The Supremes

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American girl group Motown artist vocal group

The Supremes were a hugely successful American female vocal group of the 1960s whose polished pop-soul sound helped define the Motown era and influence generations of artists.

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Label Occurrences
The Supremes canonical 94
Diana Ross & the Supremes 5
Diana Ross & The Supremes 4

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American girl group ⓘ
Motown artist ⓘ
vocal group ⓘ
activePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
associatedAct Diana Ross ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
The Temptations ⓘ
basedIn Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfFormation 1959 ⓘ
disbanded 1977 ⓘ
genre Motown sound ⓘ
R&B ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
influenced later R&B artists ⓘ
pop artists ⓘ
subsequent girl groups ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locationOfFormation Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
member Betty McGlown ⓘ
Cindy Birdsong ⓘ
Diana Ross ⓘ
Florence Ballard ⓘ
Jean Terrell ⓘ
Lynda Laurence ⓘ
Mary Wilson ⓘ
Scherrie Payne ⓘ
Susaye Greene ⓘ
notableAchievement most successful Motown act of the 1960s ⓘ
one of the best-selling girl groups of all time ⓘ
one of the most commercially successful American vocal groups of the 1960s ⓘ
notableAlbum Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations ⓘ
surface form: Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations

I Hear a Symphony ⓘ
The Supremes A’ Go-Go ⓘ
Where Did Our Love Go ⓘ
notableEvent Diana Ross ⓘ
surface form: Diana Ross left the group in 1970
notableWork Baby Love ⓘ
Come See About Me ⓘ
Reflections ⓘ
Someday We’ll Be Together ⓘ
Stop! In the Name of Love ⓘ
Where Did Our Love Go ⓘ
You Can’t Hurry Love ⓘ
You Keep Me Hangin’ On ⓘ
originalName The Primettes ⓘ
peakCommercialSuccess mid-1960s ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
style polished pop-soul sound ⓘ

Referenced by (110)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Motown → launchedCareerOf → The Supremes ⓘ
Motown Museum → associatedWith → The Supremes ⓘ
Apollo Theater → helpedLaunchCareerOf → The Supremes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diana Ross & The Supremes
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me → recordedBy → The Supremes ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
this entity surface form: Diana Ross & the Supremes
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me → duetWith → The Supremes ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
this entity surface form: Diana Ross & the Supremes
Silver Bells → coveredBy → The Supremes ⓘ
Diana Ross → notableWork → The Supremes ⓘ
Diana Ross → memberOf → The Supremes ⓘ
Diana Ross → associatedAct → The Supremes ⓘ
Tamla → signedArtist → The Supremes ⓘ
The Four Tops → associatedAct → The Supremes ⓘ
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles → associatedAct → The Supremes ⓘ
Martha and the Vandellas → associatedAct → The Supremes ⓘ
For Once in My Life → notableRecordingBy → The Supremes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diana Ross and the Supremes
For Once in My Life → performedBy → The Supremes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diana Ross and the Supremes
Blue Moon → hasNotableRecordingBy → The Supremes ⓘ
Somewhere (from "West Side Story") → hasCoverVersionBy → The Supremes ⓘ
subject surface form: Somewhere
Hitsville U.S.A. → associatedWith → The Supremes ⓘ
Studio A → associatedWithArtist → The Supremes ⓘ
Gene Page → workedWith → The Supremes ⓘ
What the World Needs Now Is Love → recordedBy → The Supremes ⓘ
Regal Theater, Chicago → hostedPerformer → The Supremes ⓘ
All You Need Is Love → hasCoverVersionBy → The Supremes ⓘ
Mary Wilson → memberOf → The Supremes ⓘ
Mary Wilson → foundingMemberOf → The Supremes ⓘ
Mary Wilson → associatedAct → The Supremes ⓘ
The Funk Brothers → backedArtist → The Supremes ⓘ
Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations → hasPart → The Supremes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diana Ross & the Supremes
Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations → collaborationBetween → The Supremes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diana Ross & the Supremes
Jerry Ross → coWroteForArtist → The Supremes ⓘ
Cindy Birdsong → memberOf → The Supremes ⓘ
The Dreamettes → inspiredBy → The Supremes ⓘ
The Dreams → inspiredBy → The Supremes ⓘ
Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) → inspiredBy → The Supremes ⓘ
Somewhere → notableCoverArtist → The Supremes ⓘ
Florence Ballard → memberOf → The Supremes ⓘ
Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame → notableInductee → The Supremes ⓘ
Deena Jones → inspiredBy → The Supremes ⓘ
Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Artists of All Time → includesArtist → The Supremes ⓘ
Frank Wilson → wroteFor → The Supremes ⓘ
Vocal Group Hall of Fame → notableInductee → The Supremes ⓘ
Funny How Time Slips Away → hasCoverVersionBy → The Supremes ⓘ
River Deep – Mountain High → hasCoverVersionBy → The Supremes ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Supremes and The Four Tops
Everything Is Everything (album) → previousBandOfArtist → The Supremes ⓘ
subject surface form: Everything Is Everything
“Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” → associatedAct → The Supremes ⓘ
subject surface form: "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)"
Motown: The Musical → featuresMusicBy → The Supremes ⓘ
Money (That's What I Want) → hasCoverVersion → The Supremes ⓘ
Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan → associatedWith → The Supremes ⓘ
subject surface form: Hitsville U.S.A.
The Primettes → laterKnownAs → The Supremes ⓘ
The Primettes → associatedAct → The Supremes ⓘ