Did The Supremes ever make records without Diana Ross?
The Supremes sure did have successful records after Diana Ross left and she was replaced by Jean Terrell, boxer Ernie Terrell’s sister, in 1970. In those years, Motown played down The “new” Supremes’ survival without Diana and played up their being expendable to Diana’s success. But in 1970 alone, they hit the Top Forty four times: “Everybody’s Got the Right to Love,” “River Deep-Mountain High” (with The Four Tops, Top 20), “Stoned Love,” and “Up the Ladder to the Roof” (the last two Top Ten, and the latter record the follow-up to their previous ’69 single “Someday We’ll Be Together”). “Roof” debuted in February 1970 a few months before and higher than Diana’s own first solo record, “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand).” In the early ’70s, The Supremes had two more Top 20 records: “Nathan Jones” then “Floy Joy.” They hit the disco charts a few more times, including with “He’s My Man,” “High Energy” and “I’m Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking.” (This last record also made Top 40 on the
