Supremes discography
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This is a listing of all of the singles and albums released by Motown singing group The Supremes. Thirty-three of their singles reached the Billboard Top 40 in the US, twenty-three reached either the US or United Kingdom Top 10, and twelve reached the #1 position on the US pop charts.
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[edit] Singles
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The Primettes recorded for the Lupine label, not Motown.
| Year | Song title | Lead Vocal |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | "Tears of Sorrow" | Diane Ross |
| 1960 | "Pretty Baby" (b-side of "Tears of Sorrow") |
Mary Wilson |
[edit] The Supremes
On the following singles, Diana Ross provides all the lead vocals, unless otherwise noted.
| Year | Song title | US chart | US R&B | UK chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | "I Want a Guy" | |||
| 1962 | "Buttered Popcorn" 1 | |||
| 1962 | "Your Heart Belongs to Me" | 95 | ||
| 1962 | "Let Me Go the Right Way" | 90 | 26 | |
| 1963 | "My Heart Can't Take It No More" | |||
| 1963 | "A Breathtaking Guy" 2 | 75 | ||
| 1963 | "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" | 23 | 2 * | |
| 1964 | "Run, Run, Run" | 93 | 22 * | |
| 1964 | "Where Did Our Love Go" | 1 | 1 * | 3 |
| 1964 | "Baby Love" | 1 | 1 * | 1 |
| 1964 | "Come See About Me" | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| 1965 | "Stop! In the Name of Love" | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 1965 | "Back in My Arms Again" | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| 1965 | "Nothing But Heartaches" | 11 | 6 | |
| 1965 | "I Hear a Symphony" | 1 | 2 | 39 |
| 1965 | "Things are Changing" 3 | - | - | - |
| 1965 | "Children's Christmas Song" | - | - | - |
| 1965 | "My World Is Empty Without You" | 5 | 10 | |
| 1966 | "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" | 9 | 7 | |
| 1966 | "You Can't Hurry Love" | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1966 | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1967 | "Love is Here and Now You're Gone" | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 1967 | "The Happening" | 1 | 12 | 6 |
- 1 Lead vocal is by Florence Ballard instead of Diana Ross. The original master of this single was withdrawn shortly after its release, and a re-recorded version, also featuring Ballard on lead, was issued in its stead.
- 2 Originally issued as "A Breath Taking, First Sight Soul Shaking, One Night Love Making, Next Day Heartbreaking Guy", quickly withdrawn and re-pressed with the shortened title.
- 3 Promotional radio-only single produced by Phil Spector, for The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- * There was no Billboard R&B singles chart from November 1963 until January 1965. Most discographies include R&B information from Cash Box magazine to fill in the gap in the R&B chart, as is done here.
[edit] Diana Ross & the Supremes
Lead vocalists are identified for each of the following singles. A number of these singles feature Diana Ross alone without any other Supremes; those songs are identified as such.
| Year | Song title | Lead Vocal | US chart | US R&B | UK chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | "Reflections" | Diana Ross | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1967 | "In and Out of Love" 1 | Diana Ross | 9 | 16 | 13 |
| 1968 | "Forever Came Today" 1 | Diana Ross |
28 | 17 | 28 |
| 1968 | "Some Things You Never Get Used To" 1 | Diana Ross |
30 | 43 | 34 |
| 1968 | "Love Child" 1 | Diana Ross | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 1968 | "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" 2 | Diana Ross and Eddie Kendricks (Spoken interlude by Otis Williams) |
2 | 2 | 3 |
| 1969 | "I'm Livin' in Shame" 1 | Diana Ross |
10 | 8 | 14 |
| 1969 | "I'll Try Something New" 2 | Diana Ross, Eddie Kendricks, and Melvin Franklin | 25 | 8 | |
| 1969 | "The Composer" 1 | Diana Ross |
27 | 21 | |
| 1969 | "No Matter What Sign You Are" 1 | Diana Ross |
31 | 17 | 37 |
| 1969 | "The Young Folks" (b-side of "No Matter What Sign You Are") |
Diana Ross | 69 | ||
| 1969 | "I Second That Emotion" (UK only single) 2 | Diana Ross and Eddie Kendricks | 19 | ||
| 1969 | "The Weight" 2 | Diana Ross, Eddie Kendricks, and Paul Williams | 46 | 33 | |
| 1969 | "Someday We'll Be Together" 3 | Diana Ross and Johnny Bristol | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 1970 | "Why (Must We Fall in Love)" (UK only single) 2 | Diana Ross and Eddie Kendricks | 31 | ||
| 1974 | "Baby Love" (UK re-issue) | Diana Ross | 12 | ||
| 1989 | "Stop! In the Name of Love" (UK re-issue) | Diana Ross | 62 |
- 1 Background vocals by the Andantes, instead of the Supremes. In the case of "In and Out of Love", both the Andantes' and Supremes' backing vocal tracks were used.
- 2 Duet recording by Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations. Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong appear on these recordings.
- 3 Background vocals by Maxine and Julia Waters, instead of the Supremes
[edit] The Supremes (70s)
Lead vocalists are identified for each of the following singles.
| Year | Song title | Lead Vocal | US chart | US R&B | UK chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "Up the Ladder to the Roof" | Jean Terrell | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| 1970 | "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" | Jean Terrell | 21 | 11 | |
| 1970 | "Stoned Love" | Jean Terrell | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 1970 | "River Deep - Mountain High" 1 | Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs | 14 | 7 | 11 |
| 1971 | "Nathan Jones" | Ensemble | 16 | 8 | 5 |
| 1971 | "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart" 1 | Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs | 55 | 41 | 25 |
| 1971 | "Touch" | Jean Terrell and Mary Wilson | 71 | ||
| 1972 | "Floy Joy" | Jean Terrell and Mary Wilson | 16 | 5 | 9 |
| 1972 | "Automatically Sunshine" | Jean Terrell and Mary Wilson | 37 | 21 | 10 |
| 1972 | "Your Wonderful Sweet, Sweet Love" | Jean Terrell | 59 | 22 | |
| 1972 | "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" | Jean Terrell | 85 | ||
| 1973 | "Bad Weather" | Jean Terrell | 87 | 74 | 37 |
| 1975 | "He's My Man" | Scherrie Payne and Mary Wilson | 69 | ||
| 1975 | "Where Do I Go from Here" | Scherrie Payne | 93 | ||
| 1976 | "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" | Scherrie Payne | 40 | 25 | |
| 1976 | "You're My Driving Wheel" | Scherrie Payne | 85 | 50 | |
| 1977 | "Let Yourself Go" | Scherrie Payne | 83 |
- 1 Duet recording by The Supremes & Four Tops
[edit] Albums
Nine of the Supremes' albums reached the Top 10 in either the US or the UK.
[edit] The Supremes
| Year | Album title | US chart | UK chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Meet the Supremes | 8 | |
| 1964 | Where Did Our Love Go (40th anniversary deluxe rerelease in 2004) |
2 | |
| 1964 | A Bit of Liverpool | 95 | |
| 1965 | The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop | 79 | |
| 1965 | We Remember Sam Cooke | 75 | |
| 1965 | More Hits by the Supremes | 6 | |
| 1965 | The Supremes at the Copa (live) | 11 | |
| 1965 | Merry Christmas | - | |
| 1966 | I Hear a Symphony | 8 | |
| 1966 | The Supremes A' Go-Go | 1 | |
| 1967 | The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland | 6 | 15 |
| 1967 | The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart | 20 | 25 |
[edit] Diana Ross & the Supremes
| Year | Album title | US chart | UK chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Greatest Hits | 1 | 1 |
| 1968 | Reflections | 18 | 30 |
| 1968 | Live at London's Talk of the Town | 57 | 6 |
| 1968 | Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" | 150 | 45 |
| 1968 | Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations | 2 | 1 |
| 1968 | Love Child | 14 | 8 |
| 1968 | TCB (Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations) |
1 | 11 |
| 1969 | Let the Sunshine In | 24 | |
| 1969 | Together (Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations) |
28 | 28 |
| 1969 | Cream of the Crop | 33 | |
| 1969 | On Broadway (Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations) |
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| 1969 | Greatest Hits Vol. 3 | 31 | |
| 1970 | Farewell | 46 |
[edit] The Supremes (70s)
| Year | Album title | US chart | UK chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Right On | 25 | |
| 1970 | The Magnificent 7 (The Supremes & Four Tops) |
113 | 6 |
| 1970 | New Ways But Love Stays | 68 | |
| 1970 | The Return of The Magnificent 7 (The Supremes & Four Tops) |
154 | |
| 1971 | Touch | 85 | 40 |
| 1971 | Dynamite! (The Supremes & Four Tops) |
160 | |
| 1972 | Floy Joy | 54 | |
| 1972 | The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb | 129 | |
| 1973 | The Supremes Live! In Japan (Japan only, issued in US by Motown in 2004) |
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| 1975 | The Supremes | 152 | |
| 1976 | High Energy | 42 | |
| 1976 | Mary, Scherrie & Susaye | ||
| 1978 | At Their Best (a greatest hits album for the 70's Supremes) |
[edit] Compilations
| Year | Compilation title |
|---|---|
| 1974 | Diana Ross & the Supremes Anthology |
| 1974 | Greatest Hits: The Supremes Featuring Mary Wilson |
| 1985 | Diana Ross & the Supremes: 25th Anniversary Collection |
| 1986 | Diana Ross & the Supremes Anthology (version 2) |
| 1995 | The Best of Diana Ross & the Supremes: Anthology (version 3) |
| 1997 | Diana Ross & the Supremes: The Ultimate Collection |
| 2000 | The Supremes (boxed set) |
| 2000 | 20th Century Masters: The Best of Diana Ross & the Supremes, Vol. 1 |
| 2000 | 20th Century Masters: The Best of Diana Ross & the Supremes, Vol. 2 |
| 2001 | Diana Ross & the Supremes Anthology (version 4) |
| 2002 | The 70s Anthology |
| 2003 | Diana Ross & the Supremes: The No. 1's |
| 2004 | There's a Place for Us: The Unreleased LP + Much More |
| 2005 | The Supremes: Gold (A compilation of Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits, Vol. 3, and At Their Best). |
| 2006 | This Is The Story: The 70s Albums Vol. 1 - 1970-1973 (A compilation of Right On, New Ways but Love Stays, Touch, Floy Joy, and the Promises Kept sessions |
[edit] Unreleased albums
The Supremes had a number of canceled albums and shelved projects during their original run:
- The Supremes Sings Ballads & Blues was completed in late 1963, assigned a catalog number (Motown 610), and given a projected release date. Although it was not released, several of the tracks originally recorded for it appeared on the album The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop in spring 1965.
- The Supremes, Live, Live, Live!, a live concert recording, was scheduled for release on Motown 625 in early 1965. Although no official track list is available, the live set from the expanded fortieth anniversary edition of the Where Did Our Love Go album features tracks that were slated for inclusion on the album. The Where Did Our Love Go anniversary edition liner notes indicate the possibility of tracks from the Motor-Town Revue in Paris were also considered.
- There's a Place for Us, an album of pop standards, saw release as an expanded volume in 2004, thirty-nine years after it was completed.
- The Supremes Sing Disney Classics, featuring covers of songs from films produced by Walt Disney Productions, was begun in 1967 and not completed. Songs recorded for the album, including "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "Whistle While You Work", have appeared on several Supremes compilation albums.
- Promises Kept, a 1971 set by the "New Supremes" produced by Clay McMurray, Bobby Taylor, Ashford & Simpson, and others. The album was never finished, and the Supremes were instead assigned to work on Floy Joy with Smokey Robinson as producer. Some of the Promises Kept songs appear on the 2000 Supremes box set and the 2002 70s Anthology. All thirteen existing tracks from the sessions are included on The Supremes box set This Is The Story: The 70s Albums Vol. 1 - 1970-1973.
