The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop

The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop
Studio album by
The Supremes
ReleasedFebruary 22, 1965
Recorded1962 – 1965
StudioHitsville U.S.A., Detroit
Genre
Length31:42
LabelMotown
ProducerClarence Paul
The Supremes chronology
A Bit of Liverpool
(1964) 		The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop
(1965) 		We Remember Sam Cooke
(1965)
Singles from The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop
  1. "My Heart Can't Take It No More"
    Released: February 2, 1963
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [3]

The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop is the fourth studio album recorded by the Supremes, issued by Motown in February 1965. The album was presented as a covers/tribute album of country songs, as Ray Charles had done with his album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. However, over half of the selections on The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop were written in-house by Motown staffer Clarence Paul. One of the songs on the album is "My Heart Can't Take It No More", which the Supremes had recorded in 1962 and released in 1963 as a single.

One of Paul's songwriting partners on the album was his fourteen-year-old charge Stevie Wonder, making the Supremes the first act besides Wonder himself to record Wonder's songs.

Motown's session group, the Andantes, appear on all but two of the tracks. They accompany Ross completely above Wilson and Ballard on "Baby Doll".[citation needed][clarification needed]

The album was a modest success peaking at number 79 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart, with sales exceeding 38,000 copies.[4]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson, originally by Nelson)
  2. "My Heart Can't Take It No More" (Clarence Paul)
  3. "It Makes No Difference Now" (Floyd Tillman, originally by Eddy Arnold)
  4. "You Didn't Care" (Paul)
  5. "Tears in Vain" (Paul)

Side Two

  1. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (Bob Nolan, originally by Sons of the Pioneers)
  2. "Lazy Bones" (Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael)
  3. "You Need Me" (Paul)
  4. "Baby Doll" (Paul, Stevie Wonder)
  5. "Sunset" (Paul, Wonder)
  6. "(The Man With the) Rock and Roll Banjo Band" (Paul, Berry Gordy, Jr.)

Personnel

Singles history

  • "My Heart Can't Take It No More" b/w "You Bring Back Memories" (from Meet the Supremes) (Motown 1040, February 2, 1963)

Chart history

Chart (1965) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 79

References

  1. ^ The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop at Allmusic
  2. ^ Colin Larkin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1994. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ^ Berger, Arion (2004). "The Supremes". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 797. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. ^ Pamela E. Foster (1998). My Country: The African Diaspora's Country Music Heritage. USA: My Country. p. 213. ISBN 9780966268010.
  5. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.