1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: The Stay in History Class is a production of I 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hello History Lovers. I'm Eves and you're listening 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: to This Day in History Class, a show that uncovers 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: history one day at a time. Today it's October. The 5 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: day was October nineteen. The supremes ninth album, The Supremes Agogo, 6 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: reached number one on the Billboard Top two hundred. That 7 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: made the Supremes the first all women group to top 8 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: the US Billboard two hundred, a chart ranking the most 9 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: popular music albums in the States. The Supremes signed to 10 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: Motown Records in nineteen one, and they were the label's 11 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: most commercially successful act. They were styled in fancy gowns, wigs, 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: and makeup, and performed simple but graceful choreography. Motown executive 13 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: Berry Gordon capitalized on the group's crossover appeal. Many black 14 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: rock and roll acts fased difficulty in gaining popularity with 15 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: white audiences, and white musicians who covered their songs would 16 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: get more attention for the music than the original performers. 17 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: But the Supremes were popular with white audiences and topped 18 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 1: the pop charts frequently thanks to their pop appeal and 19 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: the way they incorporated rock and roll and R and 20 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: B into their music. They made it onto several talk shows, 21 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: idealizing Berry Gordon's vision of a respectable, versatile, and sophisticated 22 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: black musical group. Backed by the songwriting and production of 23 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: Brian Holland, Lamont Dogier and Eddie Holland, the Supremes achieved 24 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 1: pop fame. They made the top spot on the Billboard 25 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: Hot one hundred twelve times, and in nineteen sixty four 26 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: and nineteen sixty five they had five consecutive number one 27 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: pop hits. Songs like Where Did I Love Go, Baby Love, Come, 28 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: See About Me, and Stop in the Name of Love 29 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: made it to the top position, but their first eight 30 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: albums never made it to the top of the Billboard 31 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: two hundred, even though they sold pretty well. But on 32 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: October twenty two, nineteen sixty six, the Supremes Ago Goo 33 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: dethroned the Beatles album Revolver. Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and 34 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: Mary Wilson made up the group at this point, after 35 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: they had gone through a couple of lineup changes over 36 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: the years. The Supremes Agogo remade on the Billboard two 37 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: hundred album chart for sixty weeks. The album included the 38 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: hits love, It's Like an Itching in My Heart and 39 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: you Can't Hurry Love. It went on to sell three 40 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: point five million copies worldwide. The Supremes were the only 41 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: female group to reach number one on the album chart 42 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: until March of Nino, when the Go Goes album Beauty 43 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: and the Beat made it to the top. Though the 44 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: Supremes were Motown's flagship act, the members of the group 45 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: faced a lot of personal and professional difficulties. Ballard left 46 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 1: the group and producers Holland Dozer Holland walked away from Motown. 47 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: Lead singer Diana Ross left the group to go solo, 48 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 1: and the cultural climate and shifts in the industry lead 49 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: to declining music sales for the Supremes. The lineup of 50 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: the group went through more changes until the Supremes disbanded 51 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: in ninety seven. I'm Eves Jeff Kote and hopefully you 52 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: know a little more about history today than you did yesterday. 53 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: If you'd like to follow us on social media, you 54 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: can do so at T D I HC Podcast on Instagram, Twitter, 55 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: and Facebook, or if you would prefer to email us, 56 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: you can send us a message at this day at 57 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: I Heart Media dot com. Thanks for listening, and I 58 00:03:52,520 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: hope you'll be back tomorrow. 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