There's a Place for Us
There's a Place for Us | ||||
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Compilation album by The Supremes | ||||
Released | July 9, 2004 | |||
Recorded | January–April 1965 (original album); 1965–1967 (bonus tracks) | |||
Genre | Pop, show tunes, R&B | |||
Length | 33:10 (original version) 77:36 (exp. version) | |||
Label | Motown M 628 Hip-O #B0002663-02 | |||
Producer | Marc Gordon Hal Davis Harvey Fuqua William "Mickey" Stevenson Ivy Jo Hunter Brian Holland Lamont Dozier | |||
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There's a Place for Us is an album recorded by Motown girl group The Supremes in 1965, for many years the most famous of the trio's unreleased albums. The album, composed of show-tunes and pop standards, was released by Motown and Hip-O Records in 2004.
Overview
There's a Place for Us was recorded in late 1964 and through the first half of 1965, and was to have been issued in the summer of that year to tie in with the group's debut appearance at the famous Copacabana nightclub in New York City. Supremes members Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson worked with two sets of producers, one in Los Angeles, the other in Detroit. The album was postponed and finally cancelled, with the live album The Supremes at the Copa being released in November 1965. Several standards similar to those recorded for this album appeared on the Supremes' next studio album, 1966's I Hear a Symphony, whose cover is similar to that intended for There's a Place for Us.
Several selections from There's a Place for Us would remain a staple of the group's live act for several years to come, most notably "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" and "Somewhere" from West Side Story. The album's title is derived from the first stanza of "Somewhere's" lyrics.
In 2004, Hip-O Select remastered and released the album, with the original artwork and liner notes, in compact disc and digital download formats. Hip-O also expanded the original twelve tracks to twenty-six by incorporating selections from aborted album projects such as Tribute to the Girls (to have been released in late 1965/early 1966) and The Supremes And The Motown Sound: From Broadway To Hollywood (to have been released in 1967[citation needed]), as well as outtakes from released albums.
Mary Wilson sings lead on "Our Day Will Come", while Florence Ballard sings lead on "People". Diana Ross sings lead on the remaining songs. They are all featured on an original number, "Fancy Passes".
Original track listing
Side one
- "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"
- "Fancy Passes"
- "The Boy from Ipanema"
- "Put on a Happy Face"
- "Our Day Will Come"
- "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"
Side two
- "Somewhere"
- "Something for My Heart"
- "Make Someone Happy" (Jule Styne/Betty Comden/Adolph Green)
- "Little Miss Loser"
- "Sleep Walk"
- "Big City Babies Don't Cry"
Expanded CD track listing
- "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"
- "Fancy Passes"
- "The Boy from Ipanema"
- "Put on a Happy Face"
- "Our Day Will Come"
- "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"
- "Somewhere"
- "Something for My Heart"
- "Make Someone Happy"
- "Little Miss Loser"
- "Sleep Walk"
- "Big City Babies Don't Cry"
- "People"
- "I Am Woman, You Are Man"
- "Around the World in 80 Days"
- "Sincerely"
- "Mister Sandman"
- "All of a Sudden My Heart Sings"
- "If I Ruled the World"
- "Strangers in the Night"
- "The Sound of Music"
- "Tender Is the Night"
- "What Now My Love"
- "Who Can I Turn To"
- "The Shadow of Your Smile"
- "Fancy Passes" (version 2)
Personnel
- Diana Ross – lead vocals and Background Vocals on "People"
- Mary Wilson – Lead on "Our Day Will Come" and background vocals
- Florence Ballard – Lead on "People" and background vocals
- The Andantes – background vocals
- Marc Gordon – producer
- Hal Davis – producer
- Harvey Fuqua – producer
- William "Mickey" Stevenson – producer
- Ivy Jo Hunter – producer
- Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier – producers (bonus tracks only)
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r729011
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- Florence Ballard
- Cindy Birdsong
- Susaye Greene
- Lynda Laurence
- Barbara Martin
- Betty McGlown
- Scherrie Payne
- Diana Ross
- Jean Terrell
- Mary Wilson
- Meet The Supremes (1962)
- Where Did Our Love Go (1964)
- More Hits by The Supremes (1965)
- I Hear a Symphony (1966)
- The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
- The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland (1967)
- Reflections (1968)
- Love Child (1968)
- Let the Sunshine In (1969)
- Cream of the Crop (1969)
- Right On (1970)
- New Ways but Love Stays (1970)
- Touch (1971)
- Floy Joy (1972)
- The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb (1972)
- The Supremes (1975)
- High Energy (1976)
- Mary, Scherrie & Susaye (1976)
- Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations (1968)
- Together (1969)
- The Magnificent 7 (1970)
- The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971)
- Dynamite (1971)
- The Supremes at the Copa (1965)
- Live at London's Talk of the Town (1968)
- TCB (1968)
- On Broadway (1969)
- Farewell (1970)
- The Supremes Live! In Japan (1973)
- A Bit of Liverpool (1964)
- The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop (1965)
- We Remember Sam Cooke (1965)
- Merry Christmas (1965)
- The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart (1967)
- Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" (1968)
- "Tears of Sorrow" (as The Primettes)
- "I Want a Guy"
- "Buttered Popcorn"
- "Your Heart Belongs to Me"
- "Let Me Go the Right Way"
- "My Heart Can't Take It No More"
- "A Breathtaking Guy"
- "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"
- "Run, Run, Run"
- "Where Did Our Love Go"
- "Baby Love"
- "Come See About Me"
- "Stop! In the Name of Love"
- "Back in My Arms Again"/"Whisper You Love Me Boy"
- "Nothing but Heartaches"
- "I Hear a Symphony"
- "My World Is Empty Without You"
- "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart"
- "You Can't Hurry Love"
- "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
- "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"
- "The Happening"
- "Reflections"
- "In and Out of Love"
- "Forever Came Today"
- "Some Things You Never Get Used To"
- "Love Child"
- "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
- "I'm Livin' in Shame"
- "I'll Try Something New"
- "The Composer"
- "No Matter What Sign You Are"
- "The Weight"
- "I Second That Emotion"
- "Someday We'll Be Together"
- "Why (Must We Fall in Love)"
- "Up the Ladder to the Roof"
- "Everybody's Got the Right to Love"
- "Stoned Love"
- "River Deep – Mountain High"
- "Nathan Jones"
- "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart"
- "Touch"
- "Floy Joy"
- "Automatically Sunshine"
- "Without the One You Love"
- "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love"
- "I Guess I'll Miss the Man"
- "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"
- "Bad Weather"
- "Tossin' and Turnin'"
- "He's My Man"
- "Where Do I Go from Here"
- "Early Morning Love"
- "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking"
- "High Energy"
- "You're My Driving Wheel"
- "Let Yourself Go"
- "Love, I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good"
- T.A.M.I. Show
- Greatest Hits: Live in Amsterdam
- Reflections: The Definitive Performances (1964–1969)
- Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
- Sparkle (1976 film)
- Dreamgirls (musical)
- Dreamgirls (film)
- Sparkle (2012 film)
- Discography
- Chronology (The band's name history: The Primettes 1959–1961 / The Supremes 1961–1967 / Diana Ross & The Supremes 1967–1970 / The Supremes 1970 / Diana Ross & The Supremes 1970 / The Supremes 1970–)
- Members
- FLOS
- Farewell concert
- Return to Love Tour
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