The Supremes & Four Tops -River Deep-Mountain High

  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