The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop

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The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop
Cover album by The Supremes
Released	February 22, 1965
Recorded	1962 – 1965
Genre	Country/pop/soul
Length	N/A
Label	Motown M 625
Producer	Clarence Paul
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The Supremes chronology
A Bit of Liverpool (1964) The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop (1965) We Remember Sam Cooke (1965)

The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop is an album recorded by The Supremes, issued by Motown Records in February 1965 (see 1965 in music). The album was presented as a covers/tribute album of country songs, as Ray Charles had done with his album Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music. However, over half of the selections on The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop were written in-house by Motown staffer Clarence Paul. One of the songs on the album is "My Heart Can't Take It No More", which the Supremes had recorded in 1962 and released in 1963 as a single.

One of Paul's songwriting partners on the album was his fourteen-year-old charge Stevie Wonder, making the Supremes the first act besides Wonder himself to record Wonder's songs.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Singles history 4 Chart history

[edit] Track listing

1. "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson, originally by Nelson)
2. "My Heart Can't Take It No More" (Clarence Paul)
3. "It Makes No Difference Now" (Floyd Tillman, originally by Eddy Arnold)
4. "You Didn't Care" (Paul)
5. "Tears in Vain" (Paul)
6. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (Bob Nolan, originally by Sons of the Pioneers)
7. "Lazy Bones" (Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael)
8. "You Need Me"
9. "Baby Doll" (Paul, Stevie Wonder)
10. "Sunset" (Paul, Wonder)
11. "(The Man With the) Rock and Roll Banjo Band" (Paul, Berry Gordy, Jr.)

[edit] Personnel

• Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson: lead and background vocals
• Clarence Paul: producer
• Lawrence Horn: co-producer on "My Heart Can't Take It No More"

[edit] Singles history

• "My Heart Can't Take It No More" b/w "You Bring Back Memories" (from Meet the Supremes) (Motown 1040, February 2, 1963)

[edit] Chart history

Name	Chart (1963 - 1965)	Peak position
The Supremes Sing Country, Western, and Pop	U.S. Billboard Pop Albums	79
"My Heart Can't Take It No More"	U.S. Billboard Pop Singles	129