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Surprisingly, very few artists can float a digital-age collection of number one singles without resorting to trickery involving foreign countries or obscure charts. The Beatles had little trouble (The Beatles 1) and Elvis Presley managed both a disc of number ones (Elvis: 30 #1 Hits) and one of number twos (2nd to None), but Michael Jackson bent the rules so far that calling his disc Number Ones is tantamount to consumer fraud. Additionally, a collection of number one singles may not be the best representation of an artist's career; the Elvis volume included nothing from his Sun years, and the Beatles' set skipped "Strawberry Fields Forever." The #1's, Motown's collection of chart-toppers by Diana Ross & the Supremes, fares much better. It benefits from two Supremes characteristics: as a pop group through and through, their biggest hits were often their best songs, and, with the help of the solo Diana Ross, they spent a long time on the charts (nearly 20 years separates the Supremes' debut at the top from Ross' last number one single). While Motown's separate volumes on Diana Ross and the Supremes (in the Ultimate Collection series) remain the best source for a single-disc picture of either act, The #1's works remarkably well. It includes 19 number one pop singles (13 from the group, six from the solo Ross), plus various number ones on the R&B and dance charts, and there aren't any glaring omissions. Granted, fans of early Motown can't live without the girl-group chestnuts "Buttered Popcorn" and "Your Heart Belongs to Me," while those who enjoy latter-day Ross won't find "One More Chance" or "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" -- but of course, this collection wasn't created with them in mind. For the group who recorded more hit singles during the '60s than any other act except the Beatles, and for one of the reigning solo artists of the '70s, The #1's is a worthy tribute.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Record Company L.P.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Record Company L.P.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Record Company L.P.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Record Company L.P.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Record Company L.P.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Record Company L.P.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Frank DeVol, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Motown Record Company L.P.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross & The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - Deke Richards, Producer - Henry Cosby, Producer - Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Lussier, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross & The Supremes, MainArtist - R. Dean Taylor, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Motown Record Company L.P.
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, ComposerLyricist - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer - The Temptations, MainArtist - JERRY ROSS, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - Diana Ross & The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - HARVEY FUQUA, ComposerLyricist - Robert Beavers, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross & The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
KEN THOMAS, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - David Van dePitte, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Motown Record Company L.P.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Joshie Armstead, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackey Beavers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louvain Demps, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Hicks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marlene Barrow, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Masser, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, MainArtist - Ron Miller, ComposerLyricist - Tom Baird, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gerry Goffin, ComposerLyricist - LEE HOLDRIDGE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Masser, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marilyn McLeod, ComposerLyricist - Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Davis, Producer - Dave Blumberg, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Clay Drayton, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Gale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Figueroa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Arnold, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Brecker, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Davis, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Jackson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, Piano, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ray Chew, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Maxine Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephanie Spruill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Centeno, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John sussewell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Errol Bennett, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Orloff, Unknown, Other - Fonzi Thornton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Luci Martin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - NILE RODGERS, Conductor, Producer, Guitar, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - BERNARD EDWARDS, Conductor, Producer, Bass Guitar, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Daniels, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Alfa Anderson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Cheryl Hong, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Milne, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Jones, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Thompson, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES FARBER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Dorfsman, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Schwartz, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Scheniman, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michelle Cobbs, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Milliken, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lucy Laurie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Valerie Heywood, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Robbins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Osborn, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Abdoulaaye Soumare, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
NILE RODGERS, Producer, Guitar, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - BERNARD EDWARDS, Producer, Bass Guitar, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Motown Record Company L.P.
Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Dozier, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Richie, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Costa, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Almighty Associates, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Motown Record Company L.P.
Album review
Surprisingly, very few artists can float a digital-age collection of number one singles without resorting to trickery involving foreign countries or obscure charts. The Beatles had little trouble (The Beatles 1) and Elvis Presley managed both a disc of number ones (Elvis: 30 #1 Hits) and one of number twos (2nd to None), but Michael Jackson bent the rules so far that calling his disc Number Ones is tantamount to consumer fraud. Additionally, a collection of number one singles may not be the best representation of an artist's career; the Elvis volume included nothing from his Sun years, and the Beatles' set skipped "Strawberry Fields Forever." The #1's, Motown's collection of chart-toppers by Diana Ross & the Supremes, fares much better. It benefits from two Supremes characteristics: as a pop group through and through, their biggest hits were often their best songs, and, with the help of the solo Diana Ross, they spent a long time on the charts (nearly 20 years separates the Supremes' debut at the top from Ross' last number one single). While Motown's separate volumes on Diana Ross and the Supremes (in the Ultimate Collection series) remain the best source for a single-disc picture of either act, The #1's works remarkably well. It includes 19 number one pop singles (13 from the group, six from the solo Ross), plus various number ones on the R&B and dance charts, and there aren't any glaring omissions. Granted, fans of early Motown can't live without the girl-group chestnuts "Buttered Popcorn" and "Your Heart Belongs to Me," while those who enjoy latter-day Ross won't find "One More Chance" or "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" -- but of course, this collection wasn't created with them in mind. For the group who recorded more hit singles during the '60s than any other act except the Beatles, and for one of the reigning solo artists of the '70s, The #1's is a worthy tribute.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:03
- Main artists: The Supremes
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UTV - Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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