The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop

The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop
Studio album by the Supremes
Released	February 22, 1965
Recorded	1962 – 1965
Studio	Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit
Genre	Country pop soul R&B
Length	31:42
Label	Motown
Producer	Clarence Paul
The Supremes chronology
A Bit of Liverpool (1964) The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop (1965) We Remember Sam Cooke (1965)
Singles from The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop
"My Heart Can't Take It No More" Released: February 2, 1963

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Allmusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop is the fourth studio album recorded by the Supremes, issued by Motown in February 1965. The album was presented as a covers/tribute album of country songs, as Ray Charles had done with his album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music . However, over half of the selections on The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop were written in-house by Motown staffer Clarence Paul. One of the songs on the album is "My Heart Can't Take It No More", which the Supremes had recorded in 1962 and released in 1963 as a single.

The album was a modest success peaking at number 79 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart, with sales exceeding 38,000 copies. ^[4]

Track listing

Side One

1. "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson, originally by Nelson)
2. "My Heart Can't Take It No More" (Clarence Paul)
3. "It Makes No Difference Now" (Floyd Tillman, originally by Eddy Arnold)
4. "You Didn't Care" (Paul)
5. "Tears in Vain" (Paul)

Side Two

1. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (Bob Nolan, originally by Sons of the Pioneers)
2. "Lazy Bones" (Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael)
3. "You Need Me" (Paul)
4. "Baby Doll" (Paul, Stevie Wonder)
5. "Sunset" (Paul, Wonder)
6. "(The Man With the) Rock and Roll Banjo Band" (Paul, Berry Gordy, Jr.)

Personnel

• Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson - lead and background vocals
• Clarence Paul - producer
• Lawrence Horn - co-producer on "My Heart Can't Take It No More"
• The Andantes and other vocalists - additional background vocals
• Cranford Nix, Sr. - banjo (some tracks)

Singles history

• "My Heart Can't Take It No More" b/w "You Bring Back Memories" (from Meet the Supremes ) (Motown 1040, February 2, 1963)

Chart history

Chart (1965)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [5]	79

References

1. The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop at Allmusic
2. Colin Larkin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1994. ISBN   9780857125958 . Retrieved 26 January 2021.
3. Berger, Arion (2004). "The Supremes". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 797. ISBN   978-0-7432-0169-8 . Retrieved 26 January 2021.
4. Pamela E. Foster (1998). My Country: The African Diaspora's Country Music Heritage. USA: My Country. p. 213. ISBN   9780966268010.
5. "The Supremes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.