Anthology, also known as Anthology: The Best of The Supremes, first released in May 1974, is a series of same or similarly titled compilation albums by 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...

. Motown released revised versions in 1986, 1995 and 2001. In its initial version, a 35-track triple record collection of hits and rare material, the album charted at #24 on Billboard's

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

 "Black Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

" and #66 on "Pop Albums

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

". In 2003, Rolling Stone Magazine listed the 2001 version of the album at #431 in its list of "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Without specifying which edition, music journalist

Music journalism

Music journalism is criticism and reportage about music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as 'classical music'. This aspect of music journalism, today often referred to as music criticism , comprises the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of...

 Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...

 lists the album as part of his recommended "core collection" of albums representing rock music before 1980.

History

The Anthology series of The Supremes' releases began in 1974 with a three-disc compilation album that surpassed in scope any releases previously compiled to represent "one of the 1960s' most popular groups". The three-album set not only included all of the R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 hits and most of the pop hits of the Supremes, but also included several tracks of the bands more experimental material, including forays made by the band into 1960s British pop

British Invasion

The British Invasion is a term used to describe the large number of rock and roll, beat, rock, and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States during the time period from 1964 through 1966.- Background :...

, country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 and musical theatre

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

. The August 1986 CD release of the album added 15 songs to a total of 50 while the re-release on September 28, 1995 raised the number to 52. On December 18, 2001, Motown released a fourth version of Anthology with 50 songs representative of The Supremes' period with Diana Ross. This version includes three previously unreleased versions of songs in addition to the 1960s hits and a selection of cover songs.

1974 Edition

Side One (The Early Sessions)

1. Let Me Go The Right Way
2. A Breath Taking Guy
3. When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
4. Standing At The Crossroads Of Love
5. Run, Run, Run
6. Where Did Our Love Go

Side Two (The Big Boom)

1. Baby Love
2. Ask Any Girl
3. Come See About Me
4. Stop! In The Name Of Love
5. Back In My Arms Again
6. Nothing But Heartaches

Side Three (Non-Stop Hitmaking)

1. I Hear A Symphony
2. My World Is Empty Without You
3. Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
4. You Can't Hurry Love
5. You Keep Me Hangin' On
6. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone

Side Four (New Horizons)

1. The Happening
2. Reflections
3. In And Out Of Love
4. Forever Came Today
5. Some Things You Never Get Used To
6. Love Child

Side Five (Versatile Stylists)

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Funny How Time Slips Away
3. You Send Me
4. Falling In Love With Love
5. I'm The Greatest Star

Side Six (Memories, Moving On)

1. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (with the Temptations)
2. I'm Livin' In Shame
3. The Composer
4. I'll Try Something New (with the Temptations)
5. No Matter What Sign You Are
6. Someday We'll Be Together

1986 Edition

Except where otherwise noted, tracks composed by Lamont Dozier

Lamont Dozier

Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...

, Brian Holland

Brian Holland

Brian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...

 and Eddie Holland.

1. "Your Heart Belongs to Me" (Smokey Robinson) – 2:34
2. "Let Me Go the Right Way" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) – 2:33
3. "A Breathtaking Guy" (Robinson) – 2:21
4. "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" – 2:39
5. "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" – 2:28
6. "Run Run Run" – 2:21
7. "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...
   
   " – 2:30
8. "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 ,...
   
   " – 2:34
9. "Ask Any Girl" – 2:43
10. "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...
    
    " – 2:36
11. "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...
    
    " – 2:49
12. "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...
    
    " – 2:51
13. "Nothing But Heartaches" – 2:55
14. "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,...
    
    " – 2:40
15. "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...
    
    " – 2:33
16. "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" – 2:55
17. "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...
    
    " – 2:46
18. "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...
    
    " – 2:41
19. "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...
    
    " – 2:36
20. "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...
    
    " (Frank DeVol, Dozier, Faye Hale, B. Holland) – 2:49
21. "A Hard Day's Night
    A Hard Day's Night (song)
    "A Hard Day's Night" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was released on the movie soundtrack of the same name in 1964...
    
    " (John Lennon
    John Lennon
    John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
    
    , Paul McCartney
    Paul McCartney
    Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
    
    ) – 2:20
22. "Funny How Time Slips Away
    Funny How Time Slips Away
    "Funny How Time Slips Away" is a song written by Willie Nelson and also performed by Willie Nelson. The song was included as a track on Willie Nelson's 1962, debut album, And Then I Wrote.-Cover versions:...
    
    " (Willie Nelson
    Willie Nelson
    Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
    
    ) – 4:12
23. "You Send Me
    You Send Me
    -Background:Cooke made a demo recording of "You Send Me" featuring only his own guitar accompaniment in the winter of 1955. The first recording of the track was made in New Orleans in December 1956 in the same sessions which produced "Lovable", the first release outside the gospel field for Cooke...
    
    " (Sam Cooke
    Sam Cooke
    Samuel Cook, , better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocal abilities and...
    
    ) – 2:09
24. "Falling in Love With Love
    Falling in Love with Love
    Falling in Love with Love is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse, where it was introduced by Muriel Angelus. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1938...
    
    " (Lorenz Hart
    Lorenz Hart
    Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...
    
    , Richard Rodgers
    Richard Rodgers
    Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
    
    ) – 2:28
25. "I'm the Greatest Star" (Bob Merrill
    Bob Merrill
    Bob Merrill was an American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter.Merrill was born Henry Merrill Levan in Atlantic City, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following a stint with the Army during World War II, he moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a...
    
    , Julie Styne) – 5:55
26. "Reflections" – 2:48
27. "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...
    
    " – 2:38
28. "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...
    
    " (Dozier, E. Holland) – 3:13
29. "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...
    
    " (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 2:23
30. "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....
    
    " (Deke Richards
    Deke Richards
    Deke Richards, also known as Dennis Lussier and Deke Lussier, is a songwriter and record producer, one of many white musicians/songwriters who were affiliated with Motown...
    
    , Pam Sawyer
    Pam Sawyer
    Pamela Sawyer, an American-based songwriter from Romford, East London.Sawyer worked with artists at Motown Records from 1967 to 1977. Before Motown she had been involved in hit records for the Young Rascals and Lulu, and wrote with Lori Burton with whom she also recorded as the Whyte Boots.Sawyer...
    
    , R. Dean Taylor
    R. Dean Taylor
    R. Dean Taylor is a Canadian singer, most famous as a recording artist, songwriter and record producer for Motown Records company during the 1960s and 1970s...
    
    , Frank Wilson
    Frank Wilson (musician)
    Frank Wilson is an African American former songwriter and record producer for Motown Records.-Biography:He was born to James Wilson and Samantha Gibbs...
    
    ) – 2:54
31. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (with the Temptations) (Kenny Gamble, Jerry Ross
    Jerry Ross (composer)
    Jerry Ross was an American lyricist and composer whose works with Richard Adler for the musical theater include The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, winners of Tony Awards in 1955 and 1956 respectively in both the "Best Musical" and "Best Composer and Lyricist" categories.-Biography:Ross was born...
    
    , Jerry Williams, Jr.) – 3:06
32. "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...
    
    " (Richards, Sawyer, Taylor, Wilson) – 2:55
33. "The Composer" (Robinson) – 2:58
34. "I'll Try Something New" (with The Temptations) (Robinson) – 2:17
35. "The Young Folks" (George Gordy, Allen Story) – 3:09
36. "No Matter What Sign You Are" (Henry Cosby, B. Gordy) – 2:47
37. "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...
    
    " (Jackey Beavers, 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...
    
    , Harvey Fuqua
    Harvey Fuqua
    Harvey Fuqua, was an African-American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.Fuqua founded the seminal R&B/doo-wop group the Moonglows in the 1950s...
    
    ) – 3:19
38. "Up the Ladder to the Roof
    Up the Ladder to the Roof
    "Up the Ladder to the Roof" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the first Supremes single to feature new lead singer Jean Terrell in place of Diana Ross, who officially left the group for a solo career two weeks before the recording of this song in January 1970...
    
    " (Vincent DiMirco, Wilson) – 3:10
39. "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" (Lou Stallman) – 2:36
40. "Stoned Love
    Stoned Love
    "Stoned Love" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the last Billboard Pop Top Ten hit for the group, peaking at number seven, and their last Billboard number-one R&B hit as well, although the trio continued to score top ten hits in the UK into 1972...
    
    " (Yennik Samoht, Wilson) – 4:05
41. "Nathan Jones
    Nathan Jones (song)
    "Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
    
    " (Leonard Caston, Jr.
    Leonard Caston, Jr.
    Leonard Caston, Jr. is an American rhythm and blues songwriter, record producer, pianist and singer. He recorded for both the Chess and Motown labels in the 1960s and 1970s, and co-wrote or co-produced several major hit records, including Mitty Collier's "I Had A Talk With My Man" , The Supremes'...
    
    , Kathy Wakefield) – 2:58
42. "Floy Joy
    Floy Joy (song)
    "Floy Joy" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and released as a single in December 1971 by popular Motown female singing group The Supremes....
    
    " (Robinson) – 2:30
43. "Touch" (Sawyer, Wilson) – 3:39
44. "Automatically Sunshine" (Robinson) – 2:36
45. "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" (Robinson) – 2:56
46. "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" (Stephen Schwartz
    Stephen Schwartz (composer)
    Stephen Lawrence Schwartz is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell , Pippin and Wicked...
    
    ) – 2:38
47. "Bad Weather" (Ira Tucker, Stevie Wonder
    Stevie Wonder
    Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
    
    ) – 3:02
48. "It's All Been Said Before" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) – 2:26
49. "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" (Harold Beatty, Holland, Holland) – 3:09

Songs added to the 1995 edition

• "I Want a Guy" (Berry Gordy, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland
  Brian Holland
  Brian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...
  
  )
• "Buttered Popcorn" (Berry Gordy, Barney Ales)
• "Long Gone Lover" (William "Smokey" Robinson)
• "Send Me No Flowers"
• "Mother Dear" (Brian Holland
  Brian Holland
  Brian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...
  
  , Lamont Dozier
  Lamont Dozier
  Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
  
  , Edward Holland, Jr.
  Edward Holland, Jr.
  Edward Holland, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter and record producer....
  
  )
• "Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye"
• "He's All I Got"
• "Remove This Doubt"
• "Things Are Changing" (Phil Spector
  Phil Spector
  Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....
  
  )
• "I'm Gonna Make It (I Will Wait for You)"
• "Then"
• "Sweet Thing"
• "Keep an Eye" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
• "Discover Me (And You'll Discover Love)" (Beatrice Verdi, 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...
  
  , Doris McNeil)
• "River Deep, Mountain High" (with the Four Tops) (Phil Spector
  Phil Spector
  Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....
  
  )
• "Paradise" (Harry Nilsson
  Harry Nilsson
  Harry Edward Nilsson III was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. On all but his earliest recordings he is credited as Nilsson...
  
  )

Songs added to the 2001 edition

• "I Want a Guy" (B Gordy, Freddie Gorman, B. Holland) – 2:54
• "Buttered Popcorn" (Barney Ales, B. Gordy) – 2:58
• "The Tears" (Robinson) – 2:49
• "Whisper You Love Me Boy" (single mix) (Dean, E. Holland) – 2:42
• "Mother Dear" (Dozier, Holland, Holland) – 2:45
• "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
  This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
  "This Old Heart of Mine " is an Isley Brothers song from 1966 that was a hit for them during their brief tenure on Motown's Tamla label...
  
  " (Dozier, Holland, Holland, Moy) – 2:36
• "Things Are Changing" (Phil Spector
  Phil Spector
  Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....
  
  ) – 2:59
• "He" (Richard Mullen, Jack Richards) – 3:48
• "The Nitty Gritty" (Lincoln Chase) – 2:55
• "Sweet Thing" (Ivory Joe Hunter
  Ivory Joe Hunter
  Ivory Joe Hunter was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. After a series of hits on the US R&B chart starting in the mid 1940s, he became more widely known for his hit recording, "Since I Met You Baby" . He was billed as The Baron of the Boogie, and also known as The...
  
  , William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 2:28
• "Try it Baby" (with The Temptations) (B. Gordy) – 3:50
• "It Makes No Difference Now" (Floyd Tillman
  Floyd Tillman
  Floyd Tillman was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984.-Early life:Tillman grew up in the cotton-mill town of Post,...
  
  ) – 3:28
• "Ain't That Good News
  (Ain't That) Good News
  " Good News" is a song written and performed by soul singer Sam Cooke, released on RCA Records in 1964. The song was recorded in 3 takes for the 1964 album of the same name and reached number eleven on the pop chart, and number one on the Cashbox Magazine's R&B charts as a single. Cooke performed...
  
  " (Cooke) – 2:49
• "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
  Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
  "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" is a show tune and popular song from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey. The song was introduced by Vivienne Segal in the 1940 Broadway production, and also sung by Miss Segal both on the 1950 hit record and in the 1952 Broadway revival...
  
  " (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:16
• "Whistle While You Work
  Whistle While You Work
  Whistle While You Work is a song with music written by Frank Churchill and lyrics written by Larry Morey for the 1937 animated Disney movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was performed in the movie, at least unofficially, by voice actress Adriana Caselotti...
  
  " (Frank Churchill
  Frank Churchill
  Frank Churchill was an American composer of popular music for films. He wrote most of the music for Disney's 1937 movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, including "Whistle While You Work" and "Some Day My Prince Will Come"...
  
  , Larry Morey) – 2:21
• "If a Girl Isn't Pretty" (Bob Merrill
  Bob Merrill
  Bob Merrill was an American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter.Merrill was born Henry Merrill Levan in Atlantic City, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following a stint with the Army during World War II, he moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a...
  
  ) – 3:14
• "Where Do I Go/Good Morning, Starshine" (Galt MacDermot
  Galt MacDermot
  Galt MacDermot is a Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre. He won a Grammy Award for the song African Waltz in 1960. His most successful musicals have been Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona...
  
  , James Rado, Gerome Ragni
  Gerome Ragni
  Gerome Bernard Ragni was an American actor, singer and songwriter, best known as the co-author of the groundbreaking 1960s Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical.-Early life:...
  
  ) – 3:08
• "Can't Take My Eyes Off You
  Can't Take My Eyes off You
  "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 single by Frankie Valli. The song was among Valli's biggest hits, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning a gold record. It was Valli's biggest "solo" hit until he hit #1 in 1975 with "My Eyes Adored You"...
  
  " (Bob Crewe
  Bob Crewe
  Bob Crewe is an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, record producer and fine artist. He is known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons...
  
  , Bob Gaudio
  Bob Gaudio
  Robert John "Bob" Gaudio is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist/backing vocalist for The Four Seasons.-Early career:...
  
  ) – 2:20
• "Rhythm of Life" (Diana Ross and The Temptations) (Cy Coleman
  Cy Coleman
  Cy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.-Life and career:He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason...
  
  , Dorothy Fields
  Dorothy Fields
  Dorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist.She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films...
  
  ) – 4:13
• "The Impossible Dream
  The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
  "The Impossible Dream " is a popular song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. It was written for the 1965 musical Man of La Mancha...
  
  " (live) (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh
  Mitch Leigh
  Mitch Leigh is an American musical theatre composer and theatrical producer best known for the musical Man Of La Mancha.-Biography:Leigh was born in Brooklyn, New York) as Irwin Michnick...
  
  ) – 4:43

Performance

• H.B. Barnum – conductor
• Diana Ross – 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...
  
   – vocals
• 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...
  
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• Barbara Martin
  Barbara Martin
  Barbara Diane Martin in Detroit, Michigan is an African-American singer; better known for being one of the original founding members of Motown singing group The Supremes. After The Primettes dropped Betty McGlown from their lineup due to McGlown's upcoming nuptials, Martin replaced her in the...
  
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• Cindy Birdsong
  Cindy Birdsong
  Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Birdsong , better known by her stage name, Cindy Birdsong, is an American singer, most famous for singing with the legendary soul groups Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles and The Supremes.-Early life:...
  
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• The Temptations (Melvin Franklin
  Melvin Franklin
  David Melvin English better known by the stage name Melvin Franklin, was an American bass singer. Franklin is best known for his role as a member of Motown singing group The Temptations from 1960 to 1994....
  
  , Eddie Kendricks
  Eddie Kendricks
  Eddie Kendricks was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971. His was the lead voice on such famous songs as "The Way You Do The Things...
  
  , Paul Williams
  Paul Williams (The Temptations)
  Paul Williams was an American baritone singer and choreographer. Williams is noted for being one of the founding members and original lead singer of the Motown group The Temptations...
  
  , Otis Williams
  Otis Williams
  Otis Williams is an American baritone singer. Nicknamed "Big Daddy", he has also acted as a sporadic songwriter and record producer. Williams co-founded the Motown vocal group The Temptations in early 1960 as The Elgins, a group in which he continues to perform...
  
  , Dennis Edwards
  Dennis Edwards
  Dennis Edwards is a soul and R&B singer, most noted for being one of Motown act The Temptations' lead singers replacing David Ruffin. He is the father of Issa Pointer, whose mother is Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters.-Career:...
  
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• 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...
  
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  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• Maxine Waters – background vocals
• Julia Waters – background vocals
• Johnny Bristol – background vocals