I-Supremes yayiyiqembu labesifazane eliphumelele kakhulu elisebenza kusukela ngo-1959 kuya ku-1977. Kwaqoshwa izingoma eziyi-12, ababhali bazo okwakuyisikhungo sokukhiqiza saseHolland-Dozier-Holland.
Umlando Wezikhulu
Iqembu ekuqaleni lalibizwa ngokuthi The Primettes, kanye noFlorence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Betty Maglone noDiana Ross njengamalungu. Ngo-1960, uMcGlone wangena esikhundleni sikaBarbara Martin, kwathi ngo-1961 leli qembu lasayina nenkampani yokuqopha iMotown labizwa ngokuthi yiThe Supremes. .
Ngemva kwalokho, uBarbara walishiya iqembu, kwathi uWilson, Florence kanye noRoss baba ngabathathu abaziwayo. Lenza izitayela zomculo ezihlukahlukene kusukela ku-doo-wop, pop and soul kuya kumashuni e-Broadway, ama-psychedelics kanye ne-disco, leli qembu lazuza impumelelo emangalisayo maphakathi nawo-1960 no-Diana Ross njengomdlali ocula yedwa.
Isikhathi esifushane (kusuka ku-1967 kuya ku-1970) leli qembu laqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-DR & The Supremes kwaze kwaba yilapho uRoss eshiya iqembu ukuze enze umsebenzi wokuziphilisa yedwa futhi kwafakwa uGina Terrell. Ngo-1971, uhlu lwe-The Supremes lwashintsha njalo, futhi ngo-1977 iqembu lahlakazeka.
AbakwaSupremes bangabadlali bokuqala abamnyama esizukulwaneni sabo ababebukeka bengabantu besifazane kakhulu - izimonyo ezintekenteke, izingubo zemfashini namawigi. Babedume ngokwedlulele ekhaya naphesheya.
Leli qembu belivela njalo ezinhlelweni zethelevishini ezifana neHullabaloo, Hollywood Palace, The Della Reese Show kanye ne-Ed Sullivan Show, elidlale kuyo izikhathi ezingu-17.
Njengeqembu laseMelika eliculayo eliphumelela kakhulu kwezohwebo, izingoma ezingu-12 zeqembu zazihamba phambili ku-Billboard Hot 100 unyaka nonyaka, futhi ukuduma kwawo emhlabeni wonke kwakucishe kulingane neThe Beatles'.
Indlela eya ekudumeni The Supremes
Ngeshwa, inkontileka enelebula ephumelelayo ayizange iholele empumelelweni ngokushesha. Phakathi 1962-1964. I-Supremes ikhiphe izingoma ezingaphumelelanga kanye nababhali bezingoma abahlukahlukene kanye nabaculi abashintshayo.
Ngo-1964, u-Gordy wabahlanganisa no-Holland-Dozier-Holland futhi bakhipha ingoma ethi "Where Has Our Gone". Uye endaweni yokuqala kumashadi e-pop nawe-soul futhi waba nomthelela omuhle empumelelweni yeqembu ngesikhathi esilandelayo.
U-Diana Ross waba ngumculi ophambili futhi u-HDH wethula i-albhamu yezingoma ezilula ezigqamisa izwi elimangalisayo likaRoss kanye namazwi asekelayo ka-Ballarda noWilson.
Iqembu likhiphe izingoma ezinhlanu ezingakaze zibonwe onyakeni ongu-1, okuhlanganisa ne-Baby Love, Stop! EGameni Lothando, Woza ubone ngami futhi Ubuyele ezingalweni zami futhi.
Ukuhlehla okukhulu kweThe Supremes kwenzeka ngasekupheleni kuka-1967 ngenkathi uHolland-Dozier-Holland eshiya iMotown ukuze bakhe ilebula labo le-Invictus.
Ngenxa yalokho, iqembu lasala lingenabo ababhali bezingoma. Kodwa eminyakeni emibili eyalandela, amantombazane aqhubeka nokuqopha izingoma ezishisa izikhotha nababhali bezingoma baseMotown abasafufusa, u-Ashford & Simpson, okuholele engomeni eyodwa ethi Love Child nethi The Happening.
Umculi wezingoma uDiana Ross
UDiana Ross wazalwa ngoMashi 26, 1944 eDetroit. Owesibili ezinganeni eziyisithupha (uFred no-Ernestine Ross), uDiane ukhuthazwe kakhulu ingoma ka-Etta James ethi The Wallflower (1955).
Kusukela ebuntwaneni, intombazane yayiphupha ngokuba umculi odumile, okwenzeka esikhathini esizayo. Izwi lakhe elimnandi nelicashile "labulala" izethameli ngokwezwi nezwi "ngaso leso sikhathi".
Impumelelo yeqembu ngaphandle kukaDiane ibinomkhawulo futhi imfushane. Ngo-1970-1971. iqembu lacula izingoma ezishisa izikhotha ethi Stoned Love, Up the Ladderto the Roof kanye noNathan Jones. Base behlangana neqembu elithi Four Peaks, okwathi ngemva kwalokho baba yisikhombisa, babizwa ngokuthi River Deep, Mountain High.
Isikhathi se-post-Ross siphinde saphawuleka ngezinguquko zomugqa ovamile. Esikhundleni sikaRoss kwathathwa uGina Terrell (udadewabo womshayisibhakela u-Ernie Terrell), owathathwa uSherry Payne ngo-1974.
Izingxabano ngaphakathi kweThe Supremes
Naphezu kokuzonda kwabo, ngo-1983 uRoss, uWilson, no-Birdsong baphinde bahlangana kafushane ukuze badlale endaweni ekhethekile yenkampani iMotown 25.
Kodwa-ke, udumo lukaRoss ngesikhathi sokusebenza lubangele izingxabano ezivamile, ezithinta kabi ukuhlangana kweqembu. Babenomona kakhulu ngempumelelo kaDiana nokuduma okubanzi.
Ngo-2000, uRoss wayehlelelwe ukujoyina uWilson no-Birdsong ohambweni luka-Diana Ross & The Supremes: Return to Love. Nokho, uWilson noBirdsong bawuyekile lo mbono ngoba uRoss wanikezwa u-$15 million ngohambo, kodwa uWilson wanikezwa u-$3 million kwathi u-birdsong wanikezwa imali engaphansi kuka-$1 million.
Ekugcineni uhambo lokubuyela othandweni lwaqhubeka njengoba kwakuhleliwe, kodwa uRoss wajoyinwa nguSherri Payne noLinda Lawrence.
Umphakathi nabagxeki bomculo baphoxekile ngohlelo namanani aphezulu amathikithi. Ngenxa yalokho, uhambo aluzange luphumelele.
Imiklomelo Yeqembu
Nakuba leli qembu laqokwa kabili emklomelweni we-Grammy we-Best Rhythm ne-Blues Recording (Lovechild, 1965), i-Best Contemporary Rock 'n' Roll Group (Stop! In The Name of Love, 1966. ), kodwa lehluleka ukuwina.
Izinsuku Zokugcina zikaMary Wilson
UMary Wilson ushone ngoFebhuwari 8, 2021. Washona eneminyaka engu-76. Imbangela yokufa komculi ayinikezwanga. Eminye imithombo ibika ukuthi ushone ngokuzuma.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe, wathumela ividiyo esiteshini sakhe se-YouTube. Kuvidiyo, uMary wabelane nabalandeli ngolwazi lokuthi usayine inkontileka nelebula ye-Universal Music yokuqopha izinto ezisebenza yedwa. Longplay wayefuna ukuyikhulula ngobusuku bangaphambi kosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa.
