Supremes Interview

From Hitsville USA Home of the world famous Detroit sound We invite you to meet Motown Records` golden girls the undisputed queens of popular music The Supremes  Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson Well tell me Diana How did it all begin Ohh mm boy Long time now  We start singing when we were about thirteen We uh got together in the neighborhood because we all in the same neghborhood and we went to the same church and Mary and Florence went to the same school But our group put us together really The group now The Temptations But after we came to Motown we changed our name to a better name you know something that meant something And that was The Supremes And that was The Supremes Well how did you get that name Well I really didn`t pick the name because uh uh Florence did most of the picking of the names I didn`t like the name Supremes at first and She will tell you how she got that name And Florence did well at it Chuckles Uh laughs I was given a little tiny piece of paper with ten names on it and uh I picked Supremes bcause it was different And uh I like it and at that time we needed it `cause we had a record company on our hands I see Well i think everyone was raving with The Supremes now Well you girls must to travel like there`s hundreds of thousands of miles all over the world entertaining fans and Florence what`s your most unusual experience while on tour Uh-hmmm She doesn`t have to think long than that because we know two that were really great Remember the one in Germany Yes I remember the one in Germany man laughs We were singing with a pre-recorded tape and uh we`re just standing and singing and the tape broke Oh Yes And uh you can imagine what we went through But we kept going and um the show went on Right What part of Germany is that Hamburg Oh I see Well I think we saw some newspaper headings which they praised you on the pages on your show The next day The very next day The next day Earlier next morning laughs What happens to the situation like that Diana how did you get your note to been I mean what are you singing about Well we whenever we`re singing we just continue to sing or pop our fingers and get a feeling But at that time or any time we`re sitting around to rehearse we whatever we`re thinking about we sing it You know just like right now Anything that`s on your mind Anything that`s on your mind What`s on your mind now We just rehearsing and then we just try to all harmonize you know to make it like right now Singing Boys Boys Boys Men laughs More more more More more yeah laughs Well you girls got a more moment to relax Um what are your hobbies Well we all have different hobbies but mine is cooking You wouldn`t really say it was a copy but it`s mine I love to cook for boys and uh laughs and like Florence now she likes to bowl I guess she`s energetic I don`t know I guess she is and Diane she used to like to design dresses Yeah I did that in school Mostly now I think I would like to collect a lot of jewelry and different odds and ends and you know real odd shoes Little old diamonds and things like that No laughs Diamonds rings and jewelry And speaking of fashion and jewelry you girls have a lovely flair of dresses for both onstage and off Uh how did you assign them What you gonna wear Well we just go to different towns and whatever we see we like One person might not like but the other two like it we get it One thing we constantly shop because we have to need a lot of different things for a lot of different shows So we constantly shop Well I can understand that Now here`s a tough question i know it`s unfair to you but who are your favorite artists just a few of them Well let`s see now I I love the Four Tops and I love the Temptations and well that`s so many Like Nancy Wilson I really you know she`s my idol And some more but I can`t call on other names I see What about you Florence Well I tend to like the male vocalists best Well I bet Well I understand that part All laughing Like Johnny Mathis uh and Elvis Presley Oh boy Matter of fact all of them Mary Wilson & the reporter chuckles And uh I can`t leave out the British groups I think uh well I have to think I know I like The Beatles Well I think you got a lot of company there What about you Diana Well not just The Beatles I love them really But there`s so many British groups that we met when we were over there that uh were really very good good groups and also good friends But as we`re in London we saw The Lena Horne Show and they were fabulous performers and the act layout was beautiful you know And also nobody like Marvin Gaye We love him we love him we love him Okay laughs Well now that you girls becomeI say the America`s and the world`s most singing group well what are your plans for the future Oh we got uh we got grea plans Uh right now we`re going into bigger and better club work all over the country and we have bookings in London and here in New York and everything But we all want to go into acting We`re big hams you know what I mean We act on and offstage But other than that we`re always gonna continue to make records for our fans because this we love and we wanted to do something that will make them happy and also make us happy too Well I think as long as you continue to sing as well as you do you make your fans more than happy We all wish you the best of luck Supremes Thank you Thank you very much Thank you very much