Supremes A' Go-Go
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| Studio album by The Supremes | |||||
| Released | August 25, 1966 | ||||
| Recorded | Fall 1965 - summer 1966 | ||||
| Genre | Pop/soul | ||||
| Length | 31:54 | ||||
| Label | Motown M 621 |
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| Producer | Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Hal Davis Frank Wilson |
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The Supremes A' Go-Go is a 1966 album by Motown singing group The Supremes. The album was the first album by an all female group to reach the number-one on The Billboard 200 album charts in the United States.
Included are two of the Supremes' Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 hits, the number-nine single "Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart", and the number-one "You Can't Hurry Love". Also present on the album is one other original, "Put Yourself in My Place", and covers of songs by the Four Tops ("Baby I Need Your Loving", "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)", "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"), The Temptations ("Get Ready"), Martha & the Vandellas ("Come and Get These Memories") Barrett Strong ("Money (That's What I Want)"), The Isley Brothers) ("This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)"), Nancy Sinatra ("These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"), and The McCoys ("Hang on Sloopy").
Additional songs recorded for the album, but not released were "It's Not Unusual", "Mickey's Monkey", "Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "Can I Get a Witness", "In My Lonely Room", and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)", (Holland-Dozier-Holland, Sylvia Moy)
- "You Can't Hurry Love" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- "Baby I Need Your Loving" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Lee Hazlewood)
[edit] Side two
- "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- "Get Ready" (Smokey Robinson)
- "Put Yourself in My Place" (Holland-Dozier-Holland, John Thornton)
- "Money (That's What I Want)" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Janie Bradford)
- "Come and Get These Memories" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- "Hang on Sloopy" (Wes Farrell, Bert Russell)
[edit] Personnel
- Diana Ross: lead vocals, all tracks save for "Come and Get These Memories", lead by Mary Wilson
- Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson: background vocals
- Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier: producers, all tracks except those noted
- Hal Davis and Frank Wilson: producers, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", "Get Ready", and "Hang on Sloopy"
- The Funk Brothers: instrumentation
[edit] Singles history
- "Love is Like an Itching in My Heart" b/w "He's All I Got" (b-side taken from I Hear a Symphony) (Motown 1094, April 8, 1966)
- "You Can't Hurry Love" b/w "Put Yourself in My Place" (Motown 1097, July 25, 1966)
[edit] Chart history
| Name | Chart (1966) | Peak position |
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| The Supremes A' Go-Go | U.S. Pop Albums Chart | 1 |
| The Supremes A' Go-Go | U.S. R&B Albums Chart | 1 |
| "Love is Like an Itching in My Heart" | U.S. Billboard Pop Singles | 9 |
| "Love is Like an Itching in My Heart" | U.S. Billboard R&B Singles | 7 |
| "You Can't Hurry Love" | U.S. Billboard Pop Singles | 1 |
| "You Can't Hurry Love" | U.S. Billboard R&B Singles | 1 |
| "You Can't Hurry Love" | UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| Preceded by Revolver by The Beatles |
Billboard 200 number-one album October 22 - November 4, 1966 |
Succeeded by Doctor Zhivago (soundtrack) |
