The Diana Ross-- Supremes Story, from The 60s To 2000--PLEASE Subscribe to my YouTube Channel 

She certainly has star quality and longevity, haters gonna hate but look at her now still going strong 64+ years later - amazing

Rita is gorgeous 💃🏾

I think it’s so BEAUTIFUL when Ms. Rita speaks about her sister❤. It made me tear up. I’m already a fool over Miss Ross, but this was just beautiful

Diana Ross didnt push Mary Wilson's hand away OFF CAMERA. It was on camera but they cut it out before the show aired on TV.

i feel Mary's pain when they are standing in front of Flo's casket

Omg I had this on vhs years ago. I watched it religiously.

I always liked her.

I can't deny Diana Ross' talent (and I loved her in "Lady Sings The Blues"), But my favorite Supreme will always be Florence Ballard. I always had the hots for her from the first time I saw her. I remember her passing back in 1976. It was unbelievable to me (her dying at the young age of 32). RIP Flo. You'll never be forgotten.

QUEEN DIVE 🙌🏽❤ I remember the CP concert like it was yesterday, my mom acted like she was rt there when it started pouring rain, although we were in the comfort of our home

In Flos taped interview she said Gordy's feelings towards her changed after he mentioned her acting, her reply was she didn't know anything about acting, he lost interest, Flo's song "Ain't That Good News" from the "Sam Cooke" LP was outstanding, why she wasn't allowed to sing it😢 during the Live Sam Cooke medley was wrong, then her two Christmas song were selved never to be heard of for another 20 years, had she been given those opportunities they could have kept peace in the group, on some albums i actually found the boring,one was the Supremes sing HDH, some songs just weren't right for Ross, having at least one sing each for Flo and Mary would have broken the monotony

They became Diana Ross and the supremes that was the problem right there.

Thanks for sharing this.

Some rare shots in here. Quality stuff

Omg! I still have this on VHS😉

It's quite eerie how the song "Reflections" seems to coincide with the dismissal of Florence Ballard and what was happening with all the backstage tension.

Fred Ross was handsome!!!

I was a Supreme fan from beginning to end I believe that those three girls had genuine love for each other and it was Berry Gordy who drove a wedge in between them. I will always love the original Supreme but to me Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong together could have been as Big as Diana.Ross had Berry Gordy's Motown would have given them the promotion that they gave Diana Ross. Had he done that, he may not have been so heartbroken when Diana left for RCA. Once Ross left the Supremes I followed both until the end of the Supremes and continued to follow Ross until the end of the 70's I did nit care for her from the 80' s onward I was always a Msry Wilson fan until her death. She was also my favorite supreme.

Rita is very likeable.

❤ yes I can remember it just like it was yesterday I was 10 years old and everybody in my house was moved to the television and that's when they introduced at Donald Ross was going out on your own she was leaving The Supremes I said wow Mom she's going to do it it's like this everytime I hear this Supremes Diana Ross voice was so smooth she was just fantastic I've been a fan of her since I've been five years old 1965 I was at the swimming pool when I heard her music Supreme every every woman of color went out to get their hair done like The Supremes and my mom's wishy-washy wardwell she would always say this is what Miss Ross said set me free I would just smile the bottom line Miss Raw always will then and now all the ingredients to become the legend that she is mrs. Diana Ross

Diana’s voice is magical. I especially love her doing standards.

Great story

My. Favorite. Supreme. Will. Always. Be. F. L. O. Rip. Queen💋💄💜👠💙🌷🌷

Thanks for posting this. I've been looking for this for a very long time

Thanks for this never seen it before

If this is all about Diana Ross, then why isn't she there?

The return to love tour in 2000 was a train wreck from the start. The Supremes Mary Wilson & Cindy Birdsong was just as prevalent as Diana and should have equally been paid there fair share. What resulted was getting Mary's supremes from the Seventies. That made the Supremes fan's livid. Stopped in the name of 3/4th's percentages. Mary's gone now. I guess I'll settle for the 7 minutes from the Motown 25 special.

Legend

It's just "Business ", destroyed a lot of people. It killed other's dreams to build someone else's dreams dreams. Diana and Berry were friends with benefits. ♥

Her voice isn't very strong and is thin but she has excellent enunciation and pitch control. It's unique.

I love ALL of the SUPREMES and ALL of the PRIMETTES!, however, Miss Ballard is my favorite. I would just love, respect and trust her without trying to romance her. I made her an immortal time traveler in an upcoming bestseller where I alter and reconstruct her life and memory in a creatively positive manner. Long live the legacy, life and memory of Florence Ballard! @@@*** Sembene Nathanyahu, author and creator of the future bestseller, "Whisper's Getting Louder", in Chicago. ***@@@

Mary and Diana standing in front of the Flo's casket, to me, was the sad ultimate farewell to the original Supremes moment, alluded to in Someday We'll be Together. . . . Maybe there is a brief moment here, even in a brief passing moment, that transpired between both Mary and Diana, and they were authentically grief stricken and real.

It is so weird. If Diana Ross were a man, you would applaud her efforts, but because Ross is a woman, we try to denigrate her. Beyonce, Patti, and Smokey Robinson have all created a solo career that has surpassed their career as a group. Yet, for 60 years, we are still talking about Diana Ross career and painting her as some type of fraud. You can't reach the status Ross has achieved if you have no talent. Let's celebrate her tenacity and stop trying to destroy the woman who gave women like Oprah, Beyonce, and Gayle King hope

Diana looked like a cartoon character in the early days with the wigs, big eyelashes and the way her head dangled on her neck. But she had that X factor the others did not.

This is why I love her 18:23. Diana was attentive. Notice she looks in the monitors and raises her cane to the level Mary’s is at. Assuming Mary had it at the correct level to begin with.

I Don't Know Why Mary Wilson Didn't Get The Microphone 🎤 From Diana Ross When They Both Was Standing In Front Of Florence Ballard Casket.. Marry Wilson.. Should've Spoken Up!! For Florence Ballard And Said Something To Diana Ross ... Inside Aretha Franklin Father Church!! That The Funeral Was Held. R.I.P. Florence Ballard & Marry Wilson 🕊️🙏🕊️🙏.

18:56 Diana Ross has the best profile and her speaking voice is just as amazing as sing. The evolution of her voice in general is unmatched.

Yes Diana May Have Paved The Way For Many Artist And Got The Supremes To The Fame That They Have Today But It Never Would’ve Been A Supremes Or She Probably Would’ve Never Been In The Group If It Wasn’t For Florence Ballard Starting The Damn Group That’s What People Forget It’s Crazy

U better be posting more cuz i just subscribed

Did you see Lady Sings the Blues, she played a kid!!!!

Poor Flo she got the raw end of the deal. There was so much going on at the time a lot of confusion .I think this caused Flo to sporrow. I remember the day Flo died that was a sad day.

If this RU-vid is supposed to be a Supremes story through 2000 (as noted in the title), the Jean years MUST be considerably featured. She served magnificently as lead for nearly four years, had hits, and kept the group's unique sound and presence alive. Gordy's fear that the initial great success of the Jean-led Supremes would outshine Ross resulted in his negligence in promoting the Jean-led group, and that should be part of this story as well. Instead this video ceases to discuss the group after Ross leaves and focuses only on her. Typical!

I remember meeting Maxine Powell before my modern dance class Columbia college alumni. Surprisily when was 3 and 6, I met jean Terrell. She replaced Diana Ross in the Supremes. More my bio later

That “Take Me Higher” was the last CD that was released in the U.S.in 1995! Although she did release a CD in the U.K.!

Florence was rapped at a party very early, and back in those days there was no shrinks or help.

They glossed over how poorly Florence was treated. Berry constantly called her fat.

I've never seen footage from Flo's funeral. 👀 Edit: I've never seen Diana's sister in an interview before.

Here that song. I can’t help but to think of the Cosby show. 🎤 you know the right time baby🎤lol. But I wondered how the woman the left the group felt after. Just think. There was almost four supremes

I feel so sorry! For flo cause she is very powerful church goer and jazzy music just like althea franklin and others. Diana ross take the leader of the singer and begin to performance on stage. Cause of berry gordy told to put flo left direction as the back up! The late singer mary Wilson. But it's business and that would makes to led over flo. Diana ross was the boss since the 65! Nobody knows in the audience about this one. I love you! Diana ross . Thank you!

Berry. Went. After. Flo. First. But. She. Wasn't. Having. It. He. Was. Married

Do you happen to have the episode with John Walsh?

A TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT! This is yet another Diana Ross story, and not a "SUPREMES" STORY. A Supremes story must center around the group, not around Ross. Further, it must strongly include the spectacular JEAN TERRELL YEARS!

She volunteered to pay!!!!!

10:18 this looks just like the scene in Dreamgirls lol…

Where is the rest of the documentary?

They make Diana appear to be an angel they don’t talk bout how she crapped on people to get there

a lot of mistakes said in this, starting with she was the 7th of 6 children!!

I song in gospel from childhood to adulthood til they stole the name of a friend of ours group name and the grouo itself and thats the moment i resigned from the group i could not bare the shame of what the guys i was singing with from childhood. Then i parted ways with the guys who had taught me quartet style singing.

Aha! Everything Diana did inspired me! Lady Sings the Blues, then Mahogany and after that? Diana could sell cheese, 'I hate cheese except on a pizza put outside of that I hated cheese,' but if Diana's face appeared on the packaging? I'm buying me some dammed Cheese! I loved the WIZ because Diana Ross was the movie! Her concert's shows and I'll never forget when seeing Diana Ross at a concert in Chicago I had a 3rd row seat near the stage right and did I not get a hug from her,' I wanted to tell her how much I loved her etc., but I was like frozen.' I knew there was a god then! Her fashion sense, her style her love of razzle/dazzle was snuck into my out fits as much as I could afford! I was never an abrasive person and it's sad for today's impressionable lady's and fem/gay/gals because they have nothing worth emulating in a classic sense! Watching BET/VH1 scares the hell out of me and the stuff I see all over the interest gives me such a sigh of relieve for a lot of reason but now? Now I'm retired and really getting ready to do the dammed thing! Watch out world! I'm coming! I've always been out!

Cancelled national tour ? That translates into widespread disinterest.. not a mile marker you can overlook.

"Berry saw something else...? Hm, I wonder what that was. Also, I thought this documentary was about the Surpremes.

I have to be honest. I saw Diana Ross in concert at Radio City Music Hall and honestly thought it was a waste of my money and time. During the show I looked at my friend, who I also paid for his ticket and said to him, this show was a complete waste of money and he pretty much agreed. When I go see a singer perform, I expect them to sing the songs. Not sing half of each song and then start talking, then bring your whole family on stage and start introducing each one to the audience, then spend so much time off stage cause she wants to change costumes. I'm like girl Tina Turner has wardrobe changes, but she sings her songs from beginning to end. I know Diana ain't Tina, but I didn't pay money to meet her family or hear her talk through her songs. It felt more like one of those Las Vegas lounge acts. But I was not in Vegas. I was at Radio City in New York City. I know artists get older, and they might not have the same energy, but that show was ridiculous. I saw Tina Turner. I believe that same year in Radio City. Tina was doing 5 or 6 shows back to back, which surprised me because I know artists do 2 or 3 shows, then take a day or two off, but Tina was doing all the shows together. I bought tickets to her last show at Radio City. I was expecting Tina's voice might be a little soar because she did perform 5 to 6 shows in a row. Tina Turner came on that stage and sang every song from beginning to end, and her voice sounded amazing. It was as if I was at the first of 6 shows. Now that was a ticket and time well spent. I never went to any of Diana Ross shows after that, not even for free. I'm glad the Supremes Reunion tour was canceled. They only performed 15 shows out of 30 they were scheduled to do because ticket sales were so bad. Not performing with Mary & Cindy ruined that whole reunion tour because of Diana shenanigans. When Diana gets to the gates of heaven, Diana has a lot of explaining to do!!!

Ahahah! When you ask someone like J Randy Taraborrelli for interview it really says it all🤣the master of (not so exquisite) FICTION, the man of great imagination…so sad this package doesn’t include any talent🤦🏼‍♂️

Lightning striking against the stage on account the Lord doesn’t like ugly; and not too proud on pretty, either!

That’s a BS, because my aunt was on Motown. All those evil rumors are just plain jealousy!!!

Diana Is Not A Soulful Singer.. A Pop Singer

Don;t know why people think of Diana Ross as the main lead on the Supremes she is not such a good person .. She completely screwed all of them over including poor Florence who was cast aside .. think documentary is biased if anything the true lead singer was Florence .. but Diana got busy and wanted to take over .. before Diana it was a family and soon after not so much .. I strongly dislike one sided documentaries like this one.. Tell the Truth !

Okay I have held my tongue for way too long., I have been a Supremes fan since 1986. When I was 16 years old. I heard Baby love playing on the radio one day. And I was hooked. Okay Diana did have a beautiful voice and she was also the IT girl. But Florence and Mary were just as equally beautiful as could also sing. The only reason why Diana stole the spotlight, is because , berry g. Had the hots for her. He showed Diana favoritism from the beginning. And then in 1965 Diana and berry became lovers. Gordy then didn't care about Mary and Florence. So he pushed flo and Mary into the background. And promoted Diana to the top. This is how it happened. This is the truth. If berry hadn't been sleeping with Diana. She never would have made it like she did . So stop saying that Florence and Mary were not talented singers because they both were. Like it or lump it . I don't care. The truth has to be told.

Who can forget how Ross an Gordy help destroy Flo's life.

They is making this bs up f her way up there

I loved her as a Supreme, but when she went solo, something was lost, and I can't pinpoint it.

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Ohh the look on the baby girls face staring at Diana's stomach. Beetch you having another child.

She has evil on her soul, leading to temptations will send her right to Hell for what she did

Randy Taborillie is a jerk and his book is unauthorized

she was too damn old for Dorothy

That’s ugly!!!

The wiz was horrible

Strange. Hardly a mention she became a gay icon who no doubt contributed to her solo career. And virtually no mention of her special relationship with Michael Jackson, other than being in the 'Wiz."

Oh My God, was that Matt Lauer?????