The Supremes were an American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and are, to date, America's most successful vocal group with 12 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Most of these hits were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland. At their peak in the mid-1960s, the Supremes rivaled the Beatles in worldwide popularity, and it is said that their success made it possible for future African American R&B and soul musicians to find mainstream success.
Founding members Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Betty McGlown, all from the Brewster-Douglass public housing project in Detroit, formed the Primettes as the sister act to the Primes (with Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks, who went on to form the Temptations).Barbara Martin replaced McGlown in 1960, and the group signed with Motown the following year as the Supremes. Martin left the act in early 1962, and Ross, Ballard, and Wilson carried on as a trio.
The Supremes were a Motown all-female singing group.
The Supremes or Supremes may also refer to:
You packed your bags
As I recall
And you walk slowly down the hall
You said you have to get away
To ease your mind
And all you needed
Was just a little time
Oh, winter's passed, spring, and fall
You never wrote me
You never called, oh, oh
Nathan Jones you've been gone too long
(gone too long, gone too long)
If a woman
Could die of tears
Nathan Jones, I wouldn't be here
The key that you're holding
(Mary)
Holding
Won't fit my door
And there's no room in my heart
For you no more
Because, winter's passed, spring, and fall
You never wrote me (ooh-ooh!)
You never called, oh, oh, oh
Nathan Jones you've been gone too long
(gone too long)
(Doo-doo-doop!)
Nathan!
Hey! Nathan Jones
Hmmm-mmm
Nathan Jones!
Oh, winter's passed, spring, and fall
You never wrote me (you never wrote me)
You never called, (you never called) oh, oh
Nathan Jones you've been gone too long
Mm-mmm, Mm-mmm, gone too long (gone too long)
Nathan Jones you've been gone too long
(gone too long)
(Mary)
You've been gone too long
(Gone too long)
Hey!
Nathan Jones you've been gone too long
(gone too long)
Oh, you've been gone (gone too long)
Nathan Jones you've been gone too long
(gone too long)