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Mary, Scherrie and Susaye

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Released
  
October 1976

Artist
  
The Supremes

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

Recorded
  
1976

Release date
  
October 1976

Genres
  
Soul music, Disco

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Producer
  
Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr.

Similar
  
The Supremes albums, Soul music albums

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Mary, Scherrie & Susaye is the twenty-ninth and final studio album by The Supremes, released in 1976 on the Motown label. It featured the final line-up for the Supremes, composed of original Supreme Mary Wilson and latter-day members Scherrie Payne and Susaye Greene. All three Supremes take leads on the album. The album was a mixture of disco dance tracks and R&B ballads. Payne and Greene mostly took over the dance tracks while Wilson performed the ballads. The album was released on October 1976, nine months before the trio disbanded. This album's final sales figures stood at around 50,000 copies.

Contents

The entire album was released for the first time on CD on May 17, 2011 on the three-disc set Let Yourself Go: The '70s Albums, Vol 2 – 1974–1977: The Final Sessions.

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Side one

  1. "You're My Driving Wheel" (Edward Holland, Jr., Brian Holland, Floyd Stafford, Reginald Brown) - 4:20
  2. "Sweet Dream Machine" (Harold Beatty, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr.) - 5:22
  3. "Let Yourself Go" (Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Harold Beatty) - 4:29
  4. "Come Into My Life" (Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Richard Davis) - 6:14

Side two

  1. "We Should Be Closer Together" (Janie Bradford, Freddie Gorman, Barbara Gaines, Brian Holland) - 4:59
  2. "I Don't Want to Be Tied Down" (Brian Holland, Richard Davis, Edward Holland, Jr.) - 4:42
  3. "You Are the Heart of Me" (Michael L. Smith, Edward Holland, Jr.) - 4:12
  4. "Love, I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good" (Brian Holland, Richard Davis, Reginald Brown, Floyd Stafford) - 5:51

Personnel

  • Mary Wilson: lead and backing vocals
  • Scherrie Payne: lead and backing vocals
  • Susaye Greene: lead and backing vocals
  • Ben Benay, Greg Poree, Jay Graydon - guitar
  • Chuck Rainey, Scott Edwards - bass
  • Sonny Burke - keyboards
  • John Barnes, Dan Wyman - keyboards, synthesizer
  • Bob Zimmitti - percussion, synthesizer
  • James Gadson - drums
  • Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Oliver C. Brown - congas
  • Gary Coleman - percussion
  • Brian Holland: producer
  • Edward Holland, Jr.: executive producer
  • Dale Warren, James Anthony Carmichael - arrangers
  • Bob Manchurian - assistance on rhythm arrangements

    • Singles history

    Three singles were released from the album, although the final single was only released in the UK. While none of the singles were Top 40 chart hits on the respective national charts, "You are My Driving Wheel" and "Let Yourself Go" became top five singles on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

  • "You Are My Driving Wheel" b/w "You're What's Missing in My Life" (B-side taken from High Energy) (Motown 1407, September 30, 1976)
  • "Let Yourself Go" b/w "You Are the Heart of Me" (Motown 1415, January 25, 1977)
  • "Love I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good" b/w "This Is Why I Believe in You" (Tamla-Motown 1064, March 1977, UK only)

    • Songs

    1You're My Driving Wheel4:20
    2Sweet Dream Machine5:22
    3Let Yourself Go4:29

    References

    Mary, Scherrie & Susaye Wikipedia
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