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Supremes, the

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Supremes, the

US vocal group, pioneers of the Motown sound, formed in 1959 in Detroit. Beginning in 1962, the group was a trio comprising, initially, Diana Ross (1944– ), Mary Wilson (1944– ), and Florence Ballard (1943–1976). The most successful female group of the 1960s, they had a string of pop hits beginning with ‘Where Did Our Love Go?’ (1964) and ‘Baby Love’ (1964). Diana Ross left to pursue a solo career in 1969.



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As The Supremes, the trio performed some of the great Motown classics, including Baby Love, Stop in the Name of Love and You Keep Me Hangin' On.
They were the brilliant but unseen musicians who played on a host of Motown hits but, while Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Four Tops and Smokey Robinson went on to fame and glory, the Funk Brothers were forgotten.
When Martin left the Supremes, the group continued as a trio for the next eight years and scored 12 number one pop hits.
 
 
 
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