Diana Ross & The Supremes - "If A Girl Isn't Pretty (Barbra Streisand - "Funny Girl")"

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• soul
• broadway
• musical
• theater

[Oreon207]

Fantastic! That's the time were groups were rally all talent, glitter and true glamour. No group then or today like the super-duper Supremes.!

[best1forward]

the thing that would have shocked the white world back when this was released was not how bad it was but how good it was!

[wonderboyjoy]

@TheReturnOfStephan1 i could not agree more. how dare three black women record barbra/fanny bryce's stuff! this was great singing by the mgirls and diana's leads were amazing. white hollywood/broadway etc could not have that. broadway was full of stereotypes back then. black people in showboat etc were still portrayed in a stereotypical way. Good on berry and the supremes and all those involved. this album proved the sipremes could sing anything and have it come out right.

[SpazChat]

@TheReturnOfStephan1 , Berry probably thought by having the girls do that, it would make them seem more "original". I can see what you mean though. Pretty stupid to promote a song that's not even in the film. However, Coronet Man, is by far my favorite cut. I love the dixie ragtime jazz influence on that song

[TheReturnOfStephan1]

@TheReturnOfStephan1

Let's remember, their previous cover album of Beatles songs peaked in the Billboard Top 20-w/out any real publicity, & Diana's natural cabaret/Broadway abilities made creating an "FG" album looked like a great idea, which it was. Her versions of the songs I listed earlier are fantastic & on par w/ the originals, giving them what Streisand's always wanted, but, never quite achieved in any major way-soul.:)

[TheReturnOfStephan1]

@SpazChat At the time, everyone performed "Streisand songs". Berry was just more direct, but, he went for the best production by hiring the film's composer, Jule Styne to work on the album. To me, the primary problem was the songs they chose to perform live were not the album's strongest cuts. Had they performed "DROMP", this song & "The Music That Makes Me Dance', instead of that friggin' "Cornet Man", which isn't even in the film, the album would have done so much better on the charts.

[SpazChat]

@TheReturnOfStephan1 , Well you have to agree at the time, it probably seemed like a pretty cheap shot. It was copy cat stuff. The timing was just bad for this release perhaps? I really don't understand why color has anything to do with it, and why people think that way. It just seems like insanity to me. I'm black and Iisten to Linkin Park cause I like their music. I don't care and never have cared what color they are, cause that kind of thinking is infantile and so superficial

[TheReturnOfStephan1]

@SpazChat

You've misread his point, which was yes, white people loved their pop/soul music, but, looked at them funny when they actually did a full-out B'way album by "their" beloved Barbara, so, when it was released, they were ready to ignore it, to their detriment, b/c it was so good. They screwed themselves out of a great listening experience, and let's be honest, if they really bought it, it would have done much better on the charts.

[SpazChat]

(cont) Also, another thing that disproves your theory is, if they hadn't been good, you wouldn't have seen them on so many "white" tv shows, like Tennessee Ford, Dick Clark, Tami Show, Shindig, Ed Sullivan, Mike Douglas.. The list goes on and on.. They were all over tv in those days

[SpazChat]

@best1forward , I disagree, they had long been popular with white audiences back then. Ironically it was white audiences who knew how good they were. Black audiences protested because they sounded too "white"

[Maatization]

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[BlogShag]

Hard to believe that this was their least successful album. It's actually one of my favorites! The girls nailed it! The Funny Girl showtunes are sung flawlessly with that unmistakable Supremes trademark quality. When they re-release it, I'll be the first in line. Coronet Man is da bomb!