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July 13, 2024

45 RPMs 82: The Supremes – Come See About Me

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45 RPM record  
photo by Styrous®
 
    
On Monday, July 13, 1964, Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson (The Supremes), walked into the studios of Motown records and recorded one of their biggest hits, Come See About Me, written by the Motown main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland.             
 
The Supremes and Motown were the first to record the song but not to release it; it was recorded after them but released earlier by Wand Record  and Nella Dodds. Her version started selling, climbing to No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100, but Motown rushed to released the Supremes' version as a single, which killed the sales of Dodds's version. The Supreme's version fades in whereas the Dodds' version starts normally and is not as fast.          
 
In the gay bars of the pre-disco period, I loved to dance to See About Me with it's infectious beat but it was only decades later that I realized it's actually a sad song about a woman whose lost her lover.       
 
Before they became famous, the girls were in a group called The Primettes with none other than the Temptations and they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show on November 19, 1967 (YouTube link below).   



        
Tracklist:

Side 1:

A - Come See About Me - 2:39

Side 2:

B - Always In My Heart - 2:26

Companies, etc.

    Copyright © – Motown Record Corporation
    Published By – Jobete
    Mastered At – Nashville Matrix
    Pressed By – American Record Pressing Co.

 Credits:
 
    Producer [Produced By] – Holland & Dozier
    Written-By – Holland, Dozier, Holland*

 Personelle:

    •    Lead vocals by Diana Ross
    •    Background vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
    •    All instruments by the Funk Brothers[10]
    ◦    Earl Van Dyke – piano
    ◦    Joe Messina – guitar
    ◦    James Jamerson – bass
    ◦    Uriel Jones – drums
    ◦    Jack Ashford – vibraphone
    ◦    Hank Cosby – tenor saxophone
    ◦    Andrew "Mike" Terry – baritone saxophone
    •    Footstomps by Mike Valvano
 
Notes:

Label / pressing plant variant: No bottom scroll text on labels.

© 1964
Jobete BMI

© 1964 Motown Record Corporation

Side A: Taken from Album "Where Did Our Love Go" MT 621

Barcode and Other Identifiers        
        
    Rights Society: BMI
    Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): ARP
    Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): DM HVV-097205
    Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): DM HVV-099202
    Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A, Variant 1): RK4M-2604-1-S HVV - 097205 ARP Nashhville Matirx 10
    Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side B, Variant 1): RK4M -2686-1 G Nashville Matrix DMHVV-0922 D2 ARP
    Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A, Variant 2): RK4M-2604-1-G HVV - 097205 Nashhville Matirx 10 ARP
    Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side B, Variant 2): RK4M -2686-1 G ARP Nashville Matrix DMHVV-0922 D2
        
The Supremes – Come See About Me
Label:    Motown – M-1068
Format:    Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, American Record Pressing
Country: US
Released: Oct 27, 1964
Genre:    Funk / Soul
Style:    Soul, Vocal        
        
        
Viewfinder links:       
         
Ed Sullivan            
The Supremes         
Temptations
     
Net links:       
         
         
         
        
     
YouTube links:      
        
Nella Dodds ~  Come See About Me        
The Supremes ~ Come See About Me        
        
        

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April 30, 2021

Holland–Dozier–Holland articles/mentions

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Don Cherry ~ Band of Gold         
The Supremes ~ 
    I Hear a Symphony    
    Stop! In the Name of Love   
Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do   
      
      
     
     
      
      
     
      
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January 12, 2021

45 RPMs 54: Don Cherry ~ Band of Gold

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7" vinyl 45 rpm record 
photo by Styrous®

 
Don Cherry was born on this date in 1924 in Wichita Falls, Texas. He started in his early 1920s as a big band singer in the orchestras of Jan Garber and Victor Young. In 1951, he recorded his first solo hits, Thinking of You and Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle. In 1955, he recorded his biggest hit, Band of Gold, which reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The track peaked at No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart.          
 
Band of Gold is a classic pop song, with music by Jack Taylor and lyrics by Bob Musel. It was published in 1955. It was used in the television series, Mad Men.    
 
 

Don Cherry ~ Band of Gold
7" vinyl 45 rpm record label
photo by Styrous®
 
 
He had a fantastic tenor voice with a dreamy quality that had a touch of Dean Martin, only better! He was also a good looking man.   


date & photographer unknown

  
However, his career never rose to stardom as a singer and he is better known as a golfer. He was one of America’s top-ranked amateur golfers and was in contention to win the 1960 U.S. Open before eventually finishing tied for ninth along with Ben Hogan, four strokes behind winner Arnold Palmer        


Don Cherry - 1953 
photo: Augusta Nationall/Getty Images


Cherry published his biography, Cherry's Jubilee, with co-writer Neil Daniels. He was a good friend of Willie Nelson, and had collaborated on three albums with him, Augusta (1995), The Eyes of Texas (2002), and It's Magic (2007).         
 
In 1970, Freda Payne recorded a song with the same title, Band of Gold, written and composed by former Motown producers Holland–Dozier–Holland but it was a totally different tune. Where The Cherry song is positive, the Payne one is not.      


Don Cherry ~ Rumble Boogie
7" vinyl 45 rpm record 
photo by Styrous®


His son, Stephen, was a casualty of the 9/11 attacks when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. Don Cherry died at a Las Vegas hospice on April 4, 2018; he was 94 years old.         


Don Cherry ~ Rumble Boogie
7" vinyl 45 rpm record label
photo by Styrous®

        
Tracklist:

Side 1:

A - Band Of Gold, written by Musel*, J. Taylor*

Side 2:

B - Rumble Boogie, written by E. Curtis*

Companies, etc.
  
    Published By – Ludlow Music, Inc.
    Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport
   
Credits:

    Orchestra – Ray Conniff & His Orch.*

Notes:



Barcode and Other Identifiers        
        
    Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): ZSP 37224
    Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): ZSP 37223
    Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side A): ZSP37224-1D
    Matrix / Runout (Stamped Side B): ZSP37223-1E     
      
      
      
  
Viewfinder links:       
         
Don Cherry        
Ray Conniff       
Dean Martin          
Willie Nelson        
     
Net links:       
         
Amature Golf ~ Don Cherry dies at 94        
     
YouTube links:      
        
Don Cherry ~   
    Band of Gold         
    Belle My Liberty Belle          
    Rumble Boogie    
Freda Payne ~ Band of Gold       
      
      

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September 22, 2020

45 RPMs 49: The Supremes ~ I Hear a Symphony

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45 RPM record label


It does not seem that it's been 55 years since I first heard the song I Hear a Symphony by The Supremes! Is that possible? I guess so! Where did the time go?           

I remember being totally enchanted with it; it was the complete opposite of their earlier song, Stop! In the Name of Love! (link below). Although, I will always love Stop!, Symphony will be my all-time favorite tune by them. Stop! has a very hard driving, aggressive, assertive, almost threatening feeling to it which indicates love but perhaps impending disaster as well. Symphony is ultimate love expressed (link below) to the MAX!      
 
The song was recorded on this day, September 22, in 1965 for the Motown label. It was written and produced by the Motown main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, it became their sixth number-one pop hit on Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the United States for two weeks from November 14, 1965 through November 27, 1965.       

The background strings were arranged by American composer, pianist, arranger, conductor and record producer, Belford Hendricks. He is primarily remembered as the co-composer of numerous soft-R&B songs of the 1950s, many in collaboration with Clyde Otis and Brook Benton, and as an accomplished arranger. His versatility allowed him to write in various styles, from big band swing for Count Basie, through blues ballads for Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan, R&B-influenced pop for Benton and country and western numbers for Nat King Cole and Al Martino, to early soul for Aretha Franklin.
      
It's amazing how many artists have covered it (links below)! The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, The Isley Brothers (bouncey but beautiful), Leslie Uggams, Wayne Newton, and Quincy Jones have taken turns at trying it on for size. The song was covered by Hank Crawford on his album by the same title in 1975, however, it is a disco-ized version and I wasn't so keen on it. Amazingly, KC and The Sunshine Band did a version that was super! It has a great piano/trumpet then vocal 1½ minute intro then goes into a slow easy rock ballad with terrific sax work by Harry W. Casey!        
 
 
I Hear a Symphony lyrics 

You've given me a true love
And every day I thank you, love
For a feeling that's so new
So inviting, so exciting

Whenever you're near, I hear a symphony
A tender melody
Pulling me closer, closer to your arms
Then suddenly (I hear a symphony)
Ooh, your lips are touching mine
A feeling so divine
Till I leave the past behind
I'm lost in a world
Made for you and me

Whenever you're near, I hear a symphony
Play sweet and tenderly
Every time your lips meet mine, now, baby, baby, baby
You bring much joy within
Don't let this feeling end
Let it go on and on and on, now, baby, baby, baby
Those tears that fill my eyes
I cry not for myself
But for those who've never felt the joy we felt (baby)

Whenever you're near, I hear a symphony
Each time you speak to me
I hear a tender rhapsody of love now, baby, baby
As you stand holding me
Whispering how much you care
A thousand violins fill the air, now, baby, baby
Don't let this moment end
Keep standing close to me
Ooh, so close to me, baby, baby, baby, baby
I hear a symphony
A tender melody
        
           
Viewfinder links:      

Count Basie             
Nat "King" Cole      
Hank Crawford        
Aretha Franklin          
The Supremes      
Sarah Vaughan         
Dinah Washington                  
    
Net Links:      
      
Dianna Ross Project ~ I Hear A Symphony          
Fandom ~ I Hear A Symphony        
Motown Junkies ~ I Hear A Symphony         
Mountain Valley Independant ~ I Hear A Symphony      
Secondhand Songs ~ I Hear a Symphony covers             
Songfacts ~ I Hear a Symphony         
The Guardian ~ Diana Ross & the Supremes: 10 of the best         
       
YouTube links:      
     
Hank Crawford ~ I Hear a Symphony              
The Isley Brothers ~ I Hear a Symphony       
The Jackson 5 ~ I Hear a Symphony       
KC and The Sunshine Band ~ I Hear a Symphony        
The Supremes ~        
     I Hear a Symphony     
     I Hear a Symphony (live) (1965)   
     Stop! In The Name Of Love      
     Stop! In The Name Of Love (Live)    
        
         
 
Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Library 

 
         
To Tom 
         
        
        
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January 18, 2015

101 Reel-to-Reel Tapes 87: Diana Ross & the Supremes ~ Stop! In the Name of Love












Diana Ross & the Supremes - Greatest Hits 
reel-to-reel tape box cover detail 
detail photo by Styrous®

In addition to my 20,000 Vinyl LP collection I'm selling, I have reel-to-reel, pre-recorded tapes for sale on eBay (see link below). If interested, contact me by email please, not by a comment. 

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When I was in my mid twenties, I discovered Motown. The first of the songs I heard was by The Supremes. I heard them in bars in the Tenderloin where I would go after the other bars closed. It was where I learned to drink my Jack Daniels neat as it was served in a coffee mug. It is illegal to sell alcohol after 2 am, so they would put the drinks in mugs, (the assumption being, if the cops came in, all they would see were people drinking coffee, um, right!). The after hour bars had shows with performers in drag that would lip-sync to pop songs of the time. I don't think a night went by that one of them wouldn't mime to a song by The Supremes and the song would usually (but not always) be, Stop! In the Name of Love, done to the hilt with 3 inch long eye lashes and equally as exaggerated hand gestures imploring the offending paramour to, Stop!

It was a hell of a lot of fun!



Diana Ross & the Supremes - Greatest Hits 
reel-to-reel tape box cover  
photo by Styrous®


Diana Ross & the Supremes: Greatest Hits (also released as The Supremes: Greatest Hits) is a two-LP collection of singles and b-sides recorded by The Supremes, released by Motown in August 1967 (see 1967 in music). The reel-to-reel tape contained the material on one "Double Play" tape. The collection was the first LP to credit the group under the new billing Diana Ross & the Supremes. Although founding member Florence Ballard is pictured on all album artwork and sings on all the tracks, by the time the set was released, she had been fired from the group and replaced by Cindy Birdsong.



Diana Ross & the Supremes - Greatest Hits 
reel-to-reel tape box cover back 
photo by Styrous®




Greatest Hits would rank as their second #1 album holding a distinction that it would take decades for another female group to achieve. According to Motown data the album eventually sold over 6,200,000 copies.



 
 Diana Ross & the Supremes - Greatest Hits 
reel-to-reel tape box back detail  
detail photo by Styrous®


Greatest Hits includes fifteen Supremes singles, 10 of which went to number-one, among them were Where Did Our Love Go, Stop! In the Name of Love, You Can't Hurry Love, and the most recent Supremes number-one, The Happening (a non-album track from the 1967 film of the same name). Also included are five popular Supremes B-sides: Standing at the Crossroads of Love, Ask Any Girl, There's No Stopping Us Now, Everything is Good About You, and Whisper You Love Me Boy.

Diana Ross & the Supremes - Greatest Hits 
reel-to-reel tape box spine 
detail photos by Styrous®




The packaging for the set includes liner notes by actress Carol Channing (which were originally written for an unreleased album "The Supremes and The Motown Sound: From Broadway To Hollywood") and paintings by Robert Taylor, including collectable 12 inch by 12 inch pin-up portraits of Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson. Greatest Hits was their second number-one album on both the Billboard 200 and the Billboard R&B Albums charts in the United States, and also reached the top of the pop album chart in the United Kingdom as well. The album sold over six million copies, world-wide as of 1988. However, it was never accorded Platinum Status as Motown did not submit to RIAA Certification until years later. Although not nominally credited because of their increasingly estranged relationship with Motown, all of the songs included were produced by the songwriting/production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland.



Diana Ross & the Supremes - Greatest Hits 
reel-to-reel tape box back detail  
detail photo by Styrous®





Diana Ross & the Supremes - Greatest Hits 
reel-to-reel tape label detail  
detail photo by Styrous®



Track listing:

All songs produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. All songs written by Holland–Dozier–Holland unless otherwise noted. Superscripts denote original album sources, referenced below.

Side 1:

  1. "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" a – 2:38
  2. "Where Did Our Love Go" a – 2:30
  3. "Ask Any Girl" a, b – 2:44
  4. "Baby Love" a – 2:37
  5. "Run, Run, Run" a – 2:30
  6. "Stop! In the Name of Love" b – 2:53
  7. "Back in My Arms Again" b – 2:52
  8. "Come See About Me" a – 2:42
  9. "Nothing but Heartaches" b – 2:57
  10. "Everything is Good About You" (James Dean, Edward Holland, Jr.) c – 2:57

    Side 2:

    1. "I Hear a Symphony" c – 2:38
    2. "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" e – 2:46
    3. "My World Is Empty Without You" c – 2:33
    4. "Whisper You Love Me Boy" b – 2:40
    5. "The Happening" (Holland-Dozier-Holland, Frank De Vol) – 2:49
    6. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" e – 2:40
    7. "You Can't Hurry Love" d – 2:45
    8. "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" a – 2:27
    9. "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" d – 2:55
    10. "There's No Stopping Us Now" e – 2:55

    Personnel:
      My favorite Supremes songs on YouTube:
       
      other songs by the Supremes on YouTube 


      Diana Ross & The Supremes, Greatest Hits, reel-to-reel tape on eBay
       
      Other reel-to-reel tapes on eBay  



      Styrous® ~ Sunday, January 18, 2015 

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