Supremes - Mary Wilson solo and Love Child very rare 

There's a performance of Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong & Kelly Rowland singing together here in RU-vid!

I think Kelly has a strong resemblance to Mary Wilson too. I also think Rihanna favors Flo Ballard and Taraji P Henson favors Diana Ross. They should do a movie LOL

MegaTroy Grifitti nooo!!!! rihanna is nothing like flo, she had delicate features.

Yes I saw Kelly with Mary and Cindy. She also sung with Lionel Richie that night.

divine williams flo had very pronounced features actually a broad nose , bright yellow skin , light hair and a tall figure with big lips

frank benson…..Check out Mary Wilson singing lead with THE SUPREMES on "I'll KEEP IT HID", "HE'S MY MAN" or "WHERE IS IT I BELONG", also, the shared leads with Jean Terrell songs like, "TOUCH", "FLOY JOY" & "AUTOMATICALLY SUNSHINE", "BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATERS", they are all here in RU-vid. Mary Wilson, given the chance always delivered, with her soulful, sexy, sultry and seductive sound!

Me too Frank,.Sexy sound!

She has the strongest voice of the three women in this clip. and she does her solo herewith such passion and emotion. I really felt what she was singing. She always took pride regardless of how small you had given her.

Lol….lydiarox100, and did she ever? Mary Wilson "unchained"!!!!!!!!!

I was hoping for more. No offense intended. She was kind of dry.

Rich Dad Lol….you want to see "dry"? Google, "Diana Ross The Smoking Gun" The picture MUGSHOT & POLICE REPORT of her arrest that lead to a conviction for alcohol & drugs intoxication in Tucson, Arizona that today in 2014 makes her the only member of THE SUPREMES to be both a FELON & EX-CONVICT is quit DRY! Now, for many is PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!

She does not have a felony dummy.

@@richdad360 tell the truth Mary can't sing .

Ms Mary Wilson was a Contra Alto, Diane Ross was a Mezzo Soprano and Florence Ballard & Cindy Birdsong both Sopranos :-)

She sure is! Love me some Mary Wilson!

Thank you Anointed, Yes, Sweet and soothing!..Always have liked Mary's sexy voice!..Wish she had also gone into TV sitcoms and dramas!

Allen Quinn I completely agree

.Mary didn't help things??????.............and Diane DID help things? Wasn't it Diane that tried to go out as THE SUPREMES in 2000 without Mary and Cindy? Wasn't it Diane who was disgraced in front of the entire world when The Return To Love Tour was cancelled and put out of its misery? Wasn't it Diane and Berry who masterminded the entire plan to put Diane waaaaaaaaaaay out front despite the fact that America loved all three Supremes?.....................and I could go on and on! Don't say that Mary didn't help things unless you are going to list Diane's sins as well................hers is a longer list! I agreed with your comment until you started to put the blame solely on Mary..

kurtsupreme No, neither of them helped matters one bit. I meant to include Diana in that too. All of them contributed to it.

Actually, the plan for the tour included Ms. Ross, Ms. Wilson and Ms. Birdsong;. But, Ms. Wilson demanded a huge amount of money to participate, and her request would have eliminated the chance for the tour to show a profit. So, the request was turned down, and she refused to take a lower amount and dropped out of the tour. Only then did the idea to include the other Supremes come under consideration. We did indeed love all three original Supremes and those who came later. But, it was Ms. Ross' sound that took the group to the top of the charts and kept them there for years and took her to top of the charts after she became a solo entertainer. She was the group's lead singer and certainly deserved her billing with the group. I always find it odd that those who say they resent Ms. Ross for being spotlighted do not dislike Smokey Robinson for transitioning the Miracles into Smokey Robinson & the Miracles or Martha Reeves because the Vandellas became first Martha & the Vandellas and then eventually Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. They do not condemn David and Jimmie Ruffin for leaving the Temptations for solo careers or Michael Jackson for leaving the Jackson Five for a solo career. Ms. Ross has always been held to a different standard than anyone else, and that seems terribly unfair. It has also always been acknowledged that Ms. Ross worked tirelessly to make the group successful and to maintain that success. Florence Ballard admitted in interviews that she hated everything related to the business except the singing. Ms. Wilson did more, but nothing in any way comparable to the efforts of Ms. Ross. Ms. Ballard also acknowledged that in the last months of her time as a Supreme, she failed to show up for appearances, showed up intoxicated, and that she sometimes sabotaged the choreography on numbers to confuse Ms. Ross and Ms. Wilson and make them look foolish to the audience. In the same interview, she said that though she did not realize it at the time, those actions were manifestations of her desire to leave the group and escape the nonstop work schedule and travel. Many would have felt as she did -- it is hard work to get to the top and remain there -- she wanted to lead a quieter life and stay at home. As for the accusations that people make that Mr. Gordy and others withdrew support for the group after Ms. Ross left for a solo career, the facts do not support that story. After Ms. Ross left, Mr. Gordy personally chose a wonderful singer to join the group as lead singer. They continued to work with th company's top producers and sing songs written by very successful writers (Stevie Wonder, Frank Wilson, Norman Whitfield, Smokey Robinson, Stephen Schwartz, Jimmy Webb, etc.). The music for their recordings also continued to be from the Funk Brothers. As was true of all Motown acts, the Andantes were used on occasion to augment their sound before and after Ms. Ross left the group. So, neither Mr. Gordy nor anyone else withdrew support for the Supremes after Ms. Ross departed, and they had a number of solid hits in the ensuing years. The longevity of most rock and roll and soul groups is relatively short. The Supremes, with and without Ms. Ross, had a long and successful run, and there is no reason for anger at anyone. Still today, they remain the most successful recording group in our country's history. Ms. Ross was also named by Billboard magazine as the Female Artist of the 20th century and by the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Female Recording Artist of All-Time. The original members of the Supremes are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and have been recognized in countless ways. The members of the group are loved and celebrated all over the world. Ms. Wilson''s criticisms of Ms. Ross, Ms. Ballard's admission of irresponsible conduct on tour and Ms. Ross' decision to leave the group have not and will not cause them to be loved less, and it will not stop their wonderful music from being played around the world until the end of time. It is past time for the bickering about who did what or who did not do what to end. We should just celebrate the fact that these talented, beautiful women existed and gave us a legacy of music that is literally matchless.

Oh, give me a break, Kenneth Hamlett!!!! You sound like an ad from the Motown propaganda "let's make Diane a solo star" campaign. I could counter every ONE of your statements; however, I will just address ONE! Diane was to be given 15 to 20 million dollars for the RTL tour. Yes, Diane, as a solo act, was worth more than Mary and Cindy as individual performers; however, when you put The Supremes back together, all values go UP! If Diane agreed to 12 million and Mary was offered 8 instead of 3 or 4, there would have been no problem. One of the good things that came out of the FAILURE of the RTL tour was that it settled once and FOREVER that Diane was NOT The Supremes and that the legacy of the legendary trio was greater than ANY of its individual members INCLUDING Diane. Diane deserved all the embarrassment and humiliation that she suffered from that fiasco..................and I'll address one more, and that's it: Smokey Robinson was a Motown insider, like Diane. Only those two groups, Supremes an Miracles, changed the names. It was always Martha and The Vandellas. The name of The Miracles was done a year earlier. Giving Martha a last name at the same time was just done to make it look good and fair when The Supremes' name was changed. Why didn't they change the name of the Four Tops? Jackson Five? Temptations? Marvelettes? The reason why it was such a big deal to change the name of The Supremes was because The Supremes were so HUGE, recognizable individually, and ubiquitous! The Miracles and Vandellas were names on records with anonymous faces. You can't compare the other acts to The Supremes. Plus, they had 10 number 1 records as The Supremes.............the public did not want the name change and people STILL refer to them as THE SUPREMES today. Another good example is The Four Seasons! The entire time that they had hits, they were called the 4 Seasons............no one even knew Frankie Valli's name..........another name on a record with anonymous faces. At the very end of their career, the name was changed to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons and that is how everyone today refers to them. History is not always an accurate recording of the facts.............that is especially true when we are talking about Motown's version of the history of The Supremes when it applies to Diane Ross. I guess you also believe that Diane's name says "Diana" on her birth certificate. If you do, I have some swampland for sale in Florida...........wanna buy it?

Marcus B, lol......I'm still tripping how this song (Love Child) would become Diane Ross reality when she had her OUT OF WEDLOCK child of Motown CEO Berry Gordy while already married to first husband Robert Silberstein! Lol.....Rhonda Silberstein Gordy Ross is "LOVE CHILD" on steroids!

Lol seriously inappropriate! "...born in po-ver-ty..." and the shy toddler looking all sad...

Lol... Perma Frost......Remember it was all about using the children as props for Diane Ross. Just like after getting MS FLORENCE BALLARD ousted and replaced (1966/67) THE SUPREMES (MS MARY WILSON & MS CINDY BIRDSONG) became props for Diane as she rode the "coattails" of the group until her 1969 solo career!

+TWTR4EVER weren't both Diane and Berry married to other people when they had their relationship?

Cristofer Chan-Imak Diane surely was, with first husband Robert Silberstein!

I thought the exact same thing about the children when the music started.😂

@@kaipom6360 Well, they can thank their lucky stars they have parents and weren't born out of wedlock.

What a silly thing to say! I guess in that case it follows that Flo wouldn't have been in the group if Milt Jenkins hadn't have invited her.....and so Mary wouldn't have been in the group either if Flo hadn't have invited her. See? They were all links in a chain; it's just that some links were stronger, were made of a higher quality gold, and shone brighter than the other dull, weak ones!

Mary would be retired from Wal Mart if Diana Ross hadn't fronted that "Group"

Lol.....Here, Diane Ross was months away from becoming a "solo act" riding the coattails of THE SUPREMES .(1967/1969) By now Diane, here out of pure joy introduced Ms Mary Wilson singing lead, Diane would have kissed a Mandril's monkey's ass or Berry Gordy's ass that amounts to the same by now! MS MARY WILSON, who by the way, truly shines way above Diane Ross in this performance is SUPREME!:-)

She sounds SO much BETTER than the Recorded vocals they used! Mary's voice is Distinct!

+Slaychelle "AMEN" With the blessings of Motown CEO Berry Gordy the two of them used Motown for their own personal self serving needs!

+Slaychelle She scratched more like, Diana was 100% Manipulative with Berry, to think these were girls who began on equal terms.....and here she ALLOWS Mary to take lead vocals. Mary's voice is soulful and smooth.

+Slaychelle, you were absolutely right. No different than Clive Davis grooming Whitney Houston. Barry Gordy was not only in love with Diana Ross, but he already had obligations and in that time you just didn't run off from family. He saw something in her that was different............like Ike saw in Tina Turner, who, with his grooming became better than he ever could be. There is no need to throw salt at Diana, they all had dreams, she was one that didn't give up on her dreams. Every person can do the same thing when it comes to dreams but only the ones that have the guts to pursue them will achieve them.

+Ramona Hardaway Having "guts" is having courage, at what price? Diane Ross was predatory and destructive of anyone around that could represent competition or a challenge! She's a narcissist megalomaniac BITCH! Not a Diva!

I suggest you watch Dreamgirls and remember that Berry Gordy owned Motown and not Diana Ross. She paved the way for other performers just like most of Motown Artists because of the direction from Barry Gordy. Don't hate the player, hate the game. She is just a human being that wanted fame

YES!!!!!!!!!!

Diana

Thank you GQBlue3! :-)

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It's diana that caused all the competition. She had to be the center and I do mean center of it all, if not it wouldn't fly! she was always tell Barry what she wanted!

kj Lee…...iconic & SUPREMELY SUPREME!!!!!!!

Lol….Ladi Mannan……Diane Ross (mezzo soprano) was made permanent lead of THE SUPREMES because besides the talent all three members had, Florence Ballard (soprano) and Mary Wilson (contra alto) had one ace on deck, Diane by late 1965 was having sex with "THE BOSS", the one that she would later have their "out of wedlock daughter Rhonda" with, and pay homage with that song in her "solo career", solo career she earned by putting out for the one and only, Berry Gordy, the man that bought her stardom :-)

TWTR4EVER Amen!

TWTR4EVER Business wise I would've picked Diana also. She has a good energy level. No offense intended but Mary' solo was kind of dry that day. No matter who you sleep w/ you will either shine as a lead or fail. She shined. Destiny's Child.. together they sound great & Beyonce shines. All 3 have solo carrers....... any?'s Life is what it is. Make the most out of your opportunities. IJS

Rich Dad, Diane Ross made the best of sleeping with THE BOSS, Motown CEO, Berry Gordy, he delivered her stardom! Together they made sure Diane will have no competition from any other member of THE SUPREMES, Florence Ballard tried and she was vanished, and driven to an early grave, Mary Wilson was stripped of her self confidence alway told that she couldn't sing, with we all know today is a LIE!!!!!!!! MURDER starts in the heart, Diane & Berry's hearts are tainted!

IT is Diana!

Lol….Ladi Mannan, get familiarize with music, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas were a "LEAD & BACKUP SINGERS" group from the start. Unlike The Marvelettes & The Supremes that were a "FEMALE TRIO" (Group on which all members can lead according to the material tackled) until Berry Gordy to please his concubine change the dynamics of the group. (The Diane Ross Show / Diane Ross & The Supremes) Ignorance is not becoming, polish up your intellect!

Ladi, Thank you for that post!..Wish everyone would stop comparing!

Ladi Mannan for some reason no remembers that Martha Reeves Always sang lead and no one ever said a word. I have never understood that. Same with Smokey. Levi Stubbs, It was always about Michael that is why Diana introduced them as Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five, yet none of the other Jackson brothers complained not even Jermaine who co lead on Some songs not all.

Mitchell Steven ARE YOU BOTH (Ladi Mannan & Mitchell Steven) STUPID/IDIOT or just trying to be seen as one? "Martha & The Vandellas" were always a "LEAD & BACKUP singers group later autistically build as "Martha Reeves & The Vandellas", the same applies to "Smoky Robinson & The Miracles" The Four Tops, The Temptations & The Supremes were, one a QUARTET, (The Four Tops) one s QUINTET (The Primes/ The Temptations) & one a FEMALE TRIO (The Primettes/ The Supremes) and if you don't know the difference you should not be even be discussing the issue, you're just IGNORANT to the subject! (what an idiot?) In a FEMALE TRIO, QUARTET, QINTET all member of the group according to their vocal abilities, in the case of THE SUPREMES (Florence Ballard - Soprano)(Mary Wilson - Contra Alto)(Diane Ross - Mezzo Soprano) they can take over the lead, provided the music arrangement is played on their "VOCAL KEY"! YOU'RE DUMBER THAN DOG SHIT Mitchell Steven!!!!!! You always been since your origina RU-vid name "blkshepherd"!!!! WHAT A JACKASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TWTR4EVER Diana and Flo are Sopranos... Flo a BIG Soprano voice, and Diana a Light one.

I think Mary's voice is great. But it took a very specific formula to get a hit, and Diane's lead was a large part of that. Obviously Diane and Berry had absolutely zero class or professionalism in certain aspects of this story (including their relationship...fame and fortune apparently will never buy you class) but make no mistake, Diane and her stage presence and voice, while not the most talented, was definitely the most radio and TV friendly of the group. She had the weakest voice but the most star power. It's too bad.

LOL….Diane Ross "messed up" THE SUPREMES!

+TWTR4EVER ok well I dislike Diane quite a bit (I won't even call her "Diana") but u seem a lot angrier at her than I. Lol.

Cristofer Chan-Imak I'm not "angry" I just like to expose the facts!

***** The true voice of all the Supremes was Jean Tyrell, Flo wasn't heard enough to be appreciated.

luis grant, Is Jean Terrell, not Tyrell, second all members of THE SUPREMES had their own unique voice to contribute, they never had a chance to shine because "THE BOSS" Motown, CEO Berry Gordy was Diane Ross Sugar Daddy, industry benefactor, lover and father of their bastard daughter Rhonda! He turned all other SUPREMES into Diane's shadow, for her only to shine MONOPOLIZING AND HIGHJACKING the group to pave the way for her 1969 "solo career"

+TWTR4EVER Jean Tyrell walked away from Marie Wilcox after less than 3 Years. Like Diana Ross, having to carry all that dead weight & pays it's bill took a toll.

Martha Marvelette...lol.....the only "dead weight" Diane Ross carried was her OUT OF WEDLOCK / BASTARD daughter with Berry Gordy (Rhonda Silberstein Gordy Ross) and she lived to be the SPITTING IMAGE of her father as a reminder of her ADULTEROUS INDISCRETION forever!

LMAO Speaking of "Dead Weight" is Miss Mary still supporting her 400lb Failure to Launch Daughter Turkessa & her Litters of Children?

xxxstripperella6969 LOL….LOL…..Diane Birdsong? You're so right , Diane WHO? :-)

xxxstripperella6969 who the hell is Diana Birdsong, I personally like Cindy Ross

Lol