Title track from their 1968 album, "Love Child" was Diana Ross & The Supremes’ next-to-last #1 single. It took only three weeks from the time the song was introduced until it became a Top 10 hit, after which it spent two weeks at #1, knocking The Beatles’ "Hey Jude" out of the #1 spot, before Marvin Gaye’s "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" dethroned it. It dealt with the controversial subject of illegitimacy, to which a far greater stigma was attached in 1968. This video is from the song’s debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.
It’s a wonder it ever got played. I wish Mary would have got to sing some also. Great song nonetheless.
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The Supremes kept going after Diana Ross left, so I’m sure that the others got their momnent in the sunlight then. I think Diana was a real diva and the otheres just learned to live with it…
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She is talented of course…I always pull for the underdogs I guess. I wouldn’t have killed her to let the others sing a little. Poor Flo was a tragic case.
Ross did deserve to be a star so I can’t fault her on that.
John for some reason I thought she married Gordy but I was wrong…didn’t they have a relationship?
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I’m pretty sure they had a relationship, but I think he was married at the time…
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I remember that performance on Ed Sullivan. Such great songs hitting the #1 spot.
Love,
Janie
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Ed had everyone on his show, didn’t he? That was entertainment with a capital, boldface E.
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Excellent choice! I really enjoy hearing Diana Ross’ music.
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That’s why I wanted to be sure it was all right to include the great soul acts. They were a huge presence on Top 40 radio in the ’60’s and ’70’s, and you really can’t talk about rock without including them.
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Great song and I always liked Diana Ross and her mewsic! I think she earned her diva status.
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She did. She was a very talented woman.
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Ooh a definite fave!
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Diana Ross was a bit of a diva, but with a voice like hers, she could get away with it.
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my sister and I used to belt this out in our living room, not understanding its meaning
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It definitely was an important life lesson, and music hadn’t gone there before.
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