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Detroit sound We invite you to meet
Motown Records` golden girls the undisputed
queens of popular music The Supremes
Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
Well tell me Diana How did it all begin
Ohh mm boy Long time now
We start singing when we were about thirteen
We uh got together in the neighborhood
because we all in the same neghborhood
and we went to the same church
and Mary and Florence went to the same school
But our group put us together really
The group now The Temptations
But after we came to Motown we changed
our name to a better name
you know something that meant something
And that was The Supremes
And that was The Supremes
Well how did you get that name
Well I really didn`t pick the name because uh
uh Florence did most of the picking of the names
I didn`t like the name Supremes at first and
She will tell you how she got that name
And Florence did well at it
Chuckles Uh laughs I was given a little tiny piece
of paper with ten names on it and uh
I picked Supremes bcause it was different
And uh I like it and at that time we needed
it `cause we had a record company on our hands
I see Well i think everyone was raving with The Supremes now
Well you girls must to travel like there`s hundreds
of thousands of miles all over the world entertaining fans and
Florence what`s your most unusual experience while on tour
Uh-hmmm
She doesn`t have to think long than that
because we know two that were really great
Remember the one in Germany
Yes I remember the one in Germany man
laughs We were singing with a pre-recorded tape and uh
we`re just standing and singing and the tape broke
Oh
Yes And uh you can imagine what we went through
But we kept going and um the show went on
Right What part of Germany is that
Hamburg
Oh I see Well I think we saw some newspaper
headings which they praised you on the pages on your show
The next day
The very next day
The next day
Earlier next morning
laughs
What happens to the situation like that
Diana how did you get your note to been
I mean what are you singing about
Well we whenever we`re singing we
just continue to sing or pop our fingers and get a feeling
But at that time or any time we`re sitting around
to rehearse we whatever we`re thinking about we sing it
You know just like right now
Anything that`s on your mind
Anything that`s on your mind
What`s on your mind now
We just rehearsing and then
we just try to all harmonize you know
to make it like right now Singing Boys
Boys
Boys
Men
laughs
More more more
More more yeah laughs Well you girls got
a more moment to relax Um what are your hobbies
Well we all have different hobbies but mine is cooking
You wouldn`t really say it was a copy but it`s mine
I love to cook for boys and uh
laughs and like Florence now she likes to bowl
I guess she`s energetic I don`t know
I guess she is and Diane she used to like to design dresses
Yeah I did that in school Mostly now I think
I would like to collect a lot of jewelry and different
odds and ends and you know real odd shoes
Little old diamonds and things like that
No laughs Diamonds rings and jewelry
And speaking of fashion and jewelry you girls
have a lovely flair of dresses for both onstage and off
Uh how did you assign them What you gonna wear
Well we just go to different towns and whatever
we see we like One person might not like
but the other two like it we get it
One thing we constantly shop because
we have to need a lot of different things for a lot of
different shows So we constantly shop
Well I can understand that
Now here`s a tough question
i know it`s unfair to you but
who are your favorite artists just a few of them
Well let`s see now I I love the Four Tops and
I love the Temptations and well that`s so many
Like Nancy Wilson I really you know she`s my idol
And some more but I can`t call on other names
I see What about you Florence
Well I tend to like the male vocalists best
Well I bet
Well I understand that part All laughing
Like Johnny Mathis uh and Elvis Presley
Oh boy
Matter of fact all of them Mary Wilson & the reporter chuckles
And uh I can`t leave out the British groups
I think uh well I have to think I know I like The Beatles
Well I think you got a lot of company there
What about you Diana
Well not just The Beatles I love them really
But there`s so many British groups that we met when
we were over there that uh were really very good
good groups and also good friends
But as we`re in London we saw The Lena Horne
Show and they were fabulous performers and
the act layout was beautiful you know
And also nobody like Marvin Gaye
We love him we love him we love him
Okay laughs Well now that you girls
becomeI say the America`s and the world`s
most singing group well what are your plans for the future
Oh we got uh we got grea plans
Uh right now we`re going into bigger and
better club work all over the country and
we have bookings in London
and here in New York and everything
But we all want to go into acting
We`re big hams you know what I mean
We act on and offstage But other than that we`re always
gonna continue to make records for our fans
because this we love and we wanted to do something
that will make them happy and also make us happy too
Well I think as long as you continue to sing
as well as you do you make your fans more than happy
We all wish you the best of luck Supremes
Thank you
Thank you very much
Thank you very much