The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland
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| The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland | ||||
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| Studio album by The Supremes | ||||
| Released | January 23, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1965–1966 | |||
| Genre | Pop R&B |
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| Length | 31:40 | |||
| Label | Motown MS 650 |
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| Producer | Brian Holland Lamont Dozier |
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The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland (issued internationally as The Supremes Sing Motown) is a 1967 album by The Supremes for Motown. It includes the number-one hit singles "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone". As the title states: all songs on the album were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting team of Holland–Dozier–Holland. Most of the album was recorded during the spring and summer of 1966.
Included alongside these songs are a handful of other originals, including "Remove This Doubt" and "You're Gone, But Always in My Heart", among others. Also present on the album are covers of H-D-H penned songs for Motown artists The Isley Brothers ("I Guess I'll Always Love You"), The Four Tops ("It's the Same Old Song", "I'll Turn to Stone"), and Martha and the Vandellas ("(Love is Like a) Heat Wave")
This was the group's final album fully overseen by the songwriting team of Holland–Dozier–Holland. Within months of this release, the trio would stage a work slowdown in protest to Motown CEO's Berry Gordy's business decisions. By the end of 1967, H-D-H had departed Motown, but not before producing four final Supremes singles ("The Happening", "Reflections", "In and Out of Love", and "Forever Came Today").
The Album was re-released in 2009 by SpeakersCornerRecords for the 50th anniversary of Motown.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Holland–Dozier–Holland and produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
[edit] Side one
- "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
- "You're Gone, But Always in My Heart"
- "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"
- "Mother You, Smother You"
- "I Guess I'll Always Love You"
- "I'll Turn to Stone"
[edit] Side two
- "It's the Same Old Song"
- "Going Down for the Third Time"
- "Love is in Our Hearts"
- "Remove This Doubt"
- "There's No Stopping Us Now"
- "(Love is Like a) Heat Wave"
[edit] Personnel
- Diana Ross: lead vocals
- Florence Ballard: background vocals
- Mary Wilson: background vocals
- Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier: producers
- The Funk Brothers: instrumentation
[edit] Singles history
- "You Keep Me Hangin' On" b/w "Remove This Doubt" (Motown 1101, October 12, 1966)
- "Love Is Here, and Now You're Gone" b/w "There's No Stopping Us Now" (Motown 1103, January 11, 1967)
[edit] Chart history
[edit] Album
| Name | Chart (1967) | Peak position |
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| The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland | U.S. Billboard 200 | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B Albums Chart | 2 | |
| UK Albums Chart | 15 |
[edit] Singles
| Name | Chart | Peak position |
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| "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart | 1 | |
| UK Singles Chart | 8 | |
| "Love Is Here, and Now You're Gone" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart | 1 | |
| UK Singles Chart | 17 |
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