A Supremes anali gulu la azimayi ochita bwino kwambiri kuyambira 1959 mpaka 1977. Ma hits 12 adajambulidwa, olemba omwe anali malo opangira Holland-Dozier-Holland.
Mbiri ya The Supremes
Gululi poyamba linkatchedwa The Primettes, ndi Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Betty Maglone ndi Diana Ross monga mamembala. Mu 1960, Maglone adalowa m'malo mwa Barbara Martin, ndipo mu 1961 gululo linasaina ndi kampani yojambula nyimbo ya Motown ndipo idatchedwa The Supremes. .
Pambuyo pake, Barbara adachoka m'gululi, ndipo Wilson, Florence ndi Ross adakhala odziwika bwino kwambiri. m'ma 1960 ndi Diana Ross ngati woyimba payekha.
Kwa kanthawi kochepa (kuchokera ku 1967 mpaka 1970) gululi linatchedwanso DR & The Supremes mpaka Ross adachoka m'gululi kuti ayambe ntchito yake yekha ndipo adasinthidwa ndi Gina Terrell. Mu 1971, mndandanda wa The Supremes umasintha pafupipafupi, ndipo mu 1977 gululo linatha.
A Supremes ndi ochita zakuda oyamba am'badwo wawo omwe amawoneka achikazi kwambiri - zodzoladzola zosakhwima, madiresi apamwamba ndi mawigi. Iwo anali otchuka kwambiri kunyumba ndi kunja.
Gululi linkawonekera pafupipafupi pamapulogalamu apawailesi yakanema monga Hullabaloo, Hollywood Palace, The Della Reese Show ndi The Ed Sullivan Show, pomwe adachitapo maulendo 17.
Monga gulu la mawu ochita bwino kwambiri ku America pazamalonda, nyimbo 12 za gululi zidakwera pa Billboard Hot 100 chaka ndi chaka, ndipo kutchuka kwawo padziko lonse kunali kofanana ndi The Beatles '.
Njira yopita ku kutchuka The Supremes
Tsoka ilo, mgwirizano wokhala ndi zilembo zopambana sunatsogolere kuchita bwino mwachangu. Mu 1962-1964. A Supremes adatulutsa nyimbo zomwe sizinachite bwino pamodzi ndi olemba nyimbo osiyanasiyana komanso osintha mawu.
Mu 1964, Gordy adagwirizana nawo ndi Holland-Dozier-Holland ndipo adatulutsa nyimbo "Where Has Our Love Gone". Adapita pa nambala wani pa ma chart a pop ndi soul ndipo adathandizira kupambana kwa gululo nthawi yotsatira.
Diana Ross adakhala mtsogoleri woyimba ndipo HDH adapereka chimbale cha nyimbo zosavuta zomwe zidawunikira mawu odabwitsa a Ross komanso mawu ochirikiza a Ballarda ndi Wilson.
Gululo linatulutsa nyimbo zisanu zomwe sizinachitikepo mchaka chimodzi chokha, kuphatikiza Baby Love, Stop! Mu Dzina la Chikondi, Bwerani mudzawone za ine ndikubwereranso m'manja mwanga.
Cholepheretsa chachikulu cha The Supremes chinabwera kumapeto kwa 1967 pomwe Holland-Dozier-Holland adachoka ku Motown kuti apange dzina lawo la Invictus.
Zotsatira zake, gululo linasiyidwa popanda olemba nyimbo. Koma pazaka ziwiri zotsatira, atsikanawa adapitilizabe kujambula nyimbo ndi olemba nyimbo a Motown omwe akubwera a Ashford & Simpson, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale nyimbo imodzi ya Love Child ndi The Happening.
Woyimba solo Diana Ross
Diana Ross anabadwa pa Marichi 26, 1944 ku Detroit. Wachiwiri mwa ana asanu ndi mmodzi (Fred ndi Ernestine Ross), Diane adalimbikitsidwa kwambiri ndi Etta James 'kugunda The Wallflower (1955).
Kuyambira ali mwana, mtsikanayo ankafuna kukhala woimba wotchuka, zomwe zinachitika m'tsogolomu. Mawu ake oyimba ndi obisika "anapha" omvera kwenikweni "pomwepo".
Kupambana kwa gulu popanda Diana kunali kochepa komanso kochepa. Mu 1970-1971. gululo linaimba nyimbo zotchuka kwambiri za Stoned Love, Up the Ladderto the Roof ndi Nathan Jones. Kenako adagwirizana ndi gulu la Four Peaks, pambuyo pake panali asanu ndi awiri, adatchedwa River Deep, Mountain High.
Nthawi ya post-Ross inalinso yodziwika chifukwa cha kusintha kwa mzere pafupipafupi. Ross adasinthidwa ndi Gina Terrell (mlongo wa boxer Ernie Terrell), yemwe adasinthidwa ndi Sherry Payne mu 1974.
Mikangano mkati mwa Supremes
Ngakhale adadana, mu 1983 Ross, Wilson, ndi Birdsong adakumananso mwachidule kuti achite nawo gawo lapadera la kampani la Motown 25.
Komabe, kutchuka kwa Ross panthawi yamasewera kunayambitsa mikangano pafupipafupi, zomwe zidasokoneza kukumananso kwa gululo. Ankachita nsanje kwambiri ndi kupambana kwa Diana komanso kutchuka kwakukulu.
Mu 2000, Ross adayenera kulowa nawo Wilson ndi Birdsong paulendo wa Diana Ross & The Supremes: Return to Love. Komabe, Wilson ndi Birdsong adasiya lingalirolo chifukwa Ross adapatsidwa $ 15 miliyoni paulendowu, koma Wilson adapatsidwa $ 3 miliyoni ndipo Birdsong adapatsidwa ndalama zosakwana $ 1 miliyoni.
Pambuyo pake ulendo wobwerera ku Chikondi unapitirira monga momwe anakonzera, koma Ross adagwirizana ndi Sherri Payne ndi Linda Lawrence.
Anthu ndi otsutsa nyimbo adakhumudwitsidwa ndi mzerewu komanso mitengo yamtengo wapatali ya matikiti. Zotsatira zake, ulendowu sunapambane.
Mphotho Zamagulu
Ngakhale kuti gululi linasankhidwa kawiri pa Mphotho ya Grammy ya Best Rhythm ndi Blues Recording (Lovechild, 1965), Best Contemporary Rock and Roll Group (Stop! In The Name of Love, 1966), koma adalephera kupambana.
Masiku Otsiriza a Mary Wilson
Mary Wilson anamwalira pa February 8, 2021. Anamwalira ali ndi zaka 76. Chifukwa cha imfa ya woimbayo sichinaperekedwe. Mabuku ena amanena kuti anamwalira mwadzidzidzi.
Masiku angapo asanamwalire, adayika kanema panjira yake ya YouTube. Muvidiyoyi, Mary adagawana ndi mafani zidziwitso kuti wasaina pangano ndi Universal Music label kuti ajambule zinthu payekha. Longplay adafuna kumasula madzulo a tsiku lobadwa ake.
