The Supremes A' Go-Go is the ninth studio album released by Motown singing group the Supremes. It was the first album by an all-female group to reach number-one on the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States.
"The Tears of a Clown" is a song written by Hank Cosby,Smokey Robinson,and Stevie Wonder and originally recorded by Smokey Robinson &the Miracles for the Tamla Records label subsidiary of Motown,first appearing on the 1967 album Make It Happen. The track was re-released in the United Kingdom as a single in July 1970,and it became a number-one hit on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending September 12,1970. Subsequently,Motown released a partially re-recorded and completely remixed version as a single in the United States as well,where it quickly became a number-one hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B Singles charts.
"I Was Made to Love Her" is a soul music song recorded by American musician Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label in 1967. The song was written by Wonder,his mother Lula Mae Hardaway,Sylvia Moy,and producer Henry Cosby and included on Wonder's 1967 album I Was Made to Love Her.
"A Place in the Sun" is a 1966 soul single by American and Motown musician Stevie Wonder. Written by Ronald Miller and Bryan Wells,it was one of Wonder's first songs to contain social commentary. "A Place in the Sun" was his third Top Ten hit since 1963,hitting number 9 on the Billboard pop singles chart and number 3 on the R&B charts. Billboard described the song as a "folk-oriented release" to which Wonder gives an "exciting treatment." The Originals and The Andantes sang background vocals on the recording. Stevie Wonder also recorded a version of the song in Italian titled "Il Sole èdi Tutti".
"For Once in My Life" is a song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Stein &Van Stock publishing company,and first recorded in 1965.
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" is a 1968 single released by American and Motown recording artist Stevie Wonder. The song,co-written by Wonder and produced by Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy,was the first to showcase Wonder's talents at the clavinet and was one of his first successful co-written tracks during his 1960s Motown period. The song reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in 1968,and went to number one on the R&B chart.
"My Cherie Amour" is a 1969 song by Motown singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard pop chart in August to be Wonder's third top ten hit. The song was co-written by Wonder,Sylvia Moy,and Henry Cosby;Cosby also served as producer of the song. At the end of 1969,the song was ranked number 32 for the year.
"Heaven Help Us All" is a 1970 soul single composed by Ron Miller and first performed by Motown singer Stevie Wonder. The song continued Wonder's string of Top 10 singles on the pop charts reaching #9 on the Hot 100 singles chart and #2 on the R&B chart,the latter causing it to be his first runner-up since "Yester-Me,Yester-You,Yesterday". It was one of four hits Wonder scored from his Signed,Sealed &Delivered album. The song has since been covered dozens of times in a variety of styles.
Up-Tight is a 1966 album by American singer Stevie Wonder,released by Motown on the Tamla label. It was his fifth studio release.
Henry R. Cosby was an American songwriter,arranger,record producer and musician who worked for Motown Records from its formative years. Along with Sylvia Moy,Cosby was a key collaborator with Stevie Wonder from 1963 to 1970. Cosby co-wrote and/or co-produced three No. 1 US hits:Stevie Wonder's "Fingertips" (1963),The Supremes' "Love Child" (1968),and The Miracles' "The Tears of a Clown" (1968).
Silver Throat:Bill Cosby Sings (1967) is the sixth album by Bill Cosby.
Sylvia Rose Moy was an American songwriter and record producer,formerly associated with the Motown Records group. The first woman at the Detroit-based music label to write and produce for Motown acts,she is probably best known for her songs written with and for Stevie Wonder.
Dancing in the Street:The Songs of Motown II is the sixth studio album by Australian pop vocal group Human Nature and second Motown covers release. It was released on 14 October 2006.
"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" is a 1966 song written by Ivy Jo Hunter and Stevie Wonder. It was performed by the Four Tops via the Motown label. In addition to co-writing the song,Wonder also instrumentally contributed drums to the track.
"Little Ole Man" is a single by comedian Bill Cosby,released in 1967 from the entertainer's first musical comedy album,Silver Throat:Bill Cosby Sings. On the 1968 album 200 M.P.H.,Cosby states that the song was dedicated to his grandfather.
The Superstars is the third album by the Dutch soundalike studio group Stars on 45,released on the CNR Records label in the Netherlands in March 1982. In the US,the album was retitled Stars On Long Play III,released on Radio Records and credited to 'Stars On'. In the UK,Ireland,Australia and New Zealand,the album was instead titled Stars Medley,again credited to Starsound and released by CBS Records. Just like the first Stars on 45 album The Superstars was also issued in the Soviet Union and large parts of the Eastern Bloc by the state-owned label Melodiya,credited to Stars on 45 but released under the title Discotheque Stars 2.
"Stars on Stevie" a.k.a. "Stars Medley" a.k.a. "Stars on 45 III:A Tribute to Stevie Wonder" is a song issued in 1982 by the Dutch studio group Stars on 45,in the UK credited to 'Starsound',in the US 'Stars On'. It was the first single from the band's third full-length release The Superstars and was Stars on 45's fourth single release in both Europe and North America.
"Some Things You Never Get Used To" is a song released in 1968 by Diana Ross &the Supremes on the Motown label. The single stalled for three weeks at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart in July 1968. It became the lowest-charting Supremes single since 1963 and became the catalyst for Berry Gordy to revamp songwriting for The Supremes since the loss of Motown's premier production team Holland–Dozier–Holland,whom Gordy had assigned as the group's sole producers after the success of "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes."
"Never Had a Dream Come True" is a song written by Stevie Wonder and Motown staff songwriters Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy,released as a single on the Tamla subsidiary in February 1970. Featured on his 12th studio release,Signed,Sealed &Delivered, as the lead single,"Never Had..." was a modest hit in the U.S. upon its release,debuting at No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of Feb. 7,1970,and No. 11 on the R&B chart. The song received a boost in the U.K. where it eventually peaked at No. 6.
Song Review:A Greatest Hits Collection is a double-disc compilation album by Stevie Wonder. It was also released as a single disc edition which contained 6 tracks not featured on the 2CD release. The Australian edition has a slightly different track listing.
