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Post by billyfarmer on Feb 9, 2021 20:54:27 GMT
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Post by daz on Feb 9, 2021 22:50:27 GMT
A real shame to read this.
The Supremes were responsible for some of the best songs of all time and despite Diana Ross being the Queen Bee, Mary could sing too and was responsible for starting up the group aged just 15 and pretty sure none of them would have ever expected the level of success they had when they started out.
RIP Mary
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Post by brinylonshirt on Feb 9, 2021 23:08:27 GMT
Though Mary Wilson rarely sang lead (Floy Joy, Automatically Sunshine), once Diana Ross was gone Wilson became the leader of the Supremes. She saw them through their early 70s period with Jean Terrell on lead where they produced some real classics (Life Beats, Together we Can Make Such Sweet Music, Stoned Love) through to their mid 70s disco period (It's All Been Said Before, High Energy, I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking, You’re My Driving Wheel). The best of their output from 1970 to 1977 was as good as any other female group of that era and their disco singles were first rate. Despite Motown’s less that enthusiastic support for them once Ross was gone it was Wilson who refused to accept the group had no future. She was the one constant member throughout their career. RIP.
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Post by Portland Road on Feb 17, 2021 7:16:38 GMT
'Floy Joy' and 'Automatically Sunshine' were two final top ten hits for The Supremes, recorded and released in the period (1971-72) when "the 60s" finally gave way to "the 70s", as discussed here: minder.proboards.com/thread/5023/musical-decades-music-change-decade?page=1Mary handled the lead vocals after Diana Ross had left for promotion to solo superstardom. In this period, The Supremes continued to produce great songs, but change was imminent. The established mono Tamla Motown sound was being superseded by 'Philadelphia', and vocal groups with lush stereo productions like the Chi-Lites and the O'Jays. Tamla Motown itself moved all its operations from Detroit to LA by summer 1972. Mary remained loyal to The Supremes throughout these changing times - I recall my parents seeing them at the Batley Variety Club in Yorkshire in 1977 - the coach party was awash with comments like "there's only one of the originals left...." but I am told that, on the night, Mari and her colleagues put on a great performance. R.I.P. Mary Wilson. |
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