I love how The Supremes were an act that not only appeared on this show so many times, but which also often performed more than once during those shows, and frequently to specialty numbers. So far, mostly, they’ve been airing clips available already on previously packaged DVDs or syndicated TV episodes, albeit with improved sound quality in addition to original-print quality. I’m looking forward to them airing hopefully soon those remastered specialty segments and in their entirety, too! 😍
No for real, glad some one else caught this! Because I was like thinking over here, like WF?! 😮 Florence was more in her element during this performance and also many other performances during this era of the Supremes. This just goes to show they were strategically trying to cancel her out. Forget all that other BS we have been fed by the media because I no longer want to hear it in 2024. Florence spoke up for herself! And sadly, when you speak up for yourself, you're suddenly a threat and TARGET for everyone smh. The same can be said for Diana's daughter and how her TV show "girlfrends" ended up due to ego.
So glad Ms Ross still filling theaters and doing her thing , with Tina and Aretha gone 😔, shes the last of the greats 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Rock on Bold Soul Sistah ⚘️⚘️
“The eternal queens of the sound of young America” - wow, I love that! They sure were... true pioneers, I just love how glamorous and talented they are... their appeal hasn’t faded one bit even decades on!
I remember because my older sister brought it for me has a birthday present lol...I was turning 8 and she was 17 lol she knew just how much I love the Supremes! I miss my big sis😪
For those who weren’t around back then, “The Ed Sullivan Show” was one of the pinnacles of show business at the time. Getting on it even just once was a big deal - and the Supremes appeared multiple times. That’s how significant they were, and how popular. And by this time they were real show-biz glamor as well.
The woman in the middle has ridiculous moves I mean the hand flapping. Woman on the end is better. Someone compared their status to the Beatles but no, millions of us girls and I guess women went crazy for the Beatles in various countries. Nobody flanked the Supremes when they came out of a hotel etc. or screamed when they appeared, everyone just enjoyed the singing. They were the best girl group but they were not the Beatles.
@@marilynwillett804 No one went crazy for the Supremes? Are you crazy? My grandfather was the road guitarist for the Supremes. So, I was THERE on many occasions. People flanked and went crazy for the Supremes! The went toe to toe with the Beatles when it came to number one hits at the time. YES, The Supremes were and ARE a BIG THING. Period.
@@DCGuy1997 this clip was posted by another channel in low quality (colosaurus, I think is the channel name) and someone commented the same on that channel, that Mary was caught by surprise
It should have got higher than no. 9. I could listen to that song over and over again. And once again Mary proves that she's the best mover of the three.
@@NOV123 I absolutely love this song. I wish they had performed it more than once on television. This is one of my go to songs when I need a pick me up. Sometimes I play it when I wake up to get my day started.
@@tanyad8495 It didn't even chart at all in the UK back then, neither in the rest of Europe including my native East Germany, where that sort of music was banned almost completely by hardline politicians from late 1965 till late 1969 (but I taped hundreds of such songs on reel-to-reel recorders). What a shame. That song was way better than the group's last release (apart from a couple of later re-releases) in the UK, which was called 'Bad Weather' (different line-up of course). It only got to no. 37 there in spring 1973.
The one rare time we get to see Mary, Diana and Florence sing this classic live. I'd love to find at least one other live version of this song from 1966, but at least we have this great clip.
its pre recorded an thus lip synching wathc as how they clap and the hands meet but no sound o f clapping. notice how Diana signals the cameraman to focus on her as she makes a "Frame" and then th e camera fills the screen with just her
I think there is one other (Shindig?) where they are obviously singing live. It's clear because Diana misses the opening of the song (but recovers like a pro).
There might be backing vocals pre-recorded to enhance the sound, but this is definitely live. The music is much more lively than the single was, Diana ad-libs with Mary and claps which isn't on the record, and the ending is different from the record. Sometimes you can record a rehearsal performance and lip-sync that, but this seems much too improvised to be mimicked.
Exactly Sullivan never would have allowed lip syncing, even when he had The Doors on, Jim Morrison agreed to not say some word [I think it was the word high] but he went ahead and sang it anyway, it was live and he got away with it infuriating Sullivan.@@brockreynolds870
How blessed i feel to have been young and alive during the Motown era. The Supremes were my idols in female groups; The Beatles in male groups. Their glamour, their voices, their music can NEVER be duplicated. They were EVERYTHING!! 🩷🩷🩷
I agree!!! I was almost 12 in 1966 and loved this one to no end. Flo and Mary are looking beautiful while Diana lets it rip with the voice. One thing the Beatles did not do and that was end the reign of girl groups (girl groups actually thrived during this time) We had the best music in the 1960s and '70s.
I agree. There’s just something so special about Diana’s voice. It’s unique and so unmistakable recognizable. Not to take anything away from Mary and Flo, but I really feel that without Diana on lead vocals The Supremes may been just another girl group from that era. So many great hits they recorded with Ross on lead. RIP Mary and Flo; U R missed 4-sure
@@williammaddox3339 …. Unfortunately you don’t know the history - Diana Ross‘s singing voice thru 1962 was awful. It was high, tinny, and she’s sang through her nose. And don’t think for one minute that Berry Gordy did not give her intensive vocal training to get that singing voice down into her throat to make it sound halfway decent and to get her on key.
@@Jasper7182009 I probably know more of their history than you do. On some of their early recordings, Diana Ross' voice is nasally and at times, unpleasant. On others (Your Heart Belongs to me, A BreathTaking Guy) lovely and warm. When singing live, her voice was still nasally through 1965 but she gradually stopped singing through nose by the time she became a solo act in 1970. According to all reports Berry Gordy was instantly taken by her voice when the group had their last audition at Motown.
@@rolarola5470 you said it - “she wasn’t the prettiest”!!! No. No she wasn’t. AT ALL. And the only “special” thing she had was some good p**sy that she was giving up to Berry Gordy to get that lead spot.
@@LoveTheKay indeed that's what I've said all along not just DR but then she was BG golden girl but it wasn't fair to the 2 founding member of the Supremes I totally 100% agree with you.
Diana was happy because she was in Berry Gordy’s pants around this time. They had an affair from 1965-1971. Now in 1965, Diana was 21, and Berry was 36. Diana had their daughter Rhonda in 1971. Rhonda didn’t find out that Berry Gordy was her father until she was 13. She played in the Temptations’ miniseries as Paul Williams’ wife.
The new Supremes appeared at Black Expo in 1972. I saw her on the exhibit floor the next day. I told her the performance was fabulous and she said cheerily, "Oh thank you!" I asked her for an autograph, she obliged! Very nice, super talented. I didn't think we'd ever lose her. I still can't believe it!
@@johnf.capuziello9800 as someone who can't dance and i can't absorb instruction. i think she must have panicked at not being coordinated . but i am looking at this, its just me or Diana herself can't dance. Because Mary is carrying the dance side of this.
@@PHlophe Mary wrote in "Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme" that Flo struggled with choreography. It was also apparent when she filled in for one of the Marvelettes on tour, because their choreography was much more intricate than the Supremes'. But...on "You Keep Me Hangin' On," she's the one I like to watch. It's very simple choreography, but she floats eloquently.
RIGHT?!!! Such a tremendous loss. And so sudden too 😩 I did NOT see it coming at all. I kind of took for granted that Mary Wilson would just always be with us…like Cher or Betty White 😜 Mary and Flo are gone but yet Diana lives on 🙄 Because evil never dies.
Now that’s not nice. Maybe you should get the whole story concerning the tension that was between these ladies. Think about this, even after Diana left the group Mary still was unable to sing lead. Mary was a good background singer, but could she carry a group singing lead?
@@MrNathan791 Yes. By the late 1960s Berry Gordy had shattered Mary's self confidence so much that she never even considered herself a (lead) singer. In Supreme Faith (I think it was) Mary wrote that when Diana was being promoted as a solo actor and ready to leave The Supremes, she didn't want to put her name forward as a potential lead because she didn't think she had the pipes, and she wanted the group to stay a success. So she stayed in the background and let Jean Terrell move into Ross's shoes. Later she took vocal lessons to improve her technique, which in turn gave her her self confidence back.
@@andrewthornhill7042Mary’s alto was not a lead singers sound. It wasn’t then and it never was during her entire career. But her personality was one of a kind and because of the sheer force of her personality and charisma and the strength of the songs that she recorded as a background singer, she sustained her career right up until the end of her life.
Sadly Diana had an eating disorder. She was also a smoker. Her lifestyle aged her a bit. That combined with pressure from the industry and The Supremes’ work ethic. This is 1966. In 67 Twiggy would become the beauty standard and everyone wanted to be thin.
Last surviving founding member Diana Ross (March 26th,1944-) Founding member Mary Wilson (March 6th,1944- February 8th,2021) Founding member Florence Ballard (June 30th,1943- February 22nd,1976)
The only bad thing about this performance is it was the only time they performed it on TV, and may very well be the only time they performed it live ever. Of all the recordings of their live shows I’ve heard, this number seems to have never become part of their lineup of songs. Would have loved to see this song get more light. It is a truly underrated part of their catalogue.
Five days in a row of Supremes videos on the Ed Sullivan Channel. It's funny how this one is not up here, but on another channel with 317,000 views. However, this one is much better quality.
"My World is Empty Without You" is my favorite Diana Ross vocal as a Supreme. Her unique phrasing and delivery are simply superb or should I say supreme?😃
These were Berry Gordy's girls, until Diana went solo on her own. Berry wanted a woman group, that exalted class and charm. And, he had it with the Supremes.
@@MrRickyMoody yes, yes she was in fact. You can see it when the hand claps don’t sync up to the playback. 90% of the time “The girls” were lip syncing on Ed Sullivan. Or singing live softly over a (very loud) pre-recorded backing track. Everyone did it. It would be too technologically difficult and risky to pull off completely live vocals/music on live television. Especially in 1966. Even today, most artists lip sync during T.V. performances to maintain that perfect studio sound. That’s not shade, that’s just a fact. I mean, Whitney Houston’s “Star Spangled Banner” - one of the greatest “live” performances of all time was lip-synced.
@@XXXKrisAnthony That's not true, though. They only lip-synched two or three songs and sang live over backing tracks of a few more, but this is fully live. Diana clapping more softly than Mary doesn't prove anything. This show is known for its live performances and orchestra. This would sound exactly like the single, if it was a playback. If you mean they're lipsyncing to a "live" version they recorded for the show, even that doesn't disprove anything any vocal ability.
I used to sit in front of the old b+w tv and was mesmerized by the supremes and Motown in general, to my parents dismay. This was pure gold. And it was free!
My favorite Supremes tune of all time. (Harmonically? Musique Noire.) This is a great live performance, displaying the legendary Motown quality control (dancing, flawless background vocals), and I have to believe that some/all of the Funk Bros. are sitting in in the rhythm section, making Ray Bloch's Orchestra sound surprisingly, delightfully credible on this killer groove.
…. I doubt they have extra musicians from Motown to sit in with the orchestra on the Ed Sullivan show. Give this orchestra its due and give it credit for being great musicians and giving the best orchestra performance for this song. I prefer the Supremes’ performance of this song over the released single.
Sadly this classic only peaked at # 9 in May, 1966. Should have done far better. Love the sax on the studio version (can't make out if it's played here) Hard not to have a dry eye when watching this. One of their most underrated songs that you don't hear on mainstream oldies radio anymore.
“Itch” reached number 9 on pop charts. Another hit. It’s from the album “Supremes A-Go-Go” which was the first album ever to reach number one on pop charts by a female group. Supremes setting records. The expanded edition of this album has a fab, 10 minute remix of “Itch”. Much fun in this performance! Can’t wait to see the “Millie/Rose/Mame” medley as well as “The Fats Waller” medley.
I listened to the “supremes a go go” album, didn’t know it reached number 1.... testament to the great talent of these lovely ladies... you seem to be quite a supremes fan! ...May I ask, when was the first time you heard/saw the supremes?
Matt C Hi! I’ve been a fan since 1963. The first record I ever bought was “When the Lovelight starts Shining....”. My collection dates back to the early 60s with memorabilia of them as The Primettes before they became the Supremes. The first time I saw them in person was 1965 and I was hooked. I loved all three ladies but Diana was always the star for me. I saw the original line up twice and the line up with Cindy three times. All fabulous shows and I still have the program tour booklets! I’m looking to eliminate some items from my collection. I have duplicate and triple copies of albums and magazines and I want to get rid of the excess.
@@RP-oe3uq wow you were there from the beginning, following them from the primettes period... which concerts did you see them live? Must have been such an experience, I would loved to have seen. Yes for me also, Diana is the one... eagerness to please the audience, that really sums it up... and such a beautiful voice and talent. What magazine clips do you have?
Matt C Yes, I have been there since the beginning and that’s one of the reasons I find it curious when people who weren’t there (or were there) try to rewrite the Supremes’ history. They usually have a grudge against Diana. This resentment may come from having read Mary’s book or J Randy Taborrelli’s book. But those books are not the reality. Anyway, the first time I saw them was at Blinstrubs in Boston in October 1965. I had written you that it was 1966 but I got my dates mixed up. That’s when Diana brought me up from the staircase and I sang “Where did our love go” with them. Diana held my hand and I remember her laughing because she didn’t have to coach me regarding the lyrics. Of course I knew all the words. I stayed with Diana but at the song’s ending, all 3 Supremes gave me a hug. Wonderful memories. This was the engagement when Diana had to be rushed to the hospital after she had collapsed on stage. That didn’t happen the night I was there. I saw them again with Florence at the Rhode Island Civic Auditorium at the beginning of 1967 but in 1968, when they returned to this auditorium, I saw them for the first time with Cindy. It was as though they hadn’t missed a beat after Florence left. My fourth Supremes sighting was quite the surprise. My parents arranged for us to see Diana and the Supremes on the Ed Sullivan show. We saw the taping of the show that was aired on January 5th, 1969 when they sang “Love Child”, “I’m living in Shame” and the “I get a kick out of you/I’ve got you under my skin”” medley. That was beyond a thrill. I could never thank my parents enough. They loved “the girls”.
Who appreciates them posting all these extra Supremes videos lately? Go Mary!
I love how The Supremes were an act that not only appeared on this show so many times, but which also often performed more than once during those shows, and frequently to specialty numbers. So far, mostly, they’ve been airing clips available already on previously packaged DVDs or syndicated TV episodes, albeit with improved sound quality in addition to original-print quality. I’m looking forward to them airing hopefully soon those remastered specialty segments and in their entirety, too! 😍
Soulful Moment, LLC In and out of Love. Boy, I hope we can see a video of that (In and out of Love) song. Another incredible, beautiful, treasure.
It's about time. Some things never change.
Go Diana!
@@canyonsurfer6429 🎶🎵🎤
1:35 when Diana was like “Go, Mary” and Mary looking like 👀 now girl why u putting me on the spot like that😂😂
😂
Go flo you go girl
good catch
No for real, glad some one else caught this! Because I was like thinking over here, like WF?! 😮 Florence was more in her element during this performance and also many other performances during this era of the Supremes. This just goes to show they were strategically trying to cancel her out. Forget all that other BS we have been fed by the media because I no longer want to hear it in 2024. Florence spoke up for herself! And sadly, when you speak up for yourself, you're suddenly a threat and TARGET for everyone smh. The same can be said for Diana's daughter and how her TV show "girlfrends" ended up due to ego.
So glad Ms Ross still filling theaters and doing her thing , with Tina and Aretha gone 😔, shes the last of the greats 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Rock on Bold Soul Sistah ⚘️⚘️
Talk to the animals
The eternal queens of the Sound of Young America.
R.I.P. Flo and Mary.
“The eternal queens of the sound of young America” - wow, I love that! They sure were... true pioneers, I just love how glamorous and talented they are... their appeal hasn’t faded one bit even decades on!
Yes!!
That’s not marry wilson
@@buckoneal691
Then who is it?
@@buckoneal691Diana Ross says go Mary though...
Blondie was having so much fun. This was her jam!!! RIP
Yessss
Blondie???
@@Powerfulchange712 that’s Florences nickname
@@LoveTheKay ooooh thank you! She was sooo beautiful and her smile was everything that's perfect in the world!
YAAAAAAAAAAASSSS CHILE!!! Blondie 4 eva 🙌🙌🙌
Love when Diana says _"Go Mary!"_
Cute moment.
@Robert A. Lofgren Jr. It’s more than likely cause she saw Mary getting down in one of the cameras and wanted to hype her
This is from The Supremes A Go Go album bought it brand new in 1966 for $3.98
God I wish records were still that price lol
My favorite song from my favorite Surpreme album released the year I was BORN!!!
And 45s were 50 cents. I remember it well.
I remember because my older sister brought it for me has a birthday present lol...I was turning 8 and she was 17 lol she knew just how much I love the Supremes! I miss my big sis😪
Me, too!
MARY WAS GIVING US LIFE!!!!
For those who weren’t around back then, “The Ed Sullivan Show” was one of the pinnacles of show business at the time. Getting on it even just once was a big deal - and the Supremes appeared multiple times. That’s how significant they were, and how popular. And by this time they were real show-biz glamor as well.
The Supremes were on the show from December 1964 to the end of 1969 usually 3 times a year.
I don’t know what it is but I can’t stop looking at Diana. She’s hypnotizing.
Love it when Diana says "Go Mary!" and Flo shouts "All right!"
Yessssss
It makes me say,"sing it sisters."
Mary has a shocked look on her face as if she wasn't expecting Ross to come back to where they were standing.
It's Mary that says Alright....Go Mary...she's says Alright
Mary's dance moves were always on point. Mary is rockin' !!👏🏽
The woman in the middle has ridiculous moves I mean the hand flapping. Woman on the end is better. Someone compared their status to the Beatles but no, millions of us girls and I guess women went crazy for the Beatles in various countries. Nobody flanked the Supremes when they came out of a hotel etc. or screamed when they appeared, everyone just enjoyed the singing. They were the best girl group but they were not the Beatles.
@@marilynwillett804 No one went crazy for the Supremes? Are you crazy? My grandfather was the road guitarist for the Supremes. So, I was THERE on many occasions. People flanked and went crazy for the Supremes! The went toe to toe with the Beatles when it came to number one hits at the time. YES, The Supremes were and ARE a BIG THING. Period.
Mary was always the best dancer.
Florence was really gorgeous she really stood out
flonance is the one i notice most on this clip
She was simply beautiful and talented at best. RIP Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson.
They are all pretty
Mary on 🔥!! @ 1:34 Diana backs up and yells “go Mary”♥️♥️
Mary looks kind of surprised to see Diana back in the lineup! That look is priceless!
@@DCGuy1997 this clip was posted by another channel in low quality (colosaurus, I think is the channel name) and someone commented the same on that channel, that Mary was caught by surprise
Good catch!
Even Flo got thrown off a bit when Mary started to get down! Lol
@@DCGuy1997 Mary was dancing and didn't know that Diana was come back and almost hit Diana. Thats is why she looked that way.
Even their lesser known songs are excellent.
It should have got higher than no. 9. I could listen to that song over and over again.
And once again Mary proves that she's the best mover of the three.
Yessss she was killing that dance. She was the best dancer in the group.
Actually, this was a big hit back in the day!
@@NOV123 I absolutely love this song. I wish they had performed it more than once on television. This is one of my go to songs when I need a pick me up. Sometimes I play it when I wake up to get my day started.
@@tanyad8495 It didn't even chart at all in the UK back then, neither in the rest of Europe including my native East Germany, where that sort of music was banned almost completely by hardline politicians from late 1965 till late 1969 (but I taped hundreds of such songs on reel-to-reel recorders).
What a shame. That song was way better than the group's last release (apart from a couple of later re-releases) in the UK, which was called 'Bad Weather' (different line-up of course). It only got to no. 37 there in spring 1973.
The one rare time we get to see Mary, Diana and Florence sing this classic live. I'd love to find at least one other live version of this song from 1966, but at least we have this great clip.
its pre recorded an thus lip synching wathc as how they clap and the hands meet but no sound o f clapping. notice how Diana signals the cameraman to focus on her as she makes a "Frame" and then th e camera fills the screen with just her
I think there is one other (Shindig?) where they are obviously singing live. It's clear because Diana misses the opening of the song (but recovers like a pro).
@@thomasdelvin3683 Have you lost your mind? This is sung live. You see and hear Diana clapping at 10-12 second mark.
There might be backing vocals pre-recorded to enhance the sound, but this is definitely live. The music is much more lively than the single was, Diana ad-libs with Mary and claps which isn't on the record, and the ending is different from the record. Sometimes you can record a rehearsal performance and lip-sync that, but this seems much too improvised to be mimicked.
Exactly Sullivan never would have allowed lip syncing, even when he had The Doors on, Jim Morrison agreed to not say some word [I think it was the word high] but he went ahead and sang it anyway, it was live and he got away with it infuriating Sullivan.@@brockreynolds870
How blessed i feel to have been young and alive during the Motown era. The Supremes were my idols in female groups; The Beatles in male groups. Their glamour, their voices, their music can NEVER be duplicated. They were EVERYTHING!! 🩷🩷🩷
I agree!!! I was almost 12 in 1966 and loved this one to no end. Flo and Mary are looking beautiful while Diana lets it rip with the voice. One thing the Beatles did not do and that was end the reign of girl groups (girl groups actually thrived during this time) We had the best music in the 1960s and '70s.
Go Mary!! :)
May she rest in peace
@@bernie1740
And may Florence also rest in peace.
Right as Diana says Go Mary, Flo turns and look at Mary and says All Right!!!😀
That gown hugs Flo in all the right places. What a truly stunning beauty.
THIS song was hotter than hot!!
Mary is my favorite Supreme but Diana's voice is giving this life. Gotta give props where they're do.
I agree. There’s just something so special about Diana’s voice. It’s unique and so unmistakable recognizable. Not to take anything away from Mary and Flo, but I really feel that without Diana on lead vocals The Supremes may been just another girl group from that era. So many great hits they recorded with Ross on lead. RIP Mary and Flo; U R missed 4-sure
@@MrNathan791 Without Diana Ross, they probably would not have gotten a contract with Motown.
@@williammaddox3339I agree, you can argue with a lot of things but results isn't one of them. 😂
@@williammaddox3339 …. Unfortunately you don’t know the history - Diana Ross‘s singing voice thru 1962 was awful. It was high, tinny, and she’s sang through her nose.
And don’t think for one minute that Berry Gordy did not give her intensive vocal training to get that singing voice down into her throat to make it sound halfway decent and to get her on key.
@@Jasper7182009 I probably know more of their history than you do. On some of their early recordings, Diana Ross' voice is nasally and at times, unpleasant. On others (Your Heart Belongs to me, A BreathTaking Guy) lovely and warm. When singing live, her voice was still nasally through 1965 but she gradually stopped singing through nose by the time she became a solo act in 1970. According to all reports Berry Gordy was instantly taken by her voice when the group had their last audition at Motown.
All beautiful, but Mary was just a knockout with that smile and that figure. Wow!!!
I agree and Florence Ballard
They where beautiful indeed. But diana really had something special. She wasnt the prettiest but she had it. Charm and charisma
Mary was always called the sexy one. Flo was the quiet one
Agree - they were all beautiful but Mary was just smokin’ hot - RIP.
@@rolarola5470 you said it - “she wasn’t the prettiest”!!! No. No she wasn’t. AT ALL. And the only “special” thing she had was some good p**sy that she was giving up to Berry Gordy to get that lead spot.
That's gotta be the FUNK BROTHERS playing live behind the girls. The vibe player is spot on.
It's Ray Bloch and his orchestra. Ray was Ed's conductor for the run of the show.
Mary killed this dance. Florence looked like she had fun. And Diane looked happy.
DR she was the lead singer should have been Florence Ballard
@@georginahawcroft8044 they all should have took turns
@@LoveTheKay indeed that's what I've said all along not just DR but then she was BG golden girl but it wasn't fair to the 2 founding member of the Supremes I totally 100% agree with you.
Diana was happy because she was in Berry Gordy’s pants around this time.
They had an affair from 1965-1971.
Now in 1965,
Diana was 21,
and Berry was 36.
Diana had their daughter Rhonda in 1971.
Rhonda didn’t find out that
Berry Gordy was her father until she was 13.
She played in the Temptations’ miniseries as Paul Williams’ wife.
@@jaysinger9941 lmao agreed
This is the first time I have had a Supreme smile since Marry left us.
Definitely uplifting watching this... so much energy from all three girls!
The new Supremes appeared at Black Expo in 1972. I saw her on the exhibit floor the next day. I told her the performance was fabulous and she said cheerily, "Oh thank you!" I asked her for an autograph, she obliged! Very nice, super talented. I didn't think we'd ever lose her. I still can't believe it!
I loved motown met a writer very nice man he knew all motown❤❤❤60 70 years yall❤❤❤good days😊😊😊😊😊
The harmonizing by Flo and Mary, are absolutely mind blowing! How do they do it? It’s like a separate instrument!!
Ms Wilson certainly knows how to bust a move or two ❤️ RIP Ms Mary Wilson 🙏
God bless Mary, they all had amazing energy in this song
@@mattc2094 Right on ❤️
Martha reeves says flo had to fill in for a sick member. Martha said flo had a beautiful voice, but could not dance to save her life
@@johnf.capuziello9800 as someone who can't dance and i can't absorb instruction. i think she must have panicked at not being coordinated . but i am looking at this, its just me or Diana herself can't dance. Because Mary is carrying the dance side of this.
@@PHlophe Mary wrote in "Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme" that Flo struggled with choreography. It was also apparent when she filled in for one of the Marvelettes on tour, because their choreography was much more intricate than the Supremes'. But...on "You Keep Me Hangin' On," she's the one I like to watch. It's very simple choreography, but she floats eloquently.
You can really see all of the girls liked that song
Flo's moooooves and Mary's dancing
They're on F I R E boy! 😄
The girls all have such great energy in this song.... it’s amazing, even decades on... shining through! Incredibly hot
@@mattc2094 definitely!
@@Individuell83 who’s your favourite supreme? 😜
@@mattc2094 Love them all, but have to say, Flo a little more 😅
@@Individuell83 everyone has their favourite... Diana for me... all 3 were amazing, don’t often see that in a group!
I love their sparkling yellow dresses and their gorgeous hair they look beautiful and gorgeous 💜❤💛💚💙💗🖤💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
I was a kid when the Supremes were on the Ed Sullivan show but I'm sure I could have fallen in love with all of them.
Love this song. Mary is so beautiful and she can really dance. I love this song ❤️
Everyone said if Mary Wilson goes, it’s gonna hurt. You’re right. I didn’t think it would hurt this bad !!
RIGHT?!!! Such a tremendous loss. And so sudden too 😩 I did NOT see it coming at all. I kind of took for granted that Mary Wilson would just always be with us…like Cher or Betty White 😜 Mary and Flo are gone but yet Diana lives on 🙄 Because evil never dies.
I'm with you on that one....
Now that’s not nice. Maybe you should get the whole story concerning the tension that was between these ladies. Think about this, even after Diana left the group Mary still was unable to sing lead. Mary was a good background singer, but could she carry a group singing lead?
@@MrNathan791 Yes. By the late 1960s Berry Gordy had shattered Mary's self confidence so much that she never even considered herself a (lead) singer. In Supreme Faith (I think it was) Mary wrote that when Diana was being promoted as a solo actor and ready to leave The Supremes, she didn't want to put her name forward as a potential lead because she didn't think she had the pipes, and she wanted the group to stay a success. So she stayed in the background and let Jean Terrell move into Ross's shoes. Later she took vocal lessons to improve her technique, which in turn gave her her self confidence back.
@@andrewthornhill7042Mary’s alto was not a lead singers sound. It wasn’t then and it never was during her entire career. But her personality was one of a kind and because of the sheer force of her personality and charisma and the strength of the songs that she recorded as a background singer, she sustained her career right up until the end of her life.
The beautiful iconic Diana Ross. love this song. Amazing vocals by Diana.
Diana was so cute in this performance. It's funny how when she was young she looked older, and when she was older she looked younger.
Sadly Diana had an eating disorder. She was also a smoker. Her lifestyle aged her a bit. That combined with pressure from the industry and The Supremes’ work ethic. This is 1966. In 67 Twiggy would become the beauty standard and everyone wanted to be thin.
@borood1188 ...The dance was called "The Boston Monkey!"
stones supremes, many groups were using marimbas and xylophones to a tee, what a sound!!
Last surviving founding member
Diana Ross
(March 26th,1944-)
Founding member
Mary Wilson
(March 6th,1944-
February 8th,2021)
Founding member
Florence Ballard
(June 30th,1943-
February 22nd,1976)
Spectacular performance from THE SUPREMES. FLO AND MARY RIP XX
The only bad thing about this performance is it was the only time they performed it on TV, and may very well be the only time they performed it live ever. Of all the recordings of their live shows I’ve heard, this number seems to have never become part of their lineup of songs. Would have loved to see this song get more light. It is a truly underrated part of their catalogue.
Five days in a row of Supremes videos on the Ed Sullivan Channel. It's funny how this one is not up here, but on another channel with 317,000 views. However, this one is much better quality.
Yah I saw the low quality version on other channel (colobosaurus) ... nice to see in HD quality
Did Y'ALL know: This is FIRST TIME, Ed Sullivan Show was filmed in COLOUR! HENCE! The Supremes!!! 💅💅💅
Diana is really showing that she had what it takes to be a legend.
RIP Mary my favourite and special supreme
Same here. So beautiful it was ridiculous.
These chicks were badass 😍
Rip Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard
Flo is helping Mary cross over !
You just gotta LOVE 💕 DIANA ROSS.
This has hot to be the best song they ever sung, and one of the best HDH ever wrote.
James Jameson played bass on most of Motown. Nothing but the best!
Pure rock n roll here folks....
Yeah! Pure rock and roll... indeed! Lovely to see three beautiful black girls rock’in it up
"My World is Empty Without You" is my favorite Diana Ross vocal as a Supreme. Her unique phrasing and delivery are simply superb or should I say supreme?😃
These were Berry Gordy's girls, until Diana went solo on her own. Berry wanted a woman group, that exalted class and charm. And, he had it with the Supremes.
I miss this lineup. Diana , Mary and Florence were awesome.
Absolute clasic
Well before its time a great northern soul clasic
Lucky to have been alive during this era of awesome music you can keep most of the BS coming out now 👍‼️
The gowns, the wigs, the glamour
They were EVERYTHING in my teen years..glamour personified!
Lovely ❤❤❤
Diana with her wig came second to Mary here. The echo takes me back to Wigan Casino Motown night once a Month.
One of the Funk Bros.'s finest instrumental tracks 🔥🔥🔥
Normally I have very mixed feelings about Diana, but vocally, she absolutely nailed it here.
lip syncking
@@thomasdelvin3683 She wasn’t.,
@@MrRickyMoody yes, yes she was in fact. You can see it when the hand claps don’t sync up to the playback. 90% of the time “The girls” were lip syncing on Ed Sullivan. Or singing live softly over a (very loud) pre-recorded backing track. Everyone did it. It would be too technologically difficult and risky to pull off completely live vocals/music on live television. Especially in 1966. Even today, most artists lip sync during T.V. performances to maintain that perfect studio sound. That’s not shade, that’s just a fact. I mean, Whitney Houston’s “Star Spangled Banner” - one of the greatest “live” performances of all time was lip-synced.
@@XXXKrisAnthony That's not true, though. They only lip-synched two or three songs and sang live over backing tracks of a few more, but this is fully live. Diana clapping more softly than Mary doesn't prove anything. This show is known for its live performances and orchestra. This would sound exactly like the single, if it was a playback.
If you mean they're lipsyncing to a "live" version they recorded for the show, even that doesn't disprove anything any vocal ability.
NOT LIPSYNKING! It's a little off at some point because of the video, not the girls.
I used to sit in front of the old b+w tv and was mesmerized by the supremes and Motown in general, to my parents dismay. This was pure gold. And it was free!
The talent on that stage ⚡️⚡️HIGH VOLTAGE ⚡️⚡️
What a talent she was in such a difficult time in history , damn she could sing!!!
If my memory serves me correctly, the name of that dance is called the Boston Monkey😊
The greatest female act ever!
My favorite Supremes tune of all time.
(Harmonically? Musique Noire.)
This is a great live performance, displaying the legendary Motown quality control (dancing, flawless background vocals), and I have to believe that some/all of the Funk Bros. are sitting in in the rhythm section, making Ray Bloch's Orchestra sound surprisingly, delightfully credible on this killer groove.
…. I doubt they have extra musicians from Motown to sit in with the orchestra on the Ed Sullivan show. Give this orchestra its due and give it credit for being great musicians and giving the best orchestra performance for this song. I prefer the Supremes’ performance of this song over the released single.
@@Jasper7182009
Just as you say.😁
@@tuxguys ☺️
WOW
Love the song. The hand flapping choreography is very amusing in 2021 lol
Florence Ballard strongest vocals so owned it ....beautiful lady... RIP Florence Ballard... never forgotten founding member of the Supremes..
Florence's talent was "God gifted" in every sense. Shame on how she got treated by Berry Gordy. RIP Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson.
As much as I loved Mary, Flo was a big pretty thing herself.
❤ Love those girls ... 👌
🎶 A beautiful live performance backed by the ' Ed Sullivan Orchestra ' 🎵👌
Loving the hairdos
Hope they upload "Millie/Rose/Mame", and "The Fats Waller Medley" too!
So much respectful music 🎶🎵of the 50S AND 60S this is the truth of sound of young America 🇺🇸
Diana Ross is a complete and total Superstar, without a doubt one of the greatest popular music performers of the 20th Century.
Ed was way too slick. Treated every guest like gold, no matter who they were.
Mary is a MOOD in this performance 😂💕
YES MARY!!!!!
This is an excellent performance. They seem to be having a lot of fun together!
Sadly this classic only peaked at # 9 in May, 1966. Should have done far better. Love the sax on the studio version (can't make out if it's played here) Hard not to have a dry eye when watching this.
One of their most underrated songs that you don't hear on mainstream oldies radio anymore.
It's a beaut! 💙
Look at big full voluptuous Florence! You can really hear Mary on this song!
Wow!! Look at them moooove!
Gorgeous girls.... so much energy in this song
Easily my favorite Supremes song! 🥰
❤❤❤
“Itch” reached number 9 on pop charts. Another hit. It’s from the album “Supremes A-Go-Go” which was the first album ever to reach number one on pop charts by a female group. Supremes setting records. The expanded edition of this album has a fab, 10 minute remix of “Itch”.
Much fun in this performance! Can’t wait to see the “Millie/Rose/Mame” medley as well as “The Fats Waller” medley.
I listened to the “supremes a go go” album, didn’t know it reached number 1.... testament to the great talent of these lovely ladies... you seem to be quite a supremes fan! ...May I ask, when was the first time you heard/saw the supremes?
Matt C
Hi! I’ve been a fan since 1963. The first record I ever bought was “When the Lovelight starts Shining....”. My collection dates back to the early 60s with memorabilia of them as The Primettes before they became the Supremes.
The first time I saw them in person was 1965 and I was hooked. I loved all three ladies but Diana was always the star for me. I saw the original line up twice and the line up with Cindy three times. All fabulous shows and I still have the program tour booklets!
I’m looking to eliminate some items from my collection. I have duplicate and triple copies of albums and magazines and I want to get rid of the excess.
Matt C
Try to get your hands on the expanded edition of Supremes A-Go-Go. It’s worth it just for the remix of “Itch”!
@@RP-oe3uq wow you were there from the beginning, following them from the primettes period... which concerts did you see them live? Must have been such an experience, I would loved to have seen. Yes for me also, Diana is the one... eagerness to please the audience, that really sums it up... and such a beautiful voice and talent. What magazine clips do you have?
Matt C
Yes, I have been there since the beginning and that’s one of the reasons I find it curious when people who weren’t there (or were there) try to rewrite the Supremes’ history. They usually have a grudge against Diana. This resentment may come from having read Mary’s book or J Randy Taborrelli’s book. But those books are not the reality.
Anyway, the first time I saw them was at Blinstrubs in Boston in October 1965. I had written you that it was 1966 but I got my dates mixed up. That’s when Diana brought me up from the staircase and I sang “Where did our love go” with them. Diana held my hand and I remember her laughing because she didn’t have to coach me regarding the lyrics. Of course I knew all the words. I stayed with Diana but at the song’s ending, all 3 Supremes gave me a hug. Wonderful memories. This was the engagement when Diana had to be rushed to the hospital after she had collapsed on stage. That didn’t happen the night I was there. I saw them again with Florence at the Rhode Island Civic Auditorium at the beginning of 1967 but in 1968, when they returned to this auditorium, I saw them for the first time with Cindy. It was as though they hadn’t missed a beat after Florence left. My fourth Supremes sighting was quite the surprise. My parents arranged for us to see Diana and the Supremes on the Ed Sullivan show. We saw the taping of the show that was aired on January 5th, 1969 when they sang “Love Child”, “I’m living in Shame” and the “I get a kick out of you/I’ve got you under my skin”” medley. That was beyond a thrill. I could never thank my parents enough. They loved “the girls”.
Still holds up after all this time...
The sway and the humping in the shoulders does it for me
Another Classic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
My Child Memory Favorite Song 💘
Take this little baby for a spin. 66 Cadillac V-8 power in Pearl Black Corinthian white leather interior.
Boy she keeps me sighing!
Mary was getting it 😂😂😂
❤️❤️❤️❤️ the Best!
Yessssss !!!!!!!!!!! My Girls 💯💯💯
Due to covid19, on rain days I am jamming this song during musical chairs in my class room.
I was in the 8th grade . Best dance song ! I could really move . 😊❤
Absolutely a legend I’m addicted to this song 2022
I'm Up Doing The Watusi @ 5 a.m.!!
Love any version of the song.
WOW !!!! one can really hear Mary & Flo.....Wonderful. Thanks for sharing
2024 here!
This is my favorite Supreme's song🥰🥰
That beat is soul moving.