It was “Where Did Our Love Go”—a song written by the soon-to-be-legendary team of Holland-Dozier-Holland and rejected by the soon-to-be-eclipsed Marvelettes—that kicked off a run of success that saw the Supremes score an incredible five straight #1 singles in a 10-month span from July 1964 to May 1965. Supremes co-founder Mary Wilson, who died Tuesday at age 76, was the group's linchpin and actively promoted their legacy long after their breakup. A roadie for the Allman Brothers came up with the line "The road goes on forever" for "Midnight Rider," and got a songwriting credit for his contribution. Ian talks about his 3 or 4 blatant attempts to write a pop song, and also the ones he most connected with, including "Locomotive Breath. MTV reversed the word "joint" in Tom Petty's "You Don't Known How It Feels" so it was unintelligible, but gave the video a VMA anyway. You may not recognize his name, but you will certainly recognize Peter Lord's songs. Complete song listing of The Supremes on OLDIES.com. They helped define the very sound of the 60s, but like fellow icons the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel, they came apart in the first year of the 70s. During the extended twenty-minute rendition of "Let The Sunshine In", Diana Ross walked through the audience and let some of the guests sing the title-chorus of the song; some of these guests included Smokey Robinson and his wife Claudette, Dick Clark, Lou Rawls, Steve Allen, Bill Russell, Tina Turner, and Marvin Gaye. Good Charlotte's video for "Last Night" reconstructs the TV show "Family Double Dare," complete with host Marc Summers. Vocalist Mary Wilson, who co-founded the Supremes as a 15-year-old in a Detroit housing project and stayed with the fabled, hitmaking Motown Records trio until its dissolution in 1977, died on Mond… "I also have some other songs, some surprising new songs, new recordings," she said last week. In the UK, it was the post-Ross Supremes' biggest hit, reaching number 3 in the singles chart. It was the last Billboard Pop Top Ten hit for the group, peaking at number seven, and their last Billboard number-one R&B hit as well, although the trio continued to score top ten hits in the UK into 1972. Benedict Arnold, the American general during the Revolutionary War who betrayed his country and became synonymous with the word “traitor,” was born on January 14, 1741. "Automatically Sunshine" later became the group's final top 10 single in the UK. 1 in late 1969 and Ross left the Supremes a month later. THE SUPREMES: (Singing) Stop in the name of love before you break my heart. She was 76. UPDATE 2/9: LOL.This is the Supremes album now at number 7 on iTunes as a consequence of Mary’s passing. John Francis Dodge was born on October 25, 1864, while his brother Horace Elgin Dodge arrived ...read more, On January 14, 1784, the Continental Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris, ending the War for Independence. Though Me… One of the great "we're all going down" songs is "Ship Of Fools" by World Party, written when Margaret Thatcher was in power in England. So Mary has gotten the last laugh. "Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring was inspired by the Robert Ludlum novel The Bourne Identity, not by the TV show. ", A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs, When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes, Ian Anderson: "The delight in making music is that you don't have a formula". Tim and his brother Richard are the Furs' foundation; Tim explains how they write and tells the story of "Pretty In Pink.". Last Night Good Charlotte Good Charlotte's video for "Last Night" reconstructs the TV show "Family Double Dare," complete with host Marc Summers. Mary’s last solo recording, her song “Time to Move On” reached #23 on the Billboard Dance charts, which marked her first time on the charts with a solo recording, since The Supremes. But the brief, volatile marriage of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio–the couple wed on January 14, 1954–barely got ...read more, An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise kills 27 people in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on January 14, 1969. Mary Wilson, a founding member of the Supremes, died on Monday at her home in Las Vegas. On Tuesday, Mary Wilson, founding member of The Supremes, died at the age of 76. The cause of her death has not yet been released. She was 76. A scholarly analysis of yacht rock favorites ("Steal Away," "Baker Street"...) with a member of the leading YR cover band. In the document, which was known as the Second Treaty of Paris because the Treaty of Paris was also the name of the agreement that had ended the Seven Years’ War in 1763, ...read more. 1 hits. Christopher Cross with Deep Purple? 1, million-selling song, “Where Did Our Love Go,” was released June 17, 1964. The music industry is mourning the death of Mary Wilson, a Motown legend and co-founder of The Supremes. All Rights Reserved. Their last hit together — "Someday We'll Be Together" — reached No. They were the most successful American pop group of the 1960s—a group whose 12 #1 hits in the first full decade of the rock and roll era places them behind only Elvis and the Beatles in terms of chart dominance. That move clearly signaled Gordy’s intention to launch Diana on a solo career—something he may have had in mind from the moment he upgraded her first name from “Diane” and upstaged her fellow Supremes by making Diana the group’s official lead singer. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! The curtain closed for good on Diana Ross and the Supremes on January 14, 1970, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. BLAIR: Mary Wilson was born in Greenville, Miss., and moved to Detroit at age 3 … Based on criteria like girlfriend tension, stage mishaps and drummer turnover, these are the 10 bands most like Spinal Tap. Ross launched her solo career in 1968, and The Supremes’ swan song with her at the helm, “Some Day We’ll Be Together,” topped the pop and R&B charts in December 1969. Florence Glenda Chapman (née Ballard; June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes.She sang on 16 top 40 singles with the group, including ten number-one hits. "use strict";(function(){var insertion=document.getElementById("citation-access-date");var date=new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined,{month:"long",day:"numeric",year:"numeric"});insertion.parentElement.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(date),insertion)})(); FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. The material performed in the show was a mix of popular Supremes hits, cover songs, and Broadway showtunes. Yet even into early 1964, the group that would become Motown’s greatest commercial success was known as the “No-Hit Supremes” around Hitsville, U.S.A., the company’s Detroit headquarters. Charts including, … Arnold, who was raised in a respected family in Norwich, Connecticut, apprenticed with an apothecary and was a ...read more, On January 14, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Presidential Proclamation No. Registered persons were then issued a Certificate ...read more, On January 14, 1963, George Wallace is inaugurated as the governor of Alabama, promising his followers, “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!” His inauguration speech was written by Ku Klux Klan leader Asa Carter, who later reformed his white supremacist ...read more, In Hartford, Connecticut, the first constitution in the American colonies, the “Fundamental Orders,” is adopted by representatives of Wethersfield, Windsor, and Hartford. © 2021 A&E Television Networks, LLC. After several non-charting releases, The Supremes made their first appearance on the US Hot 100 in August, 1962 with "Your Heart Belongs to Me". Before ...read more, The theologian, musician, philosopher and Nobel Prize-winning physician Albert Schweitzer is born on January 14, 1875 in Upper-Alsace, Germany (now Haut-Rhin, France). Six decades after The Supremes signed with Motown, Wilson shared some big news. He wrote the bevy of hits from Paula Abdul's second album, Spellbound. The group’s first No. To place an order or for customer service, call toll-free 1-800-336-4627 or outside the United States, call 1-610-649-7565 A rocket accidentally detonated, destroying 15 planes and injuring more than 300 people. "Instant Karma" is one of John Lennon's most hopeful songs, written and recorded in one day at a time when he felt people were pulling together in a positive direction. Mary Wilson, Founding Member Of The Supremes, Dies At 76 The Supremes was Motown's most successful group in the 1960s, reaching 12 No. The farewell concert in Vegas was the final act in a drawn-out breakup that didn’t become official until November 1969, but probably became inevitable in July 1967, when Motown Records chief Berry Gordy gave Diana Ross top billing over the Supremes. Five more #1s would come before Motown forced Flo Ballard out of the group she created, and two more would come with Cindy Birdsong as Ballard’s replacement before Diana Ross left the Supremes behind, Diana Ross and the Supremes perform their final concert, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/diana-ross-and-the-supremes-perform-their-final-concert. The Supremes were a very successful Motown all-female singing group active from 1959 until 1977, performing at various times doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway showtunes, psychedelia, and disco.One of Motown's signature acts, The Supremes were the most successful African-American musical act of the 1960s, recording twelve #1 hits between 1964 and 1969, … Blockers Favourite Tracks#7 - Diana Ross & The SupremesSomeday We'll Be TogetherGreat Song, beautifully sung be Diana.. Love It! Kenny Loggins in Caddyshack? After being removed from the Supremes in 1967, Ballard tried an unsuccessful solo career with ABC Records before she … In 1972, the Supremes had their last Top 20 hit single release, " Floy Joy ", written and produced by Smokey Robinson, followed by the final US Top 40 hit for the Jean Terrell-led version of the group, " Automatically Sunshine " (US number 37, UK number 10). Thirty-three of their singles reached the Billboard top 40 in the U.S., twenty-three reached either the U.S. or United Kingdom top 10, and 15 reached the number one position on the U.S. On January 14, 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first president to travel on official business by airplane. It was released at the height of the 'Summer of Love' of 1967 and the Vietnam War, and was the first Supremes' song to delve into psychedelic pop. Gold is scattered sparsely throughout the earth’s crust and since ancient times has been treasured for both its scarcity and metallurgic properties. Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. Bob Seger's "Beautiful Loser" was inspired by a book written by Leonard Cohen called Beautiful Losers. Crossing the Atlantic by air, Roosevelt flew in a Boeing 314 Flying Boat dubbed the Dixie Clipper to a World War II strategy meeting with Winston Churchill at ...read more, It was the ultimate All-American romance: the tall, handsome hero of the country’s national pastime captures the heart of the beautiful, glamorous Hollywood star. "Stoned Love" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard and Diane Ross grew up together in Detroit’s Brewster housing project and started out as co-equals in a singing group they called “the Primettes.” It took them several years of toiling within the hit factory Berry Gordy was assembling before the girls made their breakthrough in 1964. The Enterprise was the first-ever nuclear-powered aircraft carrier when ...read more, John Dodge, who with his brother Horace co-founded the Dodge Brothers Company, which was once America’s third-largest automaker and later became part of Chrysler, dies at the age of 55.