If anyone THINKS they know Florence, then they are sadly mistaken if they think this is her singing lead; however, that is Flo that ad-libs and has fun with the song in the final 20 seconds. You can hear her hitting those operatic riffs, heys, and just being silly Flo.
I love Diana's voice here; raw and gritty. There is no doubt listening to this song Diana can belt out the notes. This becomes Florence's song at 2:05. She just takes it over and has so much fun with it.
this song rocks very hard .sure the vocals are great,always have been with"The Ladies",but the feature in this song is the energy of rythem and beat well put together in harmony. nobody at the dances of years ago could stand still to this soul driving tune. a great song to get in line and cha-cha to.thanks for the post.
I'm sorry but this Diana singing on lead! U kno it isnt Flo on lead because you can clearly hear her singing background! Plus if ur a true supremes fan u kno certain things that indicate its Diana Ross singing. For example, if u listen carefully u hear a little bit of hiccuping and the way she hits certain notes.
They were so young and cute. Not to mention stylish. This group wasn't meant to be torn apart as it was. Diana is good as a lead, not that she had the greatest voice but her voice was good for most of the songs. Florence and Mary sounded like Angels in the background. They just always seemed equal to me because they needed each other to make this beautiful sound. Oh how I remember and I think this is my first experience with the Supremes. So good. So much talent from ALL. Thanks! :D
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OMG I LOVEE THIS pure amazingg talent and if someone says diana cant sing again they need a slap serriously florence and mary where talented too but diana was also she was great and had a voice too plus she could entertain and give the feeling you where the only one she was singing too amazing i love it thanks for sharing!
Read the Diana Ross biography "Call Her Miss Ross" by J. Randy Taraborelli. This song was off their first album when Berry had not deccided wbo would be the "face" or recognized lead singer of the Supremes. Once Diana Ross started sleeping with him and also because she displayed great charisma on stage, she became the acknowledged lead singer from the second album forward. This is not Diana on lead. Flo was the acknowledged best singer of the three, but Berry wanted crossover appeal.
@BlaxxBchr You need your ears checked and need to read your history. also how many folks did you sleep with? you so worried about diane sleeping with berry..yet its Common company knowledge Mary was a whore. sleepin with Steve mcqueen tom jones and flip wilson..all married men. Every time u bring up diane sleepin with berry I will ADD Tom Jones a married man that Mary gave it up to for free..she was loose and nontalented.
@blkshepherd For one, who Diana Ross slept with is not important to me. I was Diana Ross's number one fan through the 70's and 80's. I am just trying to explain why Flo sang lead here, since it was uncommon for this group. On the first album, Flo sang some leads because Berry had not put Diane out front yet. In my opinion, Diana Ross was always more interesting than Flo and Mary. I always preferred her emotive singing style and unique tone. Stop trippin'!
You say Flo had the better voice and think this is Flo singing, but it is Diana. Diana is so versatile and that’s why Berry kept her as the lead. People think her and Berry’s relationship was why she was the lead.That was not until later.The writers of Motown and Smokey were consulted as who would be the lead.Berry was a business man first.The other girls were just as pretty as Diana, if not prettier,and if Berry wanted them he could have gotten them because they picked married/trashy men.
The writers/Berry took an interest in Diana because she had talent and a commercial appeal whereas Flo did not. Her voice was funkier soul and was not versatile.Diana could sing so many types of music well so it was capitalized off it. Relationships are not just about love/sex, but a control.Berry was an older man and Diana was a young girl.He wanted to control his investment.Flo was always resentful to this and started down a path of self-destruction to the group and herself,
@classanddignity I don't think Florence was resentful to the relationship. I think she had resentment more towards Berry because she felt her talents were being ignored by him and that he was just using the group to push Diana. She never hated Diana. She was P.O'd with her when she was fired, but never angry or bitter towards her.
@RedRoosterRoad I agree.I meant that as a result of the relationship she may have felt that Berry was pushing Diana's career; but it was what he saw in Diana & what he could do with her. He created something with Diana that the industry had not been exposed to before with a black woman. Flo felt she had more to offer & she should have felt that way, but shouldn't think she can force it on Berry. Patience, timing, & place is key to moving into any blessing vs. reacting but she was troubled/young.
@BlaxxBchr , THIS IS DIANA doing the lead singing you retard. I know, cause I have the album. Diana was so good, she could even FOOL dumb asses like you apparently. She's singing in a lower key and different style so apparently you don't recognize the voice. I love how people like you always try to trump up the fact that she slept with Berry. So what. Obviously Diana had something the other groups and singers didn't.
@SpazChat i agree with you. a number of times people have insisted it was florence's voice on certain cuts and it is clearly diana. they will try anything to discredit diana. the supremes were fantastic...unquestioned but diana was brilliant.
@Supremehope Are you sure about that? A Philadelphia radio station used this song as the answer to a trivia question- "What was the Supremes biggest hit without Diana Ross singing lead?"
This and Buttered Popcorn show Flo's true talent...Diana (Diane was here real name) was the Beyonce who egomaniaced her way to lead. Mary' soft voice deserved more time too, and thank God after Diana left, and Jean Terrell came on board she go her chance with Floy Joy and Touch.
Diana is not the lead singer on this song. Check out the same song with the video and you can clearly hear the distinct difference. I saw the video version and it was not familiar to me when I heard this version this is what was plalyed on the radio back in the day.
This is one of the 12 "no hit supremes" singles before H-D-H's Where did our love go, it's on the supremes anthology, and it is DIANA ROSS singing, Flo never sung lead on any of the supremes singles.
You're right Flo did sing lead on Buttered Popcorn which was originally the a-side but motown flipped it over and made Who's lovin you the a-side, so i'll give you that one. I was wrong about the 12 singles, it was actually 7 in america and 9 in the U.K , so let's call it a draw lol
But you said that Who's Loving YOu Was flipped around to the A-side. & Buttered Popcorn, done better locally than Who's Loving You. When it Was wrote, erverybody @ motown thought it had HIT potiential, even berry. When he heard the final product, he decided not to "Plug" it as planned. :)
@idaslpdhr This was a big hit in Cleveland, ohio and we used to dance our tails off to this song, wasn't a mojor hit I guess but we didn't know it until "Baby Love" came out.
THIS TUNE was released on November 5, 1962, and it peaked at #90 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it also gave them the temporary name of the "No Hit Supremes"-
I read somewhere that on her birth certificate, her name is listed as "Diane" but as she got more and more into show business, she began calling herself "Diana", even though Mary Wilson and others that she worked with at Motown still refer to her as "Diane"-
@MikeHudson65 .... No her Mom originally named her Diane but they accidently added an a at the end of her name when they typed her birth certificate. Her family continued to call her Diane anyway but Berry Gordy liked the name Diana better.
For you specialists in Supremes history. The picture of the 3 girls at .17-18 sec. appears to be one of their later photos together. It looks like Flo is on the downturn in the picture. Was she into drugs and alcohol near the end of her Supremes career? She doesn't have that glow that comes across in other pictures. Just an observation.
Have been reading some of the older comments...cannot believe how much arguing is going on over this...it's just a great song, period...Flo did have a better voice than Diane, but it wasn't a distinguished one...it wasn't until Diane (and HDH) found the SOUND that the Supremes took off (and frankly I don't think Flo, or Mary for that matter, could have broken through the layers of sound)...as far as I'm concerned, this is still one of Diane's best vocals, and one of their best ever
@thecountofbasie In my opinion, i think Flo would have been able to cut though the sound just fine. But let's be real, it was the three of them PLUS HDH and Gordy that made them the success they were.
@RedRoosterRoad Totally agree...much as I like the Supremes (and love some of their sides), I find Diana's solo output largely inferior...it's the group that made the vocals, HDH that created the sound, and Berry that had the drive to push it all over the top
@thecountofbasie Yes. Compared to her work within the group, her solo work as you say is largely inferior. Well, it's always nice when fans can reach a quick and painless agreement. Once they had been partnered with HDH, the rest as thy say is history.
@thecountofbasie no we're just sick of you all saying she can do no right. when we all know, no diana no supremes. do peopple honestly believe the supremes at that time would have been anything without diana? really, how blind.
@wonderboyjoy Did you read the comment totally? I specifically said if it wasn't for putting Diana up front, the Supremes would have gotten nowhere...I agree with you there...but nearly every music critic I've ever read (and my own ears) concede that Flo was a technically better singer, she just didn't have IT, which Diana undoubtedly had
@wonderboyjoy , Flo wasn't technically a better singer. She was singer, but she wasn't a vocalist like Diana was. Diana was a very expressive and versatile singer.
@Jamaalq7 , you're the one that needs to get it together. Lead voice of a the number one girl group and 100millions records later. She wasn't chosen to be the lead singer for nothing. People need to start recognizing Diana for the talent she had, and not the talent she didn't have. If you don't like her singing, then move on. You can't change history.
Anyways, I've heard Flo's solo album by ABC. Please.. Yuck!
Thanks for posting the stereo mix of one of my favorite Supremes sides...yes, this is Diana (search for the live performance of the song...can't remember who posted it, but it's great)...you can still hear some of that nasal tone, despite it being a strong vocal (and easily mistaken for Flo at first hearing)...regardless it's a great song from the highly underrated pre-HDH days...thanks for sharing
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This is Flo! Diana Ross cannot sing this way. Look it up on "allmusic". I have listened to "the Supremes" and Diana Ross my whole life. I have heard every tone and timbre Diana Ross can produce. This is not Diana's tone or timbre. This is Flo's tone. Diana cannot belt like this. Her voice is either airy or nasal sharp. C'mon, you all really think Diana sings like this? This is Flo!
OMG. NO SHE DOES NOT. I wish you fools would STOP saying that. This is Diane singing lead. This has been explained many times before. And if that isn't enough proof, there is a LIVE performance of this song posted on YouTube where Diane is singing lead. Flo had a much deeper and powerful soprano. You can hear Flo's at 2:18 singing "Wooo!" and then you hear her in the background singing "Let me go right, let me a-go right!". If she was singing lead, how could she do that in the background? Duh.
This is Diana Ross singing a Berry Gordy composition and produced recording - Gordy made her sing in lower voice than narmally almost like screaming, it was H-D-H who taught her to sing in a lower more sexy nasal tone
This is Diana Ross leading!!!! Flo is in the background.. .Diana was using her untrained voice to fit in with other girl groups back then... Flo is giving the fun theatrics in the back... Keep in mind they were trying styles back then, and Diana later gets the butterscotch gross over sound, this is her out of the projects sing anykindof way sound!
@Supremehope Are you sure about that? A Philadelphia radio station used this song as the answer to a trivia question- "What was the Supremes biggest hit without Diana Ross singing lead?"
So you are saying Flo is singing lead on this song? Ok, she sounds great, but it has a young Diana sound to it. Who is singing the souful high background, isn't that Flo too? Where is Diana in this song?
If you are (really) right, I apologize with utmost humility and may I be whipped with a thousand lashes with a wet noodle. Bottomline, I dig the song and the sound of their first album. I appreciate Flo even more too.
Sorry to all the haters but that is Diana singing lead. Why does everyone feel they have the right to make her out to be Satan. They were young girls chasing a dream and Diana had the crossover voice that Berry Gordy wanted. Diana worked day and night to become the legend she is today and paved the way for many acts today: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey. So instead of dogging her like Mary "Hater" Wilson, let's show a little gratitude and respect.
Like someone on here mentioned, every Supremes fan KNOWS that Diana was the lead singer on this. If you've read up on the story of the Supremes and how it all started, you would know that Diana was actually "shouting" on these earlier songs, rather than sing. The musical key of the earlier songs was way too high for her voice so she had to "shout" or strain to be heard. Finally, HDH had the brilliant idea of lowering the musical key so Diana wouldn't have to "shout" and the rest is history.
This is Flo Ballard singing lead from their first album "Meet the Supremes" in 1962. On the first album every member sang lead on a few songs, but none of the songs became big hits. By 1964, Diana had become the lead singer and the album "Where Did Our Love Go" began their meteoric rise to the top.
I can't believe anybody thinks this is Diane on lead. Diane never sang this full-voiced until she went solo in the 70's.
OMG! Diana Ross is not singing lead. Diana Ross has never been able to shout like this. Diana Ross learned to shout/sing a little when she worked with Ashford & Simpson solo in 1972. The Supremes were young here and Florence Ballard's voice was higher. It became fuller and lower only after years of singing with the group. My good, don't you know Diana's tone by now. Diana has no gruffness in her voice ever. Her voice is always smooth as silk!
Then who is in the background? By this time Diana became main lead and they were a trio. Diana is incorparting flo's style. You can hear Flo and mary in the backgorund. HELLO. When they perfromed it LIVe it sounded similar to the studio recording. You need to do research.
Do me a favor. Go to website allmusic. Look up Supremes. Read entry. Note this song is from the first album they made called "Meet the Supremes" before Barry decided Diana would be the main lead. This album had no hits. Note also it clearly states Florence Ballard sings lead on "Let Me Go The Right Way". Apologize to me and have a nice day!
Do ME a favor on go to Wikipedia and lookup "Let Me Go the Right Way". Here is an excerpt from the article:
"...it featured an unpolished raw R&B vocal from Supremes lead singer Diana Ross, despite speculation that the song was led by Florence Ballard (who only led on one brief line - "A go-go right!" - at the beginning). In fact, Ballard, was prominently featured in the background - especially her ad-libs on the singles outro - while Ross sung in her natural register."
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Neno,
Do Me a favor. Read up on Wikipedia. The articles on Wikipedia are not created by music professionals, but lay persons just like you who don't know much. These articles are often wrong, because the public submits them. Wikipedia is not a professional encyclopedia. It is full; of errors!
You are very much incorrect. This is Diane singing lead. Florence is clear as day in the background singing the upper-register harmony. Clearly you aren't a big Supremes fan if you can't distinguish between these three ladies.
@BlaxxBchr there is a video of the supremes singing this and Lovelight..check youtube..this is diane..shes also sings this at the apollo..thats flo wailing in the bac with mary. your mistaken..diane changed to a lighter tone jus as smokey and mary wells did..all of them sang hard because they thought that was the style..they sound well when they sang softer..remember mary wells sang bye bye baby. it was much different than My Guy..or smokey singin shop around and later ooh baby baby.
@blkshepherd For one, Diana does not sound the same in this video as she does on the recorded version. Her voice is much thinner in the video and far less soulful. I conclude all the lead vocals eventually went to her while on camera even if originally she ws not lead. Furthermore studios, even in the 1960's, had multi-track recording. Lead vocals and back-up vocals were rarely sang at the same time. So a person can sing lead and back-up on a recording at the exact same time, but not live.
@BlaxxBchr what one earth has that got to do with the Fact that its Diana on Lead. Flo was Never the Lead, she may have thought of herself as the lead but she was not The Lead, she was a lead but Diane was the lead on All of those first releases with the exception of Buttered Popcorn and if you Listen closely you can clearly still hear Diane in there..soulful or thin as you say..you people kill me with Flo lead crap..
@blkshepherd And who was MARY WILSON sleeping with? how many married mand did she spread her legs for? GET THE HELL outta here with that 40yr old bullshit.. this is 2010 not 1962, LET it GO. Diana is a Superstar and no matter how good you claim Flo was she WAS Not a unique singer. she didnot sing better than Martha Reeves Gladys horton(marvelettes) NOR Diana. That is why those women were the Leads of their respective groups..You are Dismissed
@BlaxxBchr actually if you really followed the supremes ..dianes voice changed from this too the less rough sensual where did our love go..where HDH had her sing in a lower key.less nasal which she copped an attitude while doin where did our love go.shes really singin where did our love go with an attitude but a Lower key. which she kept until going Lower with Reflections..all the nasal was gone..Lower key. and into the eighties even lower with Upside down..up to today. and will change again
yes mary is singng the Let Me go rights at the end by herself shes an alto - florence the soprano is doing the other "sound effect" (lack of a better term)
diana does sound very nasal but i think thats why she was so successful. she permanantly sounds like a teenager. :D
i love them all though, they all had really nice voices mary's was sweet and smooth, florence was really brassy and gutsy and diana was well.... diana :D
WOOOOW!!!!Dianas voice is sooo strong on here.I have a 4cd set that i bought close to 10yrs ago & her voice is even stronger & gritty on it & its live,the SUPREMES are the best!!!!
Thank you! I've been saying this for a while and people (her Stans) jumped all over me. Look at Diane in the "Someday We'll be Together" performance and then compare it to her recent skin tone...completely different!
Wow I've heard another version of this song and Diana's voice was extremely nasally and uncontrolled but this one sounds a lot different. Like another group even...
No its not its Dianna. Florence is is a high sopranno can't you hear that high pitch voice in the background "baduu baduu baduu baduuuu". Dianna's range was not that high she could never hit those notes.
Mary is an alto, the lowest female voice. Listen to how she says "Let me go the right wayyyy". Flo is a true soprano (first soprano) with fantastic range, although her voice deepened later on.
My god, every Supremes fan KNOWS this is Diana singing lead! As seemingly unfair that she was selected to be the Star, she was not just some clown off the street. She knew how to sing...
Built on a frenetic and gritty R&B production, it featured a unpolished raw R&B vocal from Supremes lead singer Diana Ross, despite speculation that the song was led by Florence Ballard (who only led on one brief line - "I wanna go right!" - at the beginning). In fact, Ballard, the high soprano in the group, was prominently featured in the background along with Mary Wilson while Ross sung in her natural register.
The first Supreme song that I ever heard and had it come out when they were very established stars.....it would have gone right to number one. It's a great one.
2:05-2:20!!!!! FLO is tearing it up! When she shouts out "HEY!!" I wonder if that's how she sounded when she shouted "Hey" to Berry when he would anger her!!! Lololol!
But Diana DOES sound like Flo on this song!! Flo sounds like she's giving Diana a run for her money - even in the background! Especially when she says "Whatcha gonna do?!!! (:22-24)"
Oh, I agree TOTALLY, minnoahbrown! I LOVE this song, but whenever I put it on I have a dilemma: I can't decide if I want to pretend I'm singing back-ups or lead! ...And it's all Flo's fault! :-D She was so pitch-perfect and vivacious!
I like the ending where Flo tears it up, and says stuff like "Whooooo! HEY! A-let me go!.... Vroom-vroom-vroom! A-let me go!.... HEY! HEY! A-let me go!" YOU GO FLO!!!!
This is one of my favorite Supreme songs. I know a lot of young people believe that Flo should have been the lead, but the truth is that the Supremes probably would never have been a cross-over hit without Diana in the lead. Diana was a dynamo and gave the group energy. In addition, her vocals were very unique. With Flo in the lead the Supremes probably would have been on par with the Marvelettes which wasn't bad but they had limited reach compared to the Supremes.
Much as I agree with MODERN ears, Diana's voice was absolutely perfect for early 60s crossover appeal, you're right. Flo was a great singer but unfortunately had too much of a brash soul voice that wasn't acceptable to white ears until years later. Before her time.
Funny though, she also had a very pretty operatic soprano, that certainly could have been used more in their live sets and on albums. Listen to PEOPLE, OH HOLY NIGHT, SILENT NIGHT
Let's see....going to the Senior Prom, spring 1967 (I was a junior) with my boyfriend Marvin...with an after-prom date at the Coconut Grove (Ambassador Hotel), Los Angeles, with The Supremes as the headline act....the "non-soul" audience was drunk as a skunk, but the ladies delivered a class act in spite of the sexual innuendo cat-calls from some of the audience....Peace!! The Struggle Continues....
Yeah I can believe Flo was trying to coach Diana on "getting some soul" because before she was singing screechy (and still continues to do so from time to time), lol...
it is so confusing trying to figure out who it is on lead because it sounds a lot like florence,but then again it has to be florence rockin the background vocals.diana and mary cannot hit those high notes like florence can.therefore,i guess diana is doing lead. weird.but florence's voice was so strong and mature,and she knew how to control it so well even though she was so young.diana ran outta breath a lot,and mary..she could sing but it was nothing fancy.
Diana is definately on lead with Flo and Mary oon backing - Flo is KILLING those top notes and Mary is like a vocal rock and Diana sounds great and fun on this but is clear she is influenced heavily by Florence on this LOL maybe she was listening to Buttered Popcorn before she got into the studio
They should have let Diane sing in her natural register a bit more - this is my first time hearing it, and I'm actually quite shocked at how nice it sounds! For a second it had me believing that Flo was carrying the lead. (That was until I realized Flo was busy tearin' it up in the background - good GOD, high soprano was insane on this song.)
Diana does sound awesome on this, real nice hear her put some SOUL into a song and with Mary as a vocal rock on and Flo reaching the high heavens with those top notes it was a S U P R E M E recording, definately a favourite of mine. I wonder if Flo had helped Diana with this when they were rehearsing the song as Diana's vocal style is very reminiscent of Flo's on this song
If anyone THINKS they know Florence, then they are sadly mistaken if they think this is her singing lead; however, that is Flo that ad-libs and has fun with the song in the final 20 seconds. You can hear her hitting those operatic riffs, heys, and just being silly Flo.
terrybigteekemp 1 month ago
Much as I don't like to admit it this IS Diana on lead vocals look elsewhere on utube for live performance and it will become obvious
pebble1955 2 months ago
1962, two years before hitting it big. Charted #90 Pop
srercrcr 3 months ago
If you think this is Diana, you are mistaken. a Witness
srercrcr 3 months ago
where did you get the photo on 2:00 - 2:05
90BKisaiah 4 months ago
AMAZING SONG FOR THE EARLY SUPREMES
1992Alipio 7 months ago
I love Diana's voice here; raw and gritty. There is no doubt listening to this song Diana can belt out the notes. This becomes Florence's song at 2:05. She just takes it over and has so much fun with it.
terrybigteekemp 7 months ago
@terrybigteekemp Lets not Overlook Miss Mary's Hand Clapping Ability!, It remains the pivitol factor in the success of The Supremes!!!!
TheReturnOfBigBear 7 months ago 3
@TheReturnOfBigBear I forgot she was even in this song. Sometimes I forget that she was even a Supreme. She was a Supreme wasn't she?
terrybigteekemp 7 months ago
@terrybigteekemp Who could Possibly "Forget" Miss Mary Birdsong!, She was, Afterall, "THE QUINTESSENTIAL VANDELLA!
TheReturnOfBigBear 7 months ago 5
this song rocks very hard .sure the vocals are great,always have been with"The Ladies",but the feature in this song is the energy of rythem and beat well put together in harmony. nobody at the dances of years ago could stand still to this soul driving tune. a great song to get in line and cha-cha to.thanks for the post.
hotsauce4495 7 months ago
Power house photo at 2:02. The Temps, Supremes, Stevie, Smokey and The Miracles, and Martha and The Vandellas. That's a lot of talent in that pic.
terrybigteekemp 11 months ago
I'm sorry but this Diana singing on lead! U kno it isnt Flo on lead because you can clearly hear her singing background! Plus if ur a true supremes fan u kno certain things that indicate its Diana Ross singing. For example, if u listen carefully u hear a little bit of hiccuping and the way she hits certain notes.
oldschool712 1 year ago
They were so young and cute. Not to mention stylish. This group wasn't meant to be torn apart as it was. Diana is good as a lead, not that she had the greatest voice but her voice was good for most of the songs. Florence and Mary sounded like Angels in the background. They just always seemed equal to me because they needed each other to make this beautiful sound. Oh how I remember and I think this is my first experience with the Supremes. So good. So much talent from ALL. Thanks! :D
9876543217303 1 year ago
i love Diana voice in this song and the supremes!
Calomante 1 year ago
With all the great hits the supremes had.. it is still my favorite song they did. I just love the beat.
cboncklis 1 year ago
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
Real music!!
clubstav 1 year ago
This is my all-time favorite Supremes song.
Rheneas2 1 year ago 2
I just Love !!! Florence Ballard is my favourite, really this song is wonderful !!!
TheSupremesMJJackson 1 year ago
Its so obvious that Diana is lead here. Why do people keep saying its not?
brettsomers 1 year ago 5
i kinda like the sound of diana voice even though she sounds like a wanabe florence ballard just listen to it
LOCKSONLOCKS 1 year ago
i cant say any thing but BUTIFULL
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ComoLaFlorr 1 year ago
OMG I LOVEE THIS pure amazingg talent and if someone says diana cant sing again they need a slap serriously florence and mary where talented too but diana was also she was great and had a voice too plus she could entertain and give the feeling you where the only one she was singing too amazing i love it thanks for sharing!
ComoLaFlorr 1 year ago
Read the Diana Ross biography "Call Her Miss Ross" by J. Randy Taraborelli. This song was off their first album when Berry had not deccided wbo would be the "face" or recognized lead singer of the Supremes. Once Diana Ross started sleeping with him and also because she displayed great charisma on stage, she became the acknowledged lead singer from the second album forward. This is not Diana on lead. Flo was the acknowledged best singer of the three, but Berry wanted crossover appeal.
BlaxxBchr 1 year ago
@BlaxxBchr You need your ears checked and need to read your history. also how many folks did you sleep with? you so worried about diane sleeping with berry..yet its Common company knowledge Mary was a whore. sleepin with Steve mcqueen tom jones and flip wilson..all married men. Every time u bring up diane sleepin with berry I will ADD Tom Jones a married man that Mary gave it up to for free..she was loose and nontalented.
blkshepherd 1 year ago
@blkshepherd For one, who Diana Ross slept with is not important to me. I was Diana Ross's number one fan through the 70's and 80's. I am just trying to explain why Flo sang lead here, since it was uncommon for this group. On the first album, Flo sang some leads because Berry had not put Diane out front yet. In my opinion, Diana Ross was always more interesting than Flo and Mary. I always preferred her emotive singing style and unique tone. Stop trippin'!
BlaxxBchr 1 year ago
You say Flo had the better voice and think this is Flo singing, but it is Diana. Diana is so versatile and that’s why Berry kept her as the lead. People think her and Berry’s relationship was why she was the lead.That was not until later.The writers of Motown and Smokey were consulted as who would be the lead.Berry was a business man first.The other girls were just as pretty as Diana, if not prettier,and if Berry wanted them he could have gotten them because they picked married/trashy men.
classanddignity 1 year ago
The writers/Berry took an interest in Diana because she had talent and a commercial appeal whereas Flo did not. Her voice was funkier soul and was not versatile.Diana could sing so many types of music well so it was capitalized off it. Relationships are not just about love/sex, but a control.Berry was an older man and Diana was a young girl.He wanted to control his investment.Flo was always resentful to this and started down a path of self-destruction to the group and herself,
classanddignity 1 year ago
@classanddignity I don't think Florence was resentful to the relationship. I think she had resentment more towards Berry because she felt her talents were being ignored by him and that he was just using the group to push Diana. She never hated Diana. She was P.O'd with her when she was fired, but never angry or bitter towards her.
RedRoosterRoad 10 months ago
@RedRoosterRoad I agree.I meant that as a result of the relationship she may have felt that Berry was pushing Diana's career; but it was what he saw in Diana & what he could do with her. He created something with Diana that the industry had not been exposed to before with a black woman. Flo felt she had more to offer & she should have felt that way, but shouldn't think she can force it on Berry. Patience, timing, & place is key to moving into any blessing vs. reacting but she was troubled/young.
classanddignity 10 months ago
@BlaxxBchr , THIS IS DIANA doing the lead singing you retard. I know, cause I have the album. Diana was so good, she could even FOOL dumb asses like you apparently. She's singing in a lower key and different style so apparently you don't recognize the voice. I love how people like you always try to trump up the fact that she slept with Berry. So what. Obviously Diana had something the other groups and singers didn't.
SpazChat 3 months ago
@SpazChat i agree with you. a number of times people have insisted it was florence's voice on certain cuts and it is clearly diana. they will try anything to discredit diana. the supremes were fantastic...unquestioned but diana was brilliant.
wonderboyjoy 3 months ago
I have been looking for this song FOREVER! thx for posting it! Does anyone know what disc set it is on?
taurus1980chic 1 year ago
The simple fact is diana slept with berry gordy and mary and flo would not and thus diana got the lead.
holgerspeckter 1 year ago
beautiful photos !!!
TheSupremesMJJackson 1 year ago 4
Yes they are:)
lilmissy691 1 year ago 4
I enjoy it Congratulations !!!
TheSupremesMJJackson 1 year ago
i luv this song
bobo4890 1 year ago
Flo was not into drugs, but tranquilizers after she was raped on tour after just completing The Supremes sing Holland Dozier, Holland.
watchtyme 1 year ago
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Buttered Popcorn (there are at least 3 versions)
watchtyme 1 year ago
This and Buttered Popcorn show Flo's true talent...Diana (Diane was here real name) was the Beyonce who egomaniaced her way to lead. Mary' soft voice deserved more time too, and thank God after Diana left, and Jean Terrell came on board she go her chance with Floy Joy and Touch.
watchtyme 1 year ago
It's Flo who sings in this song
TheSupremesMJJackson 1 year ago
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@TheSupremesMJJackson Shut up troll.
Neno8403 1 year ago
flo was really great in this
kennacole89 1 year ago 2
That 's perfect I love hers i love
TheSupremesMJJackson 1 year ago
Diana is not the lead singer on this song. Check out the same song with the video and you can clearly hear the distinct difference. I saw the video version and it was not familiar to me when I heard this version this is what was plalyed on the radio back in the day.
Mizlexieb 1 year ago
My favorite Supreme song. Very unusual for them. Reggae beat lead by a cowbell! (heard alone at :40)
schaferatsprynet 1 year ago
Who sang lead on "Your heart belongs to me"? It doesn't sound like Diana.
TheeJennycash 1 year ago
It is Diana.
suedemiddleton 1 year ago
This is one of the 12 "no hit supremes" singles before H-D-H's Where did our love go, it's on the supremes anthology, and it is DIANA ROSS singing, Flo never sung lead on any of the supremes singles.
idaslpdhr 2 years ago
You're wrong. They had 6 singles that failed. and Flo did sing lead on a single. Buttered popcorn the second single released in 1961
silkdavid1123 2 years ago
You're right Flo did sing lead on Buttered Popcorn which was originally the a-side but motown flipped it over and made Who's lovin you the a-side, so i'll give you that one. I was wrong about the 12 singles, it was actually 7 in america and 9 in the U.K , so let's call it a draw lol
idaslpdhr 2 years ago
Who's Loving You Was NEVER the A-side. Motown, from orders from Berry, treated it as an A-side, Although Buttered Popcorn was more successful. :)
suedemiddleton 2 years ago
Isn't That what I said, and how was it more successful it didnt even chart.
idaslpdhr 2 years ago
But you said that Who's Loving YOu Was flipped around to the A-side. & Buttered Popcorn, done better locally than Who's Loving You. When it Was wrote, erverybody @ motown thought it had HIT potiential, even berry. When he heard the final product, he decided not to "Plug" it as planned. :)
suedemiddleton 2 years ago
@idaslpdhr This was a big hit in Cleveland, ohio and we used to dance our tails off to this song, wasn't a mojor hit I guess but we didn't know it until "Baby Love" came out.
cassieann1000 1 year ago
THIS TUNE was released on November 5, 1962, and it peaked at #90 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it also gave them the temporary name of the "No Hit Supremes"-
christheone8773 2 years ago
I asked that but apparently Diane was Diana Ross's name and she changed it to Diana.
MikeHudson65 2 years ago
I read somewhere that on her birth certificate, her name is listed as "Diane" but as she got more and more into show business, she began calling herself "Diana", even though Mary Wilson and others that she worked with at Motown still refer to her as "Diane"-
christheone8773 2 years ago
@MikeHudson65 .... No her Mom originally named her Diane but they accidently added an a at the end of her name when they typed her birth certificate. Her family continued to call her Diane anyway but Berry Gordy liked the name Diana better.
44joints 1 year ago
For you specialists in Supremes history. The picture of the 3 girls at .17-18 sec. appears to be one of their later photos together. It looks like Flo is on the downturn in the picture. Was she into drugs and alcohol near the end of her Supremes career? She doesn't have that glow that comes across in other pictures. Just an observation.
MrDennyman 2 years ago
Duh.
Neno8403 2 years ago
Have been reading some of the older comments...cannot believe how much arguing is going on over this...it's just a great song, period...Flo did have a better voice than Diane, but it wasn't a distinguished one...it wasn't until Diane (and HDH) found the SOUND that the Supremes took off (and frankly I don't think Flo, or Mary for that matter, could have broken through the layers of sound)...as far as I'm concerned, this is still one of Diane's best vocals, and one of their best ever
thecountofbasie 2 years ago 21
@thecountofbasie In my opinion, i think Flo would have been able to cut though the sound just fine. But let's be real, it was the three of them PLUS HDH and Gordy that made them the success they were.
RedRoosterRoad 10 months ago
@RedRoosterRoad Totally agree...much as I like the Supremes (and love some of their sides), I find Diana's solo output largely inferior...it's the group that made the vocals, HDH that created the sound, and Berry that had the drive to push it all over the top
thecountofbasie 10 months ago
@thecountofbasie Yes. Compared to her work within the group, her solo work as you say is largely inferior. Well, it's always nice when fans can reach a quick and painless agreement. Once they had been partnered with HDH, the rest as thy say is history.
RedRoosterRoad 10 months ago
@RedRoosterRoad Unfortunately, we'd both probably better duck for cover, since lots of Diana Ross fans still think she can do no wrong.
thecountofbasie 10 months ago
@thecountofbasie
Ooh, now that's when the "bitches" come out to play. I'd hate to be the person to make a comment comparing MW to DR.
Oh Lord. . .
RedRoosterRoad 10 months ago
@thecountofbasie no we're just sick of you all saying she can do no right. when we all know, no diana no supremes. do peopple honestly believe the supremes at that time would have been anything without diana? really, how blind.
wonderboyjoy 4 months ago
@wonderboyjoy Did you read the comment totally? I specifically said if it wasn't for putting Diana up front, the Supremes would have gotten nowhere...I agree with you there...but nearly every music critic I've ever read (and my own ears) concede that Flo was a technically better singer, she just didn't have IT, which Diana undoubtedly had
thecountofbasie 4 months ago
@thecountofbasie cheers and peace.
wonderboyjoy 4 months ago
@wonderboyjoy , Flo wasn't technically a better singer. She was singer, but she wasn't a vocalist like Diana was. Diana was a very expressive and versatile singer.
SpazChat 3 months ago
@SpazChat Flo's technique waaas waaay better than hers its very operatic....and trained..get it 2gether
Jamaalq7 1 month ago
@Jamaalq7 , you're the one that needs to get it together. Lead voice of a the number one girl group and 100millions records later. She wasn't chosen to be the lead singer for nothing. People need to start recognizing Diana for the talent she had, and not the talent she didn't have. If you don't like her singing, then move on. You can't change history.
Anyways, I've heard Flo's solo album by ABC. Please.. Yuck!
SpazChat 3 weeks ago
that live clip was posted by Supremes59, BTW...very early and pre-makeover performance, and quite wonderful...a must see for fans
thecountofbasie 2 years ago
Thanks for posting the stereo mix of one of my favorite Supremes sides...yes, this is Diana (search for the live performance of the song...can't remember who posted it, but it's great)...you can still hear some of that nasal tone, despite it being a strong vocal (and easily mistaken for Flo at first hearing)...regardless it's a great song from the highly underrated pre-HDH days...thanks for sharing
thecountofbasie 2 years ago 2
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love this song
dynamite8503 2 years ago
Who's Diane?
MikeHudson65 2 years ago
Diane Ross ... the lady singing the song and the lady who sang lead for The Supremes about 99% of the time.
Neno8403 2 years ago
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This is Flo! Diana Ross cannot sing this way. Look it up on "allmusic". I have listened to "the Supremes" and Diana Ross my whole life. I have heard every tone and timbre Diana Ross can produce. This is not Diana's tone or timbre. This is Flo's tone. Diana cannot belt like this. Her voice is either airy or nasal sharp. C'mon, you all really think Diana sings like this? This is Flo!
BlaxxBchr 2 years ago
No, this is Diana singing. Flo is in the background with her soaring soprano.
deep71483 2 years ago 2
Blaxx I agree with you. I do not know for sure --- but, it my impression as well.
LADYDAEE 2 years ago
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flo ballard defianately sings this song
ronsgrl619 2 years ago
OMG. NO SHE DOES NOT. I wish you fools would STOP saying that. This is Diane singing lead. This has been explained many times before. And if that isn't enough proof, there is a LIVE performance of this song posted on YouTube where Diane is singing lead. Flo had a much deeper and powerful soprano. You can hear Flo's at 2:18 singing "Wooo!" and then you hear her in the background singing "Let me go right, let me a-go right!". If she was singing lead, how could she do that in the background? Duh.
Neno8403 2 years ago 2
This is Diana Ross singing a Berry Gordy composition and produced recording - Gordy made her sing in lower voice than narmally almost like screaming, it was H-D-H who taught her to sing in a lower more sexy nasal tone
mystkpizza 2 years ago
This is Diana Ross leading!!!! Flo is in the background.. .Diana was using her untrained voice to fit in with other girl groups back then... Flo is giving the fun theatrics in the back... Keep in mind they were trying styles back then, and Diana later gets the butterscotch gross over sound, this is her out of the projects sing anykindof way sound!
Supremehope 2 years ago 13
Supremehope if that was the case, she should have kept that sound.
LADYDAEE 2 years ago
@Supremehope Are you sure about that? A Philadelphia radio station used this song as the answer to a trivia question- "What was the Supremes biggest hit without Diana Ross singing lead?"
DickAllen4HOF 1 year ago
So you are saying Flo is singing lead on this song? Ok, she sounds great, but it has a young Diana sound to it. Who is singing the souful high background, isn't that Flo too? Where is Diana in this song?
If you are (really) right, I apologize with utmost humility and may I be whipped with a thousand lashes with a wet noodle. Bottomline, I dig the song and the sound of their first album. I appreciate Flo even more too.
MrDennyman 2 years ago
I'm no great Diana Ross fan, but I know she is singling lead on this song. But I don't care, this is such a great Motown song!!
But one thing I gotta say about Diana, my daughter and I saw her at the Fox Theater in Detroit in the 90s and she was damn good!
MrDennyman 2 years ago
Sorry to all the haters but that is Diana singing lead. Why does everyone feel they have the right to make her out to be Satan. They were young girls chasing a dream and Diana had the crossover voice that Berry Gordy wanted. Diana worked day and night to become the legend she is today and paved the way for many acts today: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey. So instead of dogging her like Mary "Hater" Wilson, let's show a little gratitude and respect.
SuperEric39 2 years ago
Like someone on here mentioned, every Supremes fan KNOWS that Diana was the lead singer on this. If you've read up on the story of the Supremes and how it all started, you would know that Diana was actually "shouting" on these earlier songs, rather than sing. The musical key of the earlier songs was way too high for her voice so she had to "shout" or strain to be heard. Finally, HDH had the brilliant idea of lowering the musical key so Diana wouldn't have to "shout" and the rest is history.
CalamityJane3280 2 years ago 2
This is Flo Ballard singing lead from their first album "Meet the Supremes" in 1962. On the first album every member sang lead on a few songs, but none of the songs became big hits. By 1964, Diana had become the lead singer and the album "Where Did Our Love Go" began their meteoric rise to the top.
I can't believe anybody thinks this is Diane on lead. Diane never sang this full-voiced until she went solo in the 70's.
BlaxxBchr 2 years ago
This IS DIANA ROSS ON LEAD. You can hear florence on the background. You must not be an avid supreme fab.
AuthenticFeirce 2 years ago 2
OMG! Diana Ross is not singing lead. Diana Ross has never been able to shout like this. Diana Ross learned to shout/sing a little when she worked with Ashford & Simpson solo in 1972. The Supremes were young here and Florence Ballard's voice was higher. It became fuller and lower only after years of singing with the group. My good, don't you know Diana's tone by now. Diana has no gruffness in her voice ever. Her voice is always smooth as silk!
BlaxxBchr 2 years ago
Then who is in the background? By this time Diana became main lead and they were a trio. Diana is incorparting flo's style. You can hear Flo and mary in the backgorund. HELLO. When they perfromed it LIVe it sounded similar to the studio recording. You need to do research.
AuthenticFeirce 2 years ago 3
Do me a favor. Go to website allmusic. Look up Supremes. Read entry. Note this song is from the first album they made called "Meet the Supremes" before Barry decided Diana would be the main lead. This album had no hits. Note also it clearly states Florence Ballard sings lead on "Let Me Go The Right Way". Apologize to me and have a nice day!
BlaxxBchr 2 years ago
No. Go to Wikipedia and read the article. Or just read Mary's book. diana sang louder and tone higher to match the R&b beat to it.
AuthenticFeirce 2 years ago
Do ME a favor on go to Wikipedia and lookup "Let Me Go the Right Way". Here is an excerpt from the article:
"...it featured an unpolished raw R&B vocal from Supremes lead singer Diana Ross, despite speculation that the song was led by Florence Ballard (who only led on one brief line - "A go-go right!" - at the beginning). In fact, Ballard, was prominently featured in the background - especially her ad-libs on the singles outro - while Ross sung in her natural register."
You are done!
Neno8403 2 years ago 4
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Neno,
Do Me a favor. Read up on Wikipedia. The articles on Wikipedia are not created by music professionals, but lay persons just like you who don't know much. These articles are often wrong, because the public submits them. Wikipedia is not a professional encyclopedia. It is full; of errors!
BlaxxBchr 2 years ago
You are very much incorrect. This is Diane singing lead. Florence is clear as day in the background singing the upper-register harmony. Clearly you aren't a big Supremes fan if you can't distinguish between these three ladies.
Neno8403 2 years ago 3
Oops! So WRONG YOU ARE. This def Ross singing lead here. Shows how little you know of the "timbre" of her voice, huh?
missbirdsong 2 years ago 2
@BlaxxBchr there is a video of the supremes singing this and Lovelight..check youtube..this is diane..shes also sings this at the apollo..thats flo wailing in the bac with mary. your mistaken..diane changed to a lighter tone jus as smokey and mary wells did..all of them sang hard because they thought that was the style..they sound well when they sang softer..remember mary wells sang bye bye baby. it was much different than My Guy..or smokey singin shop around and later ooh baby baby.
blkshepherd 1 year ago
@blkshepherd For one, Diana does not sound the same in this video as she does on the recorded version. Her voice is much thinner in the video and far less soulful. I conclude all the lead vocals eventually went to her while on camera even if originally she ws not lead. Furthermore studios, even in the 1960's, had multi-track recording. Lead vocals and back-up vocals were rarely sang at the same time. So a person can sing lead and back-up on a recording at the exact same time, but not live.
BlaxxBchr 1 year ago
@BlaxxBchr what one earth has that got to do with the Fact that its Diana on Lead. Flo was Never the Lead, she may have thought of herself as the lead but she was not The Lead, she was a lead but Diane was the lead on All of those first releases with the exception of Buttered Popcorn and if you Listen closely you can clearly still hear Diane in there..soulful or thin as you say..you people kill me with Flo lead crap..
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BlaxxBchr 1 year ago
@blkshepherd And who was MARY WILSON sleeping with? how many married mand did she spread her legs for? GET THE HELL outta here with that 40yr old bullshit.. this is 2010 not 1962, LET it GO. Diana is a Superstar and no matter how good you claim Flo was she WAS Not a unique singer. she didnot sing better than Martha Reeves Gladys horton(marvelettes) NOR Diana. That is why those women were the Leads of their respective groups..You are Dismissed
blkshepherd 1 year ago
@BlaxxBchr actually if you really followed the supremes ..dianes voice changed from this too the less rough sensual where did our love go..where HDH had her sing in a lower key.less nasal which she copped an attitude while doin where did our love go.shes really singin where did our love go with an attitude but a Lower key. which she kept until going Lower with Reflections..all the nasal was gone..Lower key. and into the eighties even lower with Upside down..up to today. and will change again
blkshepherd 1 year ago
always love this song by them
wmddn 2 years ago
Don't forget to watch Florence's (Unsung) story on the TVOne channel Sunday June 28th 09
DEEDUBB1979 2 years ago
I think that florence was singing lead for this.
dorindaclarkcole 2 years ago
No Florence is clearly in the background she is the prominent one in the backing esp at the end - and Florences voice isnt nasaly
MarvelettesDude 2 years ago 2
u can here marey sing "let Me Go right" at 2:00..an she id not no soprano..sound good but no soprano
lovemotown 2 years ago
yes mary is singng the Let Me go rights at the end by herself shes an alto - florence the soprano is doing the other "sound effect" (lack of a better term)
MarvelettesDude 2 years ago
diana does sound very nasal but i think thats why she was so successful. she permanantly sounds like a teenager. :D
i love them all though, they all had really nice voices mary's was sweet and smooth, florence was really brassy and gutsy and diana was well.... diana :D
gamegirl07 2 years ago
WOOOOW!!!!Dianas voice is sooo strong on here.I have a 4cd set that i bought close to 10yrs ago & her voice is even stronger & gritty on it & its live,the SUPREMES are the best!!!!
iluvrachellef 2 years ago
DAMN FLO GOT SOUL
treasurly 2 years ago
Is it me, or did diana ross' skin complexion get alot more lighter through the years???
it seems like now she has the same skin complexion as flo did, but in these pictures her skin and flo's skin look completly different
ArAb1535 2 years ago 2
YES L M A O !
Her skin has got lighter....
LOL.
MeetTheSupremes 2 years ago
I've noticed that as well. I think some people get paler as they get older, lol
deep71483 2 years ago
Thank you! I've been saying this for a while and people (her Stans) jumped all over me. Look at Diane in the "Someday We'll be Together" performance and then compare it to her recent skin tone...completely different!
dreamboynyc2 2 years ago 2
Wow I've heard another version of this song and Diana's voice was extremely nasally and uncontrolled but this one sounds a lot different. Like another group even...
Emoore80234 2 years ago
Dianna tends to sound very nasally at times.
Frederm 2 years ago
I Thought This Was Flo Singing????
SoulnSensual 2 years ago
No its not its Dianna. Florence is is a high sopranno can't you hear that high pitch voice in the background "baduu baduu baduu baduuuu". Dianna's range was not that high she could never hit those notes.
Frederm 2 years ago
Exactly, Diana was a true mezzo soprano. Florence had a broad range and could sing very high sopranos.
deep71483 2 years ago
Diana was a soprano, Florence was a soprano. Mary was alow mezzo soprano.
AuthenticFeirce 2 years ago
Mary is an alto, the lowest female voice. Listen to how she says "Let me go the right wayyyy". Flo is a true soprano (first soprano) with fantastic range, although her voice deepened later on.
deep71483 2 years ago
That doesn't mean she is an alto. It proves that she had great chest notes and had a great lower register. I have heard sopranos go low as that.
AuthenticFeirce 2 years ago
dian is actually a lyric soprano...her voice is to light fora mezzo soprano
LILRuthlessplaya88 2 years ago
The best Supremes record in my opinion.
Dittoenvy 2 years ago 2
I can kind of see why Flo was not really a lead. Her background soprano vocals are awesome, out of this world.
deep71483 3 years ago 7
Yes, her vocals where out of this world!
lilmissy691 3 years ago 2
My god, every Supremes fan KNOWS this is Diana singing lead! As seemingly unfair that she was selected to be the Star, she was not just some clown off the street. She knew how to sing...
brettsomers 3 years ago
Why did she stop singing like this. She sounded great.
deep71483 3 years ago 2
Yep and so did the others!
Frederm 2 years ago
lol I think this is Diana singing lead at around 2:10 you can hear Flo in the background, while Diana is singing the lead.
hotkatnj1 3 years ago
Why does she sound so much like Flo
BARBIEDANCER1323 3 years ago
Sorry...people this is Diana singing.
tisha812 3 years ago 2
Built on a frenetic and gritty R&B production, it featured a unpolished raw R&B vocal from Supremes lead singer Diana Ross, despite speculation that the song was led by Florence Ballard (who only led on one brief line - "I wanna go right!" - at the beginning). In fact, Ballard, the high soprano in the group, was prominently featured in the background along with Mary Wilson while Ross sung in her natural register.
logan4u2nv 3 years ago
You are correct!
TonygMus2 2 years ago
This here Motown tune by the girls was released in November of 1962 as Motown 1034
Chicago10281 3 years ago
The first Supreme song that I ever heard and had it come out when they were very established stars.....it would have gone right to number one. It's a great one.
rdf1947 3 years ago 3
flo in the background having fun makes the whole song
hawkcat06 3 years ago 17
@hawkcat06 never the same after flo left...yet diana made the group...and sold records...things happen...Gods in charge...!
yedon68 1 year ago
2:05-2:20!!!!! FLO is tearing it up! When she shouts out "HEY!!" I wonder if that's how she sounded when she shouted "Hey" to Berry when he would anger her!!! Lololol!
minnoahbrown 3 years ago 13
But Diana DOES sound like Flo on this song!! Flo sounds like she's giving Diana a run for her money - even in the background! Especially when she says "Whatcha gonna do?!!! (:22-24)"
minnoahbrown 3 years ago 9
Oh, I agree TOTALLY, minnoahbrown! I LOVE this song, but whenever I put it on I have a dilemma: I can't decide if I want to pretend I'm singing back-ups or lead! ...And it's all Flo's fault! :-D She was so pitch-perfect and vivacious!
bcoombs1988 3 years ago 8
I like the ending where Flo tears it up, and says stuff like "Whooooo! HEY! A-let me go!.... Vroom-vroom-vroom! A-let me go!.... HEY! HEY! A-let me go!" YOU GO FLO!!!!
minnoahbrown 3 years ago 11
Yea thats my fav part too.
gotta love
Flo!
=]
lilmissy691 3 years ago
Ditto!
MotownMs 3 years ago
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this is flo singing lead im sure
pandallama1234 3 years ago
no it's Diana
lilmissy691 3 years ago
This is one of my favorite Supreme songs. I know a lot of young people believe that Flo should have been the lead, but the truth is that the Supremes probably would never have been a cross-over hit without Diana in the lead. Diana was a dynamo and gave the group energy. In addition, her vocals were very unique. With Flo in the lead the Supremes probably would have been on par with the Marvelettes which wasn't bad but they had limited reach compared to the Supremes.
winsome1235 3 years ago 2
Much as I agree with MODERN ears, Diana's voice was absolutely perfect for early 60s crossover appeal, you're right. Flo was a great singer but unfortunately had too much of a brash soul voice that wasn't acceptable to white ears until years later. Before her time.
freeek04 3 years ago
Funny though, she also had a very pretty operatic soprano, that certainly could have been used more in their live sets and on albums. Listen to PEOPLE, OH HOLY NIGHT, SILENT NIGHT
JonathanLGardner 3 years ago
Let's see....going to the Senior Prom, spring 1967 (I was a junior) with my boyfriend Marvin...with an after-prom date at the Coconut Grove (Ambassador Hotel), Los Angeles, with The Supremes as the headline act....the "non-soul" audience was drunk as a skunk, but the ladies delivered a class act in spite of the sexual innuendo cat-calls from some of the audience....Peace!! The Struggle Continues....
Montaukme 3 years ago
Yeah I can believe Flo was trying to coach Diana on "getting some soul" because before she was singing screechy (and still continues to do so from time to time), lol...
timmy841212 3 years ago
this is definitely my all-time favorite by the Supremes............they still play this in Philly clubs
LindaLou1234 3 years ago
it is so confusing trying to figure out who it is on lead because it sounds a lot like florence,but then again it has to be florence rockin the background vocals.diana and mary cannot hit those high notes like florence can.therefore,i guess diana is doing lead. weird.but florence's voice was so strong and mature,and she knew how to control it so well even though she was so young.diana ran outta breath a lot,and mary..she could sing but it was nothing fancy.
iluvflorenceballard 3 years ago
Diana is definately on lead with Flo and Mary oon backing - Flo is KILLING those top notes and Mary is like a vocal rock and Diana sounds great and fun on this but is clear she is influenced heavily by Florence on this LOL maybe she was listening to Buttered Popcorn before she got into the studio
JonathanLGardner 3 years ago 2
They should have let Diane sing in her natural register a bit more - this is my first time hearing it, and I'm actually quite shocked at how nice it sounds! For a second it had me believing that Flo was carrying the lead. (That was until I realized Flo was busy tearin' it up in the background - good GOD, high soprano was insane on this song.)
bcoombs1988 3 years ago 4
Diana does sound awesome on this, real nice hear her put some SOUL into a song and with Mary as a vocal rock on and Flo reaching the high heavens with those top notes it was a S U P R E M E recording, definately a favourite of mine. I wonder if Flo had helped Diana with this when they were rehearsing the song as Diana's vocal style is very reminiscent of Flo's on this song
JonathanLGardner 3 years ago
I was even born when this came out.. but I love them.. they are the best!!..
wtfwant88 3 years ago 2
1962, right?
Chicago10281 3 years ago