kick - yes
sign - yes
impossible dream - yes
you're nobody - yes
sup medley - yes
someday - yes
if they could see me now - yes
ladder - yes
Hi sup_fan,
Mille/Rose/Mame and the full I Hear A Symphony medley have not yet been posted by the official Ed Sullivan Youtube channel. Fats Waller and the Ethel Merman medley have been posted.
It sounds like the Supremes special that was on MeTV was The Supremes' episode of Ed Sullivan's Rock N' Roll Classics, which first aired 20 years ago. That episode contained Come See About Me, Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart, I'm Livin' In Shame, Forever Came Today, No Matter What Sign You Are and Up the Ladder to the Roof. The other more popular performances like You Can't Hurry Love and Someday We'll Be Together, were shown in other Ed Sullivan Rock N' Roll Classics episodes that focused on individual years or themes. This particular Supremes episode was released on a DVD with the Temptations' episode, also around 15 to 20 years ago.
Last edited by carlo; 01-31-2023 at 12:39 PM.
i've wondered about M/R/M medley. there are some nice quality versions on youtube, but hadn't look to see if they were "official" ones or not.
i do know they've not always kept some of the brief "chats" after the performances. of course those probably are only of interest to us crazed fans lol but i enjoy them. and the couple of times Ed was just overwhelmed by the girls. like after Fats Waller the camera cuts to Ed and he has just a huge grin on his face and is heartily applauding. then says "they are great!!"
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