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The Supremes A' Go Go

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Length
  
31:54

Release date
  
25 August 1966

Artist
  
The Supremes

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

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Released
  
August 25, 1966 (1966-08-25)

Recorded
  
Fall 1965 - summer 1966

The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
  
The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland (1967)

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Pop music

Producers
  
Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lamont Dozier, Hal Davis, Frank Wilson

Similar
  
The Supremes albums, Soul music albums

Supremes a go go


The Supremes A' Go-Go is the ninth studio album released by Motown singing group The Supremes in 1966. The album was the first album by an all-female group to reach number-one on the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States. Remaining on the Billboard album chart for 60 weeks, it sold world-wide 3,500,000 copies, and in the USA, it sold approximately, 1,000,000 copies according to Motown data.

Contents

Included are two of the Supremes' Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles; the number-nine hit "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart", and the number-one hit "You Can't Hurry Love". Also present on the album are covers of songs by The Elgins ("Put Yourself in My Place"), the Four Tops ("Baby I Need Your Loving", "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)", "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"), The Temptations ("Get Ready"), Martha and the Vandellas ("Come and Get These Memories") Barrett Strong ("Money (That's What I Want)"), The Isley Brothers ("This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)"), Nancy Sinatra ("These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"), and The McCoys ("Hang On Sloopy").

Additional songs recorded for the album, but not included were: "It's Not Unusual", "Mickey's Monkey", "Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "Can I Get a Witness", "In My Lonely Room", and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."

Side one

  1. "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" (Holland–Dozier–Holland)
  2. "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)", (Holland-Dozier-Holland, Sylvia Moy)
  3. "You Can't Hurry Love" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  4. "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  5. "Baby I Need Your Loving" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  6. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Lee Hazlewood)

Side two

  1. "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  2. "Get Ready" (Smokey Robinson)
  3. "Put Yourself in My Place" (Holland-Dozier-Holland, John Thornton)
  4. "Money (That's What I Want)" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Janie Bradford)
  5. "Come and Get These Memories" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  6. "Hang On Sloopy" (Wes Farrell, Bert Russell)
Unreleased recordings from the sessions for "A' Go-Go" album
  1. "Can I Get a Witness" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  2. "In My Lonely Room" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  3. "Mickey's Monkey" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  4. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
  5. "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Judkins)
  6. "It's Not Unusual" (Gordon Mills, Les Reed)
Songs considered for inclusion
  1. "Take Me Where You Go" (Smokey Robinson)
  2. "Come On and See Me" (Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol)
  3. "Just a Little Misunderstanding" (Luvel Broadnax-Stevie Wonder-Clarence Paul)
  4. "Penny Pincher" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  5. "Mother Dear" [Re-recorded 1966 Version] (Holland-Dozier-Holland)

Personnel

  • Diana Ross - lead vocals (except on "Come and Get These Memories")
  • Mary Wilson - background vocals, lead on "Come and Get These Memories"
  • Florence Ballard - background vocals
  • The Andantes - background vocals on "Put Yourself in My Place" and "Come and Get These Memories"
  • Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier: producers, all tracks except those noted
  • Hal Davis and Frank Wilson - producers, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", "Get Ready", and "Hang On Sloopy"
  • The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
  • Assorted LA musicians - instrumentation
  • The Detroit Symphony Orchestra - instrumentation

    • Songs

    1Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart2:57
    2This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)2:36
    3You Can't Hurry Love (feat The Supremes)2:47

    References

    The Supremes A' Go-Go Wikipedia
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