The Supremes: The '70s Anthology Features All the Hits Plus 10 Never-Before-Heard Performances.Entertainment Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2002 The musical story of The Supremes, post-Diana Ross, post-'60s, has never been fully told -- until now. Miss Ross launched her solo career in early 1970, but the group continued on and a new Supremes was born. The two-CD The Supremes: The '70s Anthology (Motown/UME), released October 29, 2002, is their story, heard in the music they made and told by Mary Wilson Not to be confused with Mari Wilson. Not to be confused with Meri Wilson. Mary Wilson may refer to:
The '70s Anthology brings together not only the best of 1970 to 1977 from the most popular and successful female group in pop music history. This digitally remastered collection includes 10 previously unreleased performances plus six previously unreleased alternate versions. An additional 10 released songs have never been on CD -- meaning more than half of the compilation's 42 selections are heard on CD for the first time. Mary Wilson contributes an essay in the package's 24-page booklet, commenting on the times and the songs. There are five pop Top 40 Billboard hits on The '70s Anthology: "Stoned Love "Stoned Love" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the final Billboard Pop Top Ten hit for the group, and their final Billboard number-one R&B hit as well. " (#7 Pop/#1 R&B), "River Deep, Mountain High" with the Four Tops (#14 Pop/#7 R&B), "Up The Ladder To The Roof "Up the Ladder to the Roof" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the first Supremes single to feature new lead singer Jean Terrell in place of Diana Ross, who officially left the group for a solo career two weeks before the recording of this " (#10 Pop/#5 R&B), "Floy Joy" (#16 Pop/#5 R&B), an alternate version of "Everybody's Got The Right To Love" (#21 Pop/#11 R&B), "Nathan Jones Nathan Jones may refer to:
The previously unreleased songs making their debut are "Life Beats," "Function At The Junction" (with the Four Tops), "Oh My Poor Baby," "Make It With You," "I'll Let Him Know I Love Him," "Never Can Say Goodbye," "Walk With Me, Talk With Me Darling," "Bend A Little," "Can We Love Again" and "There's Room At The Top." Other Dance Chart hits (Sales or Club Play) include a previously unreleased extended version of "He's My Man" (#1), "Where Do I Go From Here" (#3), "You're My Driving Wheel" (#5), an unedited alternate mix of "High Energy" (#1), "Let Yourself Go" (#5) and "Love I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good" (#5). The remaining alternate versions are of "The Sha-La Bandit bandit: see brigandage. ," featuring leads from all three Supremes (Jean, Mary & Cindy) and an unedited rendition of the O'Jays smash "Love Train." In the '70s, Motown had moved from Detroit to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . The Supremes, originally Ross, Wilson and Florence Ballard Florence Glenda Ballard Chapman, nicknamed "Flo" or "Blondie", (June 30 1943 – February 22 1976) was an American singer, and one of the original lead singers of the Motown act The Supremes. , replaced by Cindy Birdsong, would enlist Jean Terrell for Diana's spot, later Scherrie Payne for Terrell and then Lynda Laurence and later Susaye Greene for Birdsong birdsong. Song, call notes, and certain mechanical sounds constitute the language of birds. Song is produced in the syrinx, whose firm walls are derived from the rings of the trachea, and is modified by the larynx and tongue. . They officially disbanded after a performance at London's historic Drury Lane Theatre Drury Lane Theatre Oldest English theatre still in use. It was built in London by Thomas Killigrew for his acting company as the Theatre Royal (1663). It burned in 1672 and was rebuilt in 1674 with Christopher Wren as architect. on June 12, 1977. Writes Wilson in the liner notes to The '70s Anthology: "I am very proud to say that I am a Supreme. The music we recorded will live on long after we are gone. We touched the lives of millions. We proved that dreams do come true." Mary Wilson is available for interviews. |
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