Mary oversaw the "evolution" of her group and they never disappointed. So much talent here...this "lineup" finished the "legacy" in SUPREME fashion - BRAVO!!!!!!!!
The singing was o.k. They had good stage presence. It was nice to see they had their own natural hair (NO WIGS). Let's keep it real. The original Supremes could never be duplicated.
Amazing quality and sound, thanks for this. The harmonies are great, I personally don't mind the so called "Cabaret" style. The videos of the 70's Supremes are rare and usually not in good quality. I'd love to see (not just hear) the MSC lineup doing these songs. Rest in Peace Mary Wilson .
This demonstrates the phenomenal talent of the third and final lead singer of THE SUPREMES. The great SCHERRIE PAYNE who took over in mid-1973 (through recommendation of Lamont Dozier) and still today (with her group) keeps The Supremes SUPREME.
Scherrie Payne was not the third lead singer, as told by the late Ms. Mary Wilson, she was just a strong singer added to the group. The only lead singers of The Supremes were Diana Ross & Jean Terrell. I thought the same thing until Wilson sat the record straight.😵
Scherrie was NOT lead singer of The Supremes, but a vocal talent to keep the group together. Everyone thinks when a lead singer leaves (Diana Ross & Jean Terrell) leaves, that the next singer will be a lead singer, but not so, Mary Wilson wanted everyone to know that she could sing, & that she could sing lead, made Scherrie an equal on singing lead, & so the story goes until Susaye Greene came along & proved she could sing solo as well as sing background. (He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother), If anyone could sing that song better than the original singers with stronger feelings, then God bless them.🇱🇷
BS. Scherrie officially replaced Jean as LEAD SINGER. Wilson was never lead singer of The Supremes - on recommendation of Lamont Dozier because Mary’s voice wasn’t good enough. If it had been, Berry would have put her in the lead spot when Diana left. Wilsons voice had a limited range.Not commercial enough to sell records (like Diana, Jean & Scherrie - the THREE official lead singers of The Supremes).
A superb showcase of the final Supremes line up. The quality of this video is excellent. The vocals are stellar and of course the harmonies are on point. 3 terrific singers all taking turns on lead. Mary's talent was undervalued during the Diana Ross years. So glad I discovered this video, thanks for sharing!
Never thought Susaye was a good fit vocally or visually. Her high pitched screeching gets on my nerves. And what was that mess with red fabric on High Energy?
Scherrie was super, but not the lead singer. In true fact, there were only two officially appointed leads in the Supremes: Jean and Diana. When Jean left, the format completely changed to an ensemble act with no appointed lead. Mary stresses the fact that she took on 50% of the leads after Jean left. Later on Mary, Scherrie, and Susaye evenly split leads.
Interesting that you’re saying scherrie wasn’t the designated 3rd lead singer, when Mary herself said in her book that she was looking for a lead singer to replace Jean and Lamont Dozier suggested his then girlfriend Scherrie Payne, which then Mary flew scherrie that same weekend to audition her at her house. Mary had already asked Cindy to return to replace Lynda Laurence which is why she was looking specifically for a lead during that time. 🤷🏾♂️
This was the issue with the supremes, they were still doing the same pop focused routine of the Diana Ross era and music had changed. It was no reason why they didn’t perform their songs from start to finish. And they only performed like a couple of minutes of THEIR actual songs. This was def the most vocally talented trio but they didn’t feel like the “supremes”…They were still doing that COPA-ACT
You can tell that Berry Gordy washed his hands of the group. The original Supremes always put on a much classier show. That said I loved Mary Wilson and may she RIP.
Glad to see a clean video from the groups later years. But lumping all those great hits into a Las Vegas showbiz medley would be a disappointment if I were in the audience. A slow version of My World is Empty Without You? Come on! Singing hits from other groups when you have lots of hits of your own makes no sense. RIP Mary.
@@TahariBlue They're a mess just freestyling. This is the result when you allow too many leads...everyone wants to lead and showcase you get a mess and no records sales no one can say that's the supremes...just awful...and very few views
Their harmonies in the beginning was beautiful. When they tried to do the original Supreme hits it sounded terrible. They should have sung the songs the were supposed to be sung. Great songs don't need to be jazzed up as they did here. I loved the Supremes in all of their groupings and have all their albums. I also love Diana Ross and have all of her albums. They are all SUPREME!
Only Diana Ross and the great Jean Terrell were official leads of the Supremes. There was never a third lead. The later group became an "Ensemble act" and were great as such!
Those corny dance steps didn't help, but they sang very well! That said there's something missing, if you're going to sing songs led by Ross, you gotta hire Ross. This concert staging was underwhelming , if there were not dancers, they were singers and they should have sung, the Jimmy Webb album would have been better. Bit this is hindsight and it is what it was. Green was good in The Raelettes, and Payne was good in 8th day, this isn't bad it's just kinda dated by 1976.
Sorry but this just doesn't work. Now look, I love the cabaret style, but all that frantic prancing, and waving and leaping and gamboling about, well it is a bit vulgar. Much of the singing is just screeching. This has got to be my least favorite post Diana Supremes lineup/
I just can’t get with this line-up, no progression, tryna relive the glory days except being innovators which is what the group was. Still doing the same pop-ish classics, they did during the copa-Diana Ross era, and they shoulda stopped!
I hate that screaming screeching sound of susaye.. not the supremes..this group is just awful.. should be renamed Mary Wilson and the new Supremes. SO MANY HERE LIKE THIS MESS..SMH!! People say that the temptations changed members...very... true .. but they kept their sound the same. These woman CHANGED EVERYTHING
That medley got hotter and hotter in the late 70s all the way to their last concert in 1977. The Supremes were known for their HARMONY long before they were known for any specific lead singer. The transition from "Love Child" to "Stop" is Showbiz GOLD.
Motown Groups used to KILL Showtunes with so much SOUL!!! They just MURDERED "Maybe This Time". The only thing that would have been better would have been to have Liza Minelli come out to surprise everybody for the word "Win" at the end. 😂💯💪🏾✊🏾
Bunch of stiffs in the audience. How about the guy who doesn't clap, but just nods to the guy next him in mild approval? I'm thinking that these songs and the style of the act simply do not resonate with this kind of classically-aware audience.
They had some great songs during this post-Ross era , no need to resort to this cabaret style fodder. Susaye Greene has great vocals, just not for The Supremes.
This is a hot mess! The Supremes would never have moved in such a street manner. They embodied grace and class. The group was taken in the WRONG direction under this management! Horrible!
You sound CRAZY, they were NOT "street" here how offensive. What bcuz they put the SOUL back in their music that Gordy made SURE was wiped clean just so that he could get White audiences to buy into their act & fall in love with them so that he could get them in places like the Copa Cabana. These women were CLASS ACTS, they were sophisticated & were able to inject what was missing from their act during the Ross years, since she has such a weak, soulless voice. So take ur garbage, bigoted statement & shove it, the 70's Supremes under Mary Wilson's guidance, management & direction. The problem they had is they couldn't keep a consistent line-up bcuz the ladies got sick & tired of Gordy's bullshit, treating them like the Motown Step-Children bcuz his 1 & ONLY focus was Ross & tell me, what exactly did her career really do after the 70s ended & she did her last hit w/Lionel Richie, NOT A DAMN THING, SO CUT THE 💩 & GO GET THOSE CLOGGED UP EARS CLEANED OUT!!!!
Diane Ross WASN'T thee ONLY Black woman with vocal & performance talent during this time, these 3 Queens practiced & worked very hard on this performance, so stop with the theatrics & go watch a Diane Ross video!!!
Mary oversaw the "evolution" of her group and they never disappointed. So much talent here...this "lineup" finished the "legacy" in SUPREME fashion - BRAVO!!!!!!!!
Very well stated!!! Every lineup was FIRE from the 4 girl group all the way through!!! Mary did her thing holding it together AND growing it!!!
Every single lineup of the Supremes was Supreme. Undeniable.
That transition from "Love Child" to "Stop" is pure SHOWBIZ!
I miss you Mary
The singing was o.k. They had good stage presence. It was nice to see they had their own natural hair (NO WIGS). Let's keep it
real. The original Supremes could never be duplicated.
WHEW! Ppl forget Mary got PIPES. The way she took her time on “The Way We Were” tho???? 😍😍😍😍😍😍
This will be forever ICONIC! 🤩🏆✨💕💕💕💕 I miss you Mary…
This is Mary Wilson's version of The Supremes, wow what she created, she was totally in charge at that time. Ultimate, Final, Supreme!
It’s what she always wanted, to be in charge and recognized. This is a sad performance.
Until she sold out in 1977, then quickly tried to return with her own Supremes and was sued successfully by Motown who own the trademark.
I LOVE THAT THEY ALL SING IS LIKE " CLASSICAL SOUL"
Amazing quality and sound, thanks for this. The harmonies are great, I personally don't mind the so called
"Cabaret" style. The videos of the 70's Supremes are rare and usually not in good quality. I'd love to see (not just hear) the MSC lineup doing these
songs. Rest in Peace Mary Wilson .
Very good show I appreciate each of them bringing happiness into the early part of my young life.
It was horrible, no growth
Fabulous concert🥰
Amazing! That’s voice and energy
This demonstrates the phenomenal talent of the third and final lead singer of THE SUPREMES. The great SCHERRIE PAYNE who took over in mid-1973 (through recommendation of Lamont Dozier) and still today (with her group) keeps The Supremes SUPREME.
Scherrie Payne was not the third lead singer, as told by the late Ms. Mary Wilson, she was just a strong singer added to the group. The only lead singers of The Supremes were Diana Ross & Jean Terrell. I thought the same thing until Wilson sat the record straight.😵
. @davidbetsey2437
Agreed! Only Ross and Terrell were official leads of the Supremes. There was never a third lead.@@davidbetsey2437
Scherrie was NOT lead singer of The Supremes, but a vocal talent to keep the group together. Everyone thinks when a lead singer leaves (Diana Ross & Jean Terrell) leaves, that the next singer will be a lead singer, but not so, Mary Wilson wanted everyone to know that she could sing, & that she could sing lead, made Scherrie an equal on singing lead, & so the story goes until Susaye Greene came along & proved she could sing solo as well as sing background. (He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother), If anyone could sing that song better than the original singers with stronger feelings, then God bless them.🇱🇷
BS. Scherrie officially replaced Jean as LEAD SINGER. Wilson was never lead singer of The Supremes - on recommendation of Lamont Dozier because Mary’s voice wasn’t good enough. If it had been, Berry would have put her in the lead spot when Diana left.
Wilsons voice had a limited range.Not commercial enough to sell records (like Diana, Jean & Scherrie - the THREE official lead singers of The Supremes).
Awesome, loved every song, routines, beauty*** ummm!
Is that Scherrie channeling a near-perfect rendition of Diana's lead vocals in parts? Wow-wee!
Sherrie freakin Payne! Wow, she was hot and she got the serious pipes!
Mary did a great job keeping this group together 💽👍🏾
She wrote in her book how she was tired and exhausted with the constant touring and lack of hit records ⏺️
Until her husband, Pedro Ferrer, the supposed manager, fired Cindy Birdsong, & replaced her w/Susaye Greene.
Rip mary Wilson
This is amazing.
This is 👌 👍 😍 🥰 😘 ☺
This is so sad !
Wow👏👏👏
A superb showcase of the final Supremes line up. The quality of this video is excellent. The vocals are stellar and of course the harmonies are on point. 3 terrific singers all taking turns on lead. Mary's talent was undervalued during the Diana Ross years. So glad I discovered this video, thanks for sharing!
Susaye Greene is incredible here!!
Thank you for the quality!!!!
HOT. 🔥 FIRE. SHOW. TA TA. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS !!
Mary carrying on…..
Never thought Susaye was a good fit vocally or visually. Her high pitched screeching gets on my nerves. And what was that mess with red fabric on High Energy?
She wasn't I agree, but she doesn't deserve to be insulted or disrespected like you did. She's a real person, who might come here to see this as well.
Exelent
The supreme of sound never sound so real good in Voices to be hear
Still Till this day, Scherrie leads her FLOS group and keeps the legacy alive 😊
The best lead singer of this Legendary group, the one and only Scherrie Payne 😘😊
Scherrie was super, but not the lead singer. In true fact, there were only two officially appointed leads in the Supremes: Jean and Diana. When Jean left, the format completely changed to an ensemble act with no appointed lead. Mary stresses the fact that she took on 50% of the leads after Jean left. Later on Mary, Scherrie, and Susaye evenly split leads.
Not a lead singer!
The crazy thing is.....The Supremes were a group with all lead singers.
Interesting that you’re saying scherrie wasn’t the designated 3rd lead singer, when Mary herself said in her book that she was looking for a lead singer to replace Jean and Lamont Dozier suggested his then girlfriend Scherrie Payne, which then Mary flew scherrie that same weekend to audition her at her house. Mary had already asked Cindy to return to replace Lynda Laurence which is why she was looking specifically for a lead during that time. 🤷🏾♂️
Not a lead singer… are you that delusional to think Mary or Susaye were designated lead singers over scherrie? Vocally there was no comparison 🤷🏾♂️
This was the issue with the supremes, they were still doing the same pop focused routine of the Diana Ross era and music had changed. It was no reason why they didn’t perform their songs from start to finish. And they only performed like a couple of minutes of THEIR actual songs. This was def the most vocally talented trio but they didn’t feel like the “supremes”…They were still doing that COPA-ACT
Susaye Greene hit that *Eb6* like it was nothing (32:38)
I can listen to this Eb6 and watch Mary’s reaction all day long! She was so happy for Susaye.
You can tell that Berry Gordy washed his hands of the group. The original Supremes always put on a much classier show. That said I loved Mary Wilson and may she RIP.
Exactly, this looked a mess. I’m sorry but this looked so out of place
@@OfficialHeyRicothey should have lost those veil's.
Terrible
Glad to see a clean video from the groups later years. But lumping all those great hits into a Las Vegas showbiz medley would be a disappointment if I were in the audience. A slow version of My World is Empty Without You? Come on! Singing hits from other groups when you have lots of hits of your own makes no sense. RIP Mary.
I love the Supremes but this is a racket to me Don't like at all
"I Met Scherrie And Mary, Scherrie Was Beautiful And Just As Nice As She Is Beautiful, Mary Was Kinda Aloof"...😂
They should've been a permanent Vegas act by this point
Not the same without Cindy.
The Supremes at their most supreme...
If it weren't for Mary and the title of the video, I would have thought this was Three Degrees or some other group I'm not familiar with.
Damn they were hot
This group of Supremes had better singers.. I love Mary. Her resilience in spite of DAT Diana . She was class and glam till the end.
The timing for the commercial breaks is pretty annoying.
Mary and her SUPREMES , we're FABULOUS!!!! Way better than Diana Ross. everyone gets to lead! I LOVE YOU Ms. Wilson***
WAAAAAAY BETTER!!AND ALOT MORE NATURALLY BEAUTFUL!!!!! M and Scherrie are absolutely GORGEOPUS!! and all of their voices are so powerful!!!!
@@TahariBlue They're a mess just freestyling. This is the result when you allow too many leads...everyone wants to lead and showcase you get a mess and no records sales no one can say that's the supremes...just awful...and very few views
Their harmonies in the beginning was beautiful. When they tried to do the original Supreme hits it sounded terrible. They should have sung the songs the were supposed to be sung. Great songs don't need to be jazzed up as they did here. I loved the Supremes in all of their groupings and have all their albums. I also love Diana Ross and have all of her albums. They are all SUPREME!
I LOVE MARYS VOICE BETTER THAN DIANA
Only Diana Ross and the great Jean Terrell were official leads of the Supremes. There was never a third lead. The later group became an "Ensemble act" and were great as such!
Those shoes!
Those corny dance steps didn't help, but they sang very well! That said there's something missing, if you're going to sing songs led by Ross, you gotta hire Ross. This concert staging was underwhelming , if there were not dancers, they were singers and they should have sung, the Jimmy Webb album would have been better. Bit this is hindsight and it is what it was. Green was good in The Raelettes, and Payne was good in 8th day, this isn't bad it's just kinda dated by 1976.
Wait!! Did that title say “Die Supremes?”
That´s german meaning The Supremes.... It´s written in German Die = The
@@Mauronog1 I'm adding to your explanation: "die" in German is pronounced "dee"
Sorry but this just doesn't work. Now look, I love the cabaret style, but all that frantic prancing, and waving and leaping and gamboling about, well it is a bit vulgar. Much of the singing is just screeching. This has got to be my least favorite post Diana Supremes lineup/
I just can’t get with this line-up, no progression, tryna relive the glory days except being innovators which is what the group was. Still doing the same pop-ish classics, they did during the copa-Diana Ross era, and they shoulda stopped!
Good grief WTF is going on, 3 women jumping about the stage like crazy, Susaye looks absolutely bonkers at times!
I hate that screaming screeching sound of susaye.. not the supremes..this group is just awful.. should be renamed Mary Wilson and the new Supremes. SO MANY HERE LIKE THIS MESS..SMH!! People say that the temptations changed members...very... true .. but they kept their sound the same. These woman CHANGED EVERYTHING
You ain’t lying
I guess Diana's fans are as sick and delusional as people say they are - these comments prove it.
That medley got hotter and hotter in the late 70s all the way to their last concert in 1977. The Supremes were known for their HARMONY long before they were known for any specific lead singer. The transition from "Love Child" to "Stop" is Showbiz GOLD.
Motown Groups used to KILL Showtunes with so much SOUL!!! They just MURDERED "Maybe This Time". The only thing that would have been better would have been to have Liza Minelli come out to surprise everybody for the word "Win" at the end. 😂💯💪🏾✊🏾
***MISS SCHERRIE PAYNE. IS ONE OF THE BETTER SINGERS OF *** THE SUPREMES**" VERY EXCITING TO LISTEN TOO. 08/ 16/ 2023.
Named a cat after mary & inhaled her sweaty bead gowns in cali. Rip.
SICK DIANA FANS, STAY OFF OF THESE CHANNELS TRYING TO INSULT A DEAD WOMAN. DARN!
YOUR RIGHT HATERS MARY WILSON IS AN AWESOME SINGER
MARY WILSON IS A WAY BETTER SINGER THAN DIANA ROSS AND I THINK BARRY KNEW THAT
The Star appeal left in 1970. They just look wild and trying soooo hard and out of sync
They look incohesive and classless. Diana had charisma, charm, poise. These women don't
Susaye has a very uneven, pitchy and not so normal tone
It's giving Cissy Houston.
Oh dear, the cabaret years.
Bunch of stiffs in the audience. How about the guy who doesn't clap, but just nods to the guy next him in mild approval? I'm thinking that these songs and the style of the act simply do not resonate with this kind of classically-aware audience.
They had some great songs during this post-Ross era , no need to resort to this cabaret style fodder. Susaye Greene has great vocals, just not for The Supremes.
Lol! This is the saddest thing I ever saw. But I laughed the whole time.
This is a hot mess! The Supremes would never have moved in such a street manner. They embodied grace and class. The group was taken in the WRONG direction under this management! Horrible!
You sound CRAZY, they were NOT "street" here how offensive. What bcuz they put the SOUL back in their music that Gordy made SURE was wiped clean just so that he could get White audiences to buy into their act & fall in love with them so that he could get them in places like the Copa Cabana. These women were CLASS ACTS, they were sophisticated & were able to inject what was missing from their act during the Ross years, since she has such a weak, soulless voice. So take ur garbage, bigoted statement & shove it, the 70's Supremes under Mary Wilson's guidance, management & direction. The problem they had is they couldn't keep a consistent line-up bcuz the ladies got sick & tired of Gordy's bullshit, treating them like the Motown Step-Children bcuz his 1 & ONLY focus was Ross & tell me, what exactly did her career really do after the 70s ended & she did her last hit w/Lionel Richie, NOT A DAMN THING, SO CUT THE 💩 & GO GET THOSE CLOGGED UP EARS CLEANED OUT!!!!
Diana please "come see about them".
after she come and see about her last album’s total sales
You few people that thinks this is a mess, these SUPREMES are soooo versitile singing all kinds of songs. GREAT. Go ladies!!!
The Supremes were lifeless without Diana's infectious energy.
I think I'd have enjoyed this at least as much as a Diana Ross show during these times.
Diane Ross WASN'T thee ONLY Black woman with vocal & performance talent during this time, these 3 Queens practiced & worked very hard on this performance, so stop with the theatrics & go watch a Diane Ross video!!!
They rock! Love them
You can't be serious...This sounds bad to you??? 👀
You are clearly NUTS💯!!!
God awful
They turned into a disco Muzak hot mess after Diana left..