20 Golden Greats is a 1977 compilation album by Diana Ross & the Supremes

The Supremes

The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...

, released on the Motown label in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. Despite the album's title, the compilation included two tracks that had never been hit singles in the UK: "My World Is Empty Without You" and "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart". All the other 18 tracks had made the UK singles chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

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Side one

1. "Where Did Our Love Go
   Where Did Our Love Go
   "Where Did Our Love Go" is a 1964 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Where Did Our Love Go" was the first single by the Supremes to go to the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart...
   
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2. "Baby Love
   Baby Love
   "Baby Love" is a 1964 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland ,...
   
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3. "Come See About Me
   Come See About Me
   "Come See About Me" is a 1964 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.The song became third of five consecutively released Supremes songs to top the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States...
   
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4. "Stop! In the Name of Love
   Stop! In the Name of Love
   "Stop! In the Name of Love" is a 1965 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Stop! In the Name of Love" held the number-one position on the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States from March 21, 1965...
   
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5. "Back in My Arms Again
   Back in My Arms Again
   "Back in My Arms Again" is a 1965 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Back in My Arms Again" was the fifth number-one song for the group on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the United States from...
   
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6. "I Hear a Symphony
   I Hear a Symphony
   "I Hear a Symphony" is a 1965 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song became the sixth number-one pop hit on Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the United States for two weeks from November 14,...
   
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7. "My World Is Empty Without You
   My World Is Empty Without You
   "My World Is Empty Without You" is a 1965 song recorded and released as a single by The Supremes for the Motown label.-Overview:Written and produced by Motown's main production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song's slow tempo accompanies a somber lyric which delves into the feelings of...
   
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8. "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart
   Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart
   "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" is a 1966 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song was recorded in June 1965 and not released until April 1966...
   
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9. "You Can't Hurry Love
   You Can't Hurry Love
   "You Can't Hurry Love" is 1966 song originally released by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song topped the United States Billboard pop singles chart and in the UK in the top 5, released and peaking late summer in 1966...
   
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10. "You Keep Me Hangin' On
    You Keep Me Hangin' On
    Vanilla Fudge's 1967 psychedelic/hard rock remake of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" reached #6 on the Hot 100 chart two years after the release of the Supremes' recording. While the version released on 45 RPM single was under three minutes long, the album version was extended to six minutes and...
    
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Side two

1. "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone
   Love is Here and Now You're Gone
   "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" is a 1967 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and composed by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, it became the second consecutive number-one pop single from the Supremes' album The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland and...
   
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2. "The Happening
   The Happening (song)
   "The Happening" is a 1967 song recorded by Motown artists The Supremes. The song served as the theme song of the 1967 Columbia film The Happening, and was released as a single by Motown at the time of the film's release that spring...
   
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3. "Reflections"
4. "In and Out of Love
   In and out of Love (The Supremes song)
   "In and out of Love" is a 1967 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the second single issued with the group's new billing of Diana Ross & the Supremes, the penultimate Supremes single written and produced by Motown production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, and the last single...
   
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5. "Forever Came Today
   Forever Came Today
   "Forever Came Today" is a 1967 song written and produced by the Motown collective of Holland–Dozier–Holland, and was first made into a hit as a single for Diana Ross & the Supremes in early 1968...
   
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6. "Some Things You Never Get Used To
   Some Things You Never Get Used To
   "Some Things You Never Get Used To" is a 1968 song released for Diana Ross & the Supremes by the Motown label.The single stalled for three weeks at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart in July 1968...
   
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7. "Love Child
   Love Child (song)
   "Love Child" is a 1968 song released by the Motown label for Diana Ross & the Supremes, becoming the Supremes' 11th number-one single in the United States....
   
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8. "I'm Livin' in Shame
   I'm Livin' in Shame
   "I'm Livin' in Shame" is a 1969 song released for Diana Ross & the Supremes on the Motown label. The sequel to the Supremes' number-one hit, "Love Child," the song peaked in the top ten on the US Billboard pop chart at #10 and the top 20 in the UK at #14 in January and February 1969.-Background and...
   
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9. "No Matter What Sign You Are
   No Matter What Sign You Are
   "No Matter What Sign You Are" is a song released for Diana Ross & the Supremes by the Motown label.-Background:Originally intended to be Diana Ross & the Supremes' final single before the departure of Diana Ross and penned by Berry Gordy, the song failed to fulfill Gordy's expectations as the...
   
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10. "Someday We'll Be Together
    Someday We'll Be Together
    "Someday We'll Be Together" is a song made popular as the last of twelve number-one singles for Diana Ross & the Supremes on the Motown label. It is the final Supremes song featuring Diana Ross, who left the group for a solo career in January 1970...
    
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Personnel

• Diana Ross
  Diana Ross
  Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
  
  : lead vocals
• Mary Wilson
  Mary Wilson (singer)
  Mary Wilson is an American singer, formerlymember of the Motown female singing group The Supremes during the 1960s and 1970s. Wilson was the only singer to be a consistent member of the group in its eighteen-year tenure...
  
  : background vocals from "Where Did Our Love Go" through "In and Out of Love"
• Florence Ballard
  Florence Ballard
  Florence Glenda Ballard Chapman was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown group The Supremes. From 1963 until 1967, Ballard sang on 16 Top 40 hit Supremes' singles, ten of which hit number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1967, Motown CEO Berry Gordy decided to remove Ballard from...
  
  : background vocals from "Where Did Our Love Go" through "In and Out of Love"
• The Andantes
  The Andantes
  The Andantes were a prolific female sessions group for the Motown record label during the 1960s. Composed of Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps, the group sang background vocals on numerous Motown recordings, including songs by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, The Temptations, Stevie...
  
   (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow and Louvain Demps): background vocals on "In and Out of Love" (shared with The Supremes), "Forever Came Today", "Love Child", I'm Livin' in Shame", and "No Matter What Sign You Are"
• Maxine Waters and Julia Waters: background vocals on "Someday We'll Be Together"
• Johnny Bristol
  Johnny Bristol
  Johnny Bristol , was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
  
  : male vocal and background vocals on "Someday We'll Be Together"
• Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
  Ashford & Simpson
  Nickolas Ashford , and Valerie Simpson , were a husband and wife songwriting/production team and recording artists....
  
  : background vocals on "Some Things You Never Get Used To".

Chart history

Chart (1977)	Peak positions
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	1