THE SUPREMES * DECEMBER 1965 * MOTOWN RECORDS
Category: Supremes
A 1965 DECEMBER MEMORY: THE SUPREMES OPENS AT ‘THE ROOSTERTAIL’
THE SUPREMES LIVE IN PERSON AT THE ROOSTERTAIL!
—DECEMBER 17-29, 1965—
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In December 1965, Motown Recording artists, The Supremes, booked a 13 day engagement at the popular Detroit nightclub venue, The Roostertail. According to the Detroit Free Press, the Supremes were scheduled beginning Friday, December 17 through Wednesday, December 29.
After their Detroit engagement, the group toured the south for several days with The Lovin’ Spoonful. The Detroit Free Press (Sunday, December 5, 1965) reported that The Supremes, “one of the hottest singing groups in the world” was close to completing their seventh album for Motown Records, ‘I Hear A Symphony‘.
The 1965 world famous Detroit girl group was also scheduled to tour the east, and they “will be the first entertainers (with Judy Garland) to appear in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, will go to Hollywood for their third appearance with Ed Sullivan, and will get as far as San Juan, Puerto Rico,” according to the newpaper.
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The Supremes/Roostertail ad below appeared in the Detroit Free Press — 55 years ago today — Thursday, December 9, 1965.
NOTE: The featured ad and the exact Supremes photo printed in the ad was digitally re-imaged by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
A CLASSIC BILLBOARD RECORD ’45 AD FLASHBACK! 12/4/1965
THE SUPREMES on MOTOWN RECORDS
—BILLBOARD 1965—
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The above Billboard ad was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
MOTOWN MONDAYS! MOTOWN ON CBS’ ED SULLIVAN
THE MOTOWN SOUND
— The Ed Sullivan Show —
The entire Ed Sullivan Show catalogue hits the streaming platforms!
On June 12, came exciting news Universal Music Enterprises and Sofa Entertainment brokered a deal to license and make available the entire Ed Sullivan video performances from the Sofa library, who acquired the entire catalogue in 1990. UME will make available the entire catalogue for public streaming in restored, digitized form, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Since its premiere launch on June 12, more videos have been added on the official Ed Sullivan You Tube channel, many having highlighted the Motown sound. As was reported, it will take three years to upload the more than 10,000 performances which aired Sunday evenings on CBS-TV from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971.
The host of the show, Ed Sullivan, passed away on October 13, 1974. He was 73.
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For more info on this story, go HERE.
THE ED SULLIVAN MOTOWN CLASSICS!
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NEW! On this ‘Motown’ Monday we are featuring three classic Motown video performances from the Ed Sullivan Show:
The Supremes (1970), The Temptations (1967), Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1968)
MORE Ed Sullivan Motown performances will be forthcoming on Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
COCA-COLA ADS: THINGS GO BETTER WITH COKE! ’65
COCA COLA * THE SUPREMES (1965) * THE COCA COLA CO.
MOTOWN MONDAYS: SPOTLIGHTS THE ’70S SUPREMES!
—THE SUPREMES—
STONED LOVE
“Stoned Love” is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. 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. This single and “Up the Ladder to the Roof” are the only top-ten Supremes singles to feature Jean Terrell on lead vocals instead of Diana Ross, who left the group in January 1970 to pursue a solo career. In the UK, it was the post-Ross Supremes’ biggest hit, reaching number 3 in the singles chart. The single spent six weeks in the UK top ten and five weeks in the US top ten.
After a few lines of the song were revised by the producer, “Stoned Love” was recorded during the spring of 1970. The instrumental track was recorded with The Funk Brothers and at least 30 other session musicians in Detroit at Motown Studio B (the former Golden World studio), while Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson, and Cindy Birdsong recorded their vocals in New York. The song was originally written and recorded as “Stone Love”, but during the process of mixing and releasing, it was mislabeled as “Stoned Love”.
A plea for love and peace similar to those recorded by Sly & the Family Stone in the late 1960s, the lyrics of “Stoned Love” were a plea for the people of the world to end conflict and animosity between each other, specifically the Vietnam War.
The Terrell-led Supremes—now rebranded as “the Supremes;” known unofficially at first as “the New Supremes”, and in later years informally called “The ’70s Supremes”— scored hits including “Up the Ladder to the Roof” (US number 10, UK number 6), “Stoned Love” (US number 7, UK number 3) and “Nathan Jones” (US number 16, UK number 5), all of which were produced by Frank Wilson. These three singles were also R&B Top Ten hits, with “Stoned Love” becoming their last No.1 R&B hit in December 1970.
The Motown songwriting and production team, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, produced another Top 20 hit for the group It was a Supremes/Four Tops duet version of Ike & Tina Turner’s “River Deep – Mountain High”.
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Source: Stoned Love; Supremes; Wikipedia
A MCRFB NOTE: For a more in-depth story of the Supremes’ ‘Stone Love‘ release, check out this excellent blog from October 17, 2017, as was penned by noted Motown author and historian Adam White
Stoned Love * acapella
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY: RECORD FLASHBACK ’70
—THE SUPREMES—
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Released November 14, “Stoned Love” peaked at #1 (1 week; charted 14 total weeks R&B overall) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1970. B-side: “Shine On Me”
MOTOWN 1172 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’70
STONED LOVE [INST.; AUDIO ENHANCED] * THE SUPREMES
MOTOWN MONDAYS! MOTOWN ON CBS’ ED SULLIVAN
THE MOTOWN SOUND
— The Ed Sullivan Show —
The entire Ed Sullivan Show catalogue hits the streaming platforms!
On June 12, came news Universal Music Enterprises and Sofa Entertainment brokered a deal to license and make available the entire Ed Sullivan video performance from the Sofa library, who acquired the entire catalogue in 1990. UME will make available the entire catalogue for public streaming in restored, digitized form, according to the Detroit Free Press.
For its premiere launch this past Friday, several videos are now posted on the official Ed Sullivan You Tube channel, highlighting the Motown sound. As reported, it will take three years to upload the more than 10,000 performances which aired Sunday evenings on CBS-TV from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971.
For more on this story, go HERE.
Ed Sullivan passed away on October 13, 1974. He was 73.
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THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW MOTOWN CLASSICS!
NEW! For this ‘Motown’ Monday, we are featuring three classic Motown video performances from the Ed Sullivan Show:
The Supremes (1966), Marvin Gaye (1966), The Temptations (1969)
MORE Ed Sullivan Motown performances will be forthcoming on Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * DECEMBER 21-DECEMBER 27, 1969
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING December 27, 1969
(Click on chart image 2x for detailed view)
— NUMBER ONE FOR 1969 —
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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Someday We’ll Be Together” by the Supremes peaked this month at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending December 20 through December 27, 1969. (Source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1969 GO HERE.
