The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart

Infobox Album |
Name = The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart
Type = Cover album
Artist = The Supremes


Released = May 22 1967
Recorded = 1966
Genre = Pop/showtunes
Length = n/a
Label = Motown
MS 659
Producer = Berry Gordy
Gil Askey
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9caxlffe5cqy~T00 link]
Last album = "The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland"
(1967)
This album = "The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart"
(1967)
Next album = "Greatest Hits"
(1967)

"The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart" is a 1967 album recorded by The Supremes for Motown Records. The album is wholly composed of covers of show tunes written by the songwriting duo of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The album was the final album released before The Supremes' name was changed to "Diana Ross & the Supremes", and member Florence Ballard replaced by Cindy Birdsong.

Originally intended as a double album, "The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart" was halved before Motown issued it in May 1967. In 1986, two unreleased tracks from the "Rodgers & Hart" sessions were included in the "Diana Ross & the Supremes' 25th Anniversary" collection. Several more were included alongside the original twelve LP tracks on "The Rodgers & Hart Collection", an expanded compact disc collection released by Motown in 1987. All of the sessions, including a bonus live recording, were included on the 2002 Motown/Universal release "The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart: The Complete Recordings."

Track listing

"All songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, produced by Berry Gordy and Gil Askey"

ide one

#"The Lady is a Tramp"
#"Mountain Greenery"
#"This Can't Be Love"
#"Where or When"
#"Lover"
#"My Funny Valentine"

ide two

#"My Romance"
#"My Heart Stood Still"
#"Falling in Love with Love"
#"Thou Swell"
#"Dancing on the Ceiling"
#"Blue Moon"

Known outtakes

The following Rodgers/Hart compositions were also recorded by the Supremes for this album:
#"Manhattan"
#"The Blue Room"
#"With a Song in My Heart"
#"Spring is Here"
#"Little Girl Blue"
#"It Never Entered My Mind"
#"There's a Small Hotel"
#"You Took Advantage of Me"
#"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
#"Wait Till You See Him"
#"I Didn't Know What Time It Was"
#"Johnny One Note"
#"I Could Write a Book"

Numbers 1 and 2 were first issued on the compilation "Diana Ross & the Supremes' 25th Anniversary" in 1986, while 3 through 12 were first issued on "The Rodgers & Hart Collection" in 1987. All of these songs , plus a live medley of "The Lady is a Tramp/Let's Get Away from It All" recorded at the Copacabana in May 1967, were included in the collection "The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart: The Complete Recordings" in 2002. The versions of "You Took Advantage of Me" and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" included on the 2002 collection are alternate recordings to those previously issued. "Manhattan" was done as a duet with Florence Ballard and Diana Ross.

*Diana Ross: lead vocals
*Mary Wilson: background vocals, co-lead vocal on "Falling in Love with Love"
*Florence Ballard: background vocals, co-lead Vocal on "Manhattan"

Chart history