前Supremes的團員Mary Wilson 說 : The Supremes合唱團想要再度聯合演唱要看前主唱Diana Ross的意願。
在一段訪問中Wilson表示 :「真的要看Diana的意願,我不覺得她想出來,那不可能,除非大家高高興興的重聚」。
她在〈好萊塢報導〉的訪問中說 :「我過我的日子,我的看法是這樣,身為一個七十六歲半的老人,我希望坐在旁邊看事情的發展,我的母親曾說 : 不要為打翻的牛奶哭泣(覆水難收),我現在有一點錢,而且過得很愉快」。
Wilson 回憶2000年時就想找Diana Ross再度聯合演唱,但沒有實現。
當年協商時發生了甚麼事 ? 「他們不願意付我身為創團元老團員該有的酬金,所以他們想換人,但我是1970年代The Supremes合唱團的一員,少了我就不是The Supremes合唱團了」。
The
Supremes來自底特律的黑人歌唱大本營Motown唱片公司,團員包括主唱Diana Ross、Mary Wilson、Florence Ballard(1976年因心臟病去世)及Barbra Martin,她們於1962-1969
年共獲得12首Billboard Hot 100 排行榜冠軍,1970-1976年Diana Ross離團單飛後他們繼續以The Supremes之名在歌壇奮鬥,也有4首Top 20的歌進排行榜,其中以1970年獲得過第7名的Stone Love名次最好,但是沒有Diana Ross的Supremes也沒有了冠軍歌曲,二年後就走下坡,不再有進Top 40 的歌。
介紹一首1970年底The Supremes & Four Tops 合唱,獲得14名的暢銷歌曲River Deep-Mountain High。
Four Tops也是Motown的要角之一,他們以冠軍曲I Can't Help Myself 成名(1965)。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb88TkuBODw
River Deep-Mountain High
The Supremes & Four Tops
Songwriters: Barry Jeff / Greenwich Ellie
When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll
Only doll I've ever owned
Well, I love you just the way I loved that
rag doll
Only now my love has grown
And It gets stronger in every way
And it gets deeper, let me say
That it gets higher day by day
Oh, do I love you, my, oh, my
Ooh, baby, river deep, mountain High, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah
If I lost you, would I cry
Oh, oh, oh, how I love you, baby, baby,
baby
When you were a young girl, did you have a
puppy
That always followed you around?
Well, I'm gonna be as faithful as that
puppy
No, I'll never let you down
'Cause it goes on and on like the river
flows
And it gets deeper, baby, heaven knows
And it gets sweeter, baby, as it goes
Do I love you, my, oh, my
River deep, mountain high (I said so high)
If I lost you, would I cry
Oh, how I love you, baby, baby, baby
I love you, baby, like a flower loves
spring
And I love you, baby, like a robin loves to
sing
Ooh, ooh, and I love you, baby, like a
schoolgirl loves her pie, yeah
And I love you, baby, river deep and
mountain high
I love you, baby
A mountain so high
A river deep
Ooh, oh, baby, baby
I love you, baby
I bet you do
Ooh, I love you, baby
Tell me you love me
Yes, I do, oh
Do I love you, my, oh, my (Tell me, tell
me, tell me, tell me)
River deep, mountain high
Oh, if I lost you, would I cry (Would I
cry, baby)
Oh, how I love you, baby, baby, baby
Tell me, do you love me, baby?
I love you, yeah
River so deep, mountain so high
Oh, yeah, baby
Oh-ho, yeah
River deep, mountain high
River so deep, mountain so, so, so, so high
That's how I love you, baby
High, high, high, high, high, high, high,
yeah, baby
I love you, baby, yes, yes, yes, I do
Tell me, tell me, tell me one more time