Supremes, Bing Crosby & José Feliciano -- 'Hit Songs Medley'

[shmuli9]

I remember them doing "Do Not Be True to Me My Darling" in kind of western outfits and lots of hip swivelling.

[wonderboyjoy]

@shmuli9 that was posted on here for a while a few years back...it was great. wish the supremes had a dvd collection of all their tv performances.

[shmuli9]

@wonderboyjoy I saw it at the Museum of TV in New York. It was a hoot! I used to have a lot of their TV performances on video, and apparently there are a couple of DVDs out there of some of their performances.

[crut5]

youyong28Florence took that "best voice" to ABC Records and went NOWHERE, okay?! And that lead voice potential of Mary's ? Be for real, damn!! Diana eventually went to RCA and continued to make hits--sans Berry Gordy and Motown!! I say again, you " Florence Ballard had the best voice" and "Mary should have been given the chance to sing some leads" folk are rediculous as well as blind, deaf and ignorant.Florances voice was ordinary, Mary's was nothing, Diana's is extraordinary!!!!!!!

[wonderboyjoy]

@crut5 you are correct. history speaks for itself. too many people trying to rewrite musical history. diana stood out right from the start. mary should daily thank the heavens for diana turning up to join that group.

[jtma91]

Bing wanted to throw Jose's guitar too! LOL :D

[MartianSanta]

why all the Beatles songs?

[torresongs2]

@MartianSanta At the beginning the announcer says, "Hit Songs Medley". All of the songs in this medley were hits in 1968. It just so happens that many of them were by the Beatles.

[aleccix]

estas flacas no son de la caro band?

[crut5]

Hey, thanks, Wonderbb!!

[Lampshade51]

I think it was Mel Brooks who called Bing Crosby "music's first hip white guy". Probably true. His earliest recordings (1920s) show a guy who could "soul up" a melody and scat as good as anybody. Even many years later, in the 60s and 70s he was always talking about how great the Beatles were, and was always trying his hand at new stuff. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not. His duet with Bowie was classic. "Hey Jude" was not. But the guy never turned uncool. Hip to the end.

[quissini]

thats entertainment in her full ligt. you cant see this today

[crut5]

God!!! I get so damn tired of dumb people blaming everyone for Florence Ballard's downfall except the one who was/is really the blame---FLORENCE BALLARD!! She was an idiot who made a supremely idiotic move and she paid supremely for it!!! IT WAS NOBODY"S FAULT BUT HER OWN!!!!! Mary knows the truth, but she is so jealous of Diana Ross' talent and astronomical success that she has helped perpetuate the lies. If your "talent" is mediocre as Flo's and Mary's were don't blame Diana or Berry!

[wonderboyjoy]

@crut5 i agree. the story is a myth that suits the underdog by making people feel sorry for them. if mary and florence were as great as all these diana haters say, they also would have been megastars. oh that's right berry ruled the world and he just had to tell people to stop liking mary and florence and they would. the myth is ridiculous. florence was florence's downfall....no-one else.

[youyong28]

@crut5 Show business is the most cutthroat business of all. Diana had the drive and personality to thrust the Supremes (and herself) forward. All three could have had thriving solo careers. Florence had the best voice and was witty and fun but wasn't allowed to promote herself within the group. Berry should have kept the harmonies strong and allowed each woman to sing lead on albums and in performances, but he had a vision of making Diana the next Lena Horne. He created bad feelings.

[wonderboyjoy]

@youyong28 it was difficult for berry to keep the harmonies tight when florence didn't bother to turn up for sessions, turned up late or was drunk! he was trying to run a business. get real.

[6547811]

wow,great video man,jose is here with the best,thank you for this clip,feliciano is one of the greatest artist of all time!!

[judge1101]

what is the name of the song starting at 2:21 and ending at 2:35?

[SinclairisCool]

Haha! Sorry for my comment guys, I wrote it on my iPhone :L

[SinclairisCool]

@eugenehitler09 hi there! I agree with your comment. All three girls wanted fame and fortune. I wouldn't say flo gave up. She never gave on the supremes, she just gave up fighting berry and Diana. She wanted to be in a group not a lead and 2 back ups, but as history's has told, this was not to be. Terribly terribly sad. All this happened In a time when psychiatrists weren't really taken seriously so she couldn't talk to anyone about the problems she was having. Such a Shane really because for a

[babyluvchild]

Look at ole Bing Crosby hanging with Diana Ross & Sups and Jose Feliciano I don't why it works but it does. Hot Damn!!!

[Doleafol]

There were so many great songs to choose from in late 1968. The decade had produced so many worthy songs. Today, how could such a medley be cobbled together? Do a medley of the songs from 2002 to 2010...It would be a mess.

[proverbs1824]

@Doleafol Amen!

[Top100Guitarist]

What incredible talent Jose Feliciano!

[jeffdon4]

was this after flo left?

[proverbs1824]

@jeffdon4 Yes. Long after Flo left. Cindy Birdsong (far left) replaced her in July of 1967.

[floppybollox3]

A Gem!

[mexicomagico72]

Bing Beatle!!!

[broadwayapple]

I agree with chocolatetopping. My dad was a little kid around this time, saw a lot of the big names of *his parents'* generation on these old TV variety shows and specials, and started getting into their music too. What amazes me is that Bing Crosby was like 65 or something - but he meets some of the hottest artists of the late 60s *on their own turf* and sings the "new" songs with total understanding, credibility and great beauty. Amazing.

[chocolatetopping]

One thing I love about this clip is how TV specials and variety shows gave people a glimpse of how artists from different genres of music can still come together and make great music. This is what I miss so much today. I would love to see a variety show where Ice Cube or Snoop Dog could do a skit with Carol Burnett or Sen. Hilary Clinton. To me the 60s and before gave viewers an opportunity to see artists in their rarest form, which made us identify with them even more!!!

[WintersKn]

This medley is from "The Bing Crosby Special" on NBC, broadcast originallyt on Oct 23rd, 1968---Great medley---I love the casual feel-like you are listening in a jam session. Wish Bing had recorded "And I Love Her."

[Koach127]

I loved Diana's version of I Say a Little Prayer for You. I can't believe she (with or without The Supremes) didn't record a version of it.

[schuyler10]

You're right...

However Martha and the Vandellas did, as well as a soulful version by Aretha Franklin...

[joehancock01]

if only al jolson was alive to join in lol

[eugenehilter09]

diana looks so exhausted she look like she wanna fall out strong that she keep it up

[ustkaewa]

JOSE its here STAR!!!

[eugenehilter09]

this just showed how diana is exhausted but keep it moving she wanted 2 be the star i think all three of the orginal supremes took things different diana wanted it more flo gave up i wish she didnt so soon

[TWTR4EVER]

@eugenehilter09 Diane not only wanted to be the star, she manipulated and backstabbed her way to it!

Do not belittle Florence Ballard, from 1959 to 1964 The Supremes were a FEMALE TRIO, shering leads & the spotlight, after Diane started her adulterer affair with Berry Gordy (Motown boss) they turned the group into a LEAD & BACKUP SINGER that was the final blow to Florence, she rebel and they kicked her out, she didn't leave!

Diane & Berry indirectly caused Florence demise & early death!

[cub1955]

A SUPREME PERFORMANCE ! ! !

[TheyCallMeMisterFry]

Wow! Wow! What a treasure piece from our national jewelry box of Legends. What a bridging of generations! Thank you for posting this timeless video!

[italoman9]

My mom always had the Bing, Bob, Andy, and Perry shows and TV specials glued on TV in the '60s and '70s. lol This was one that must've been one of the first I remember watching. At the time, you just saw The Supremes as that pretty, harmless, sweet famous singing group that was real trendy with the lead singer with the big eyes...what time would tell, huh?! ;) Strange seeing Bing "groove" with all those big, and memorably haunting, hits of that important musical and historical year of 1968.

[joehancock01]

nice

[Guitarrass]

Great Video! Jose and Bing are great and great friends, there's another video in Youtube where they doin a duet in "Mama Don't Allow" and there's incredible

[ChaseOnMars]

Talent + Diversity = Great video!

Diana and Bing and José - three 20th-century legends, showing off their musical chops.

Nice!

[AntoineDCoolette]

Bing sings Beatles.

PERFECTION!

[sweetboy31380]

probably the oddest medley by the oddest mixed bag of artists ever!! i love miss ross and the supremes and i understand their appeal but what the hell was berry thinking? no wonder they had lost all their "hip" by this time! i mean feliciano seems stoned out of his mind, bing seems wasted and y is he singing these beatles tunes? then the "street" clothes the girls are wearing do not work at all; without the glam this is nothing. im rather shocked and floored by this one!

[grayngreen8]

does anyone know the name of the same from 1:50-2:31

anyone know??????? thnx lol

[maddymud]

the first one is "Little Green Apples" and then they go into Glen Cambell's "By the time I get to Phoenix"

[jjm1965]

"Little Green Apples," a hit by O.C. Smith.

[italoman9]

You can tell by her body language, too, that Diana liked Bing and José a lot more than she liked The Supremes. lol

[motorcitymiguel]

Oh Wow,,, excellent..

[outlook98]

there was a clip of the cow girl number on the 25th motown special but I don't know what the details are about what aired and what didn't

[lovesthesax]

you can tell by his body language that Bing liked the Supremes much better than Jose

[motownbaby]

Great posting! Do you have the Supremes performing while walking through town dressed as cowgirls from this same show? If so, please post it!

[best1forward]

that was on here for a while last year...I really like that clip too motownbaby!

[Branner]

Actually, this never aired. It was cut out of the show.

[best1forward]

well i saw the special that this was on in the late 60's and i definitely saw this part!!! I was in Heaven as we rarely got to see the supremes here in australia. the clip with the girls dressed as cowgirls was also aired here in the same special.

[Branner]

On the special (at least here in the States), the girls sang "High Noon" in cowgirl outfits and then sang a medley of songs from Paint Your Wagon with Bing Crosby--and that was it. This section was not aired in the States.