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Supremes Calendar

January	February	March	April	May	June
July	August	September	October	November	December

January Back To The Top
1962	Diana Ross graduates from Cass Technical High School
06/1969	'I'm Living in Shame' single is released
11/1967	'Love Is Here and Now You're Gone' hits the top of the charts
12/1968	The Supremes make a guest appearance on 'Tarzan' (The Convert).
14/1968	'The Supremes in Berlin' is shown on television
14/1970	The Supremes give their last public appearance at the Frontier Hotel
15/1961	The Primettes becomes The Supremes as they sign a contract with Motown records. Florence Ballard chooses the name from a list that Motown secretary, Janie Bradford, gives her.
15/1961	The Supremes are signed to Motown
22/1967	Supremes appear on 'The Andy Williams Show' (TV)
23/1967	'SUPREMES SING HOLLAND-DOZIER HOLLAND' lp is released
26/1965	The Supremes make their first appearance on the television show 'Hullabaloo'
February Back To The Top
02/1963	'My Heart Can't Take It No More' is released
04/1967	'Love is Here and Now You're Gone' (one week) becomes #1.
07/1964	'Run, Run, Run' is released as a single
08/1965	'Stop! In The Name of Love' tops the charts for two weeks.
13/1967	The Supremes make an appearance on the TV special 'Highlights of Ice Capades '67'
14/1971	Footage of Diana Ross & The Supremes Farewell performance is shown on Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' (TV)
17/1969	'The Supremes appear on 'The Bob Hope Special' on TV
18/1966	'I HEAR A SYMPHONY' lp is released
20/1965	The Supremes appear on 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
20/1969	'I'll Try Something New" with the Temptations is released
22/1975	Florence Ballard passes away.
27/1965	The Supremes make their first 'The Hollywood Palace' appearance on television
29/1968	'Forever Came Today' single is released
27/1965	The Supremes make their first 'The Hollywood Palace' appearance on television
March Back To The Top
1959	As the Primettes, 'Tears of Sorrow' is released on Lupine Records
04/1966	The Supremes are guest on 'The Sammy Davis Jr. Show' (TV)
06/1944	Mary Wilson was born in Greenville, Mississippi
06/1965	'Stop, In the Name of Love' becomes fourth single to hit the #1 (two weeks) spot.
08/1969	'The Hollywood Palace' (TV)
09/1961	The Supremes first record 'I Want A Guy' is released.
18/1969	'The Tonight Show' (TV)
20/1967	Motown release The Supremes theme song from a movie with the same name: "The Happening' starring Anthony Quinn
24/1966	The Supremes appear on the television show 'The Dean Martin Show'
24/1968	The Supremes are guests again on 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
25/1968	'REFLECTIONS' lp is released
25/1969	Motown releases 'The Composer' single.
26/1944	Diane Earle Ross is born to Fred and Ross at 5736 St. Antonine #23, Detroit, Michigan. She adopts 'Diana' as her stage name due to a mistake on her birth certificate.
April Back To The Top
1970	Motown releases 'FAREWELL' - Diana Ross & The Supremes final 'live' performance at The Frontier Hotel (See January)
05/1968	The day after Martin Luther King is assassinated, The Supremes perform 'Somewhere' on 'The Tonight Show'
08/1966	The classic 'Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart' single is released.
11/2000	Diana Ross and The Supremes (Lynda Laurence & Scherrie Payne) makes their debut on VH1's Divas 2000 - A Tribute to Diana Ross.
12/1965	Motown releases 'You Send Me' from the Supremes concept album, 'WE REMEMBER SAM COOKE'
15/1965	The single 'Back in My Arms Again' is released.
15/1967	'The Happening' becomes #1. The Supremes has now collected 10 #1 records.
May Back To The Top
01/1966	The Supremes make another appearance on 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
04/1968	'The Hollywood Palace'
05/1968	'The Ed Sullivan Show'
08/1962	The Supremes first Motown single, 'Your Heart Belongs to Me' is released.
08/1965	'Back in My Arms Again' is the 5th consecutive #1 (one week) for the Supremes, the first artists to do so on Billboard. Their next single, 'Nothing But Heartaches' fails to reach the top ten, breaking their string of #1's.
09/1969	'No Matter What Sign You Are' single is released
11/1969	'The Ed Sullivan Show' (TV)
21/1968	The Supremes release 'Some Things You Never Get Used To'. This marks the first collaboration between Diana Ross and the husband/wife team, Ashford and Simpson.
22/1967	Motown release 'Falling in Love With Love' to disc jockeys only.
22/1967	The Supremes make another stop on 'The Tonight Show.' It would be Florence Ballard's last appearance as a Supreme
26/1969	Motown releases 'LET THE SUNSHINE IN' album
31/1969	Diana Ross & The Supremes host 'The Hollywood Palace' (TV)
June Back To The Top
1965	The U.S. Congress for an Equal Employment Opportunity campaign releases a special single 'Things Are Changing'
12/1963	The Supremes release the Smokey Robinson penned 'A Breathtaking, First Sight Soul Shaking, One Night Love Making, Next Day Heartbreaking Guy'...they later rename the song 'A Breathtaking Guy'
17/1964	"Where Did Our Love Go" becomes the first of twelve singles to go to #1 on Billboard.
19/1968	Diana Ross and the Supremes headline Coretta Scott King's benefit concert at the Atlanta Civic Center for the Poor People's Campaign
30/1966	'The Today Show'
30/1968	'The Ed Sullivan Show'

July Back To The Top

16/1965	'Nothing But Heartaches' break The Supremes #1 streak at 5 in a row. They will resume another straight 4 in a row with their next release.
18/1964	'Where Did Our Love Go' is first single to hit #1 (two weeks) after nine consecutive "flops."
21/1961	'Buttered Popcorn' is released
23/1965	'MORE HITS BY THE SUPREMES' lp is released
23/1968	Diana Ross & The Supremes endorses Vice President Hubert Humphrey for President.
24/1966	'The Ed Sullivan Show'
24/1967	'Reflections' is first release by the group now known as Diana Ross and the Supremes.
25/1966	'You Can't Hurry Love' is released
28/1965	The Supremes make their first 'Tonight Show' appearance
29/1965	Made their first appearance at the Copacabana nightclub.
August Back To The Top
03/1969	'The Ed Sullivan Show' (TV)
18/1966	'The Tonight Show' (TV)
20/1966	The Supremes hit their second stride at #1 with 'You Can't Hurry Love,' (2 weeks). The first of four in a row. Seventh record to hit #1 and counting.
21/1969	Diana Ross & The Supremes releases another single with The Temptations 'The Weight'
25/1966	'SUPREMES A GO-GO' lp is released
26/1964	'The Hollywood Palace'
26/1968	Motown releases two albums: 'DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES SING AND PERFORM "FUNNY GIRL" and 'DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES LIVE AT LONDON'S TALK OF THE TOWN'
29/1967	'DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES GREATEST HITS, VOL I & II, is released.
31/1964	The album 'WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO' is released.
September Back To The Top
06/1968	Diana Ross & The Supremes joins Dick Clark and a Cast of Thousands (TV Special)
07/1969	'The Ed Sullivan Show' (TV)
13/1965	'Hullabaloo' (TV)
17/1964	"Baby Love" hits #1
23/1969	Motown releases 'TOGETHER' a joint effort with The Temptations
25/1966	'The Ed Sullivan Show' (TV)
25/1967	'The Hollywood Palace' (TV)
30/1968	Diana Ross & the Supremes debut 'Love Child' on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (TV)

October Back To The Top
06/1964	'I Hear A Symphony' single is released
10/1964	First Appearance on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (TV)
10/1965	'The Ed Sullivan Show' (TV)
10/1968	'Love Child' is the eleventh single by the Supremes to reach #1 (two weeks).
12/1966	'You Keep Me Hanging On' is the Supremes 8th record to hit #1 (two weeks).
14/1969	'Someday We'll Be Together' is released. It becomes their 'swan' song and would later become one of their biggest hits.
15/1962	The first Motown Revue begins touring the country, starring Marvin Gaye, The Miracles, The Supremes, Mary Wells, and Little Stevie Wonder; the tour ends with a four night show at New York's Apollo Theater
16/1964	The Lp 'A LITTLE BIT OF LIVERPOOL' is released.
17/1964	The Supremes 'Baby Love' becomes their second #1 (four weeks) record.
18/1965	'Hullabaloo' (TV)
18/1969	Diana Ross and The Supremes host 'The Hollywood Palace' for the last time. They would introduce to their television audience, 'The Jackson Five.' A recording of this appearance is eventually released on album.
23/1968	Diana Ross and The Supremes appear on 'The Bing Crosby Show' (TV)
25/1966	'The Ed Sullivan Show' features The Supremes as guests
25/1967	'In and Out of Love' single is released
27/1964	'Come See About Me' becomes third in a row to reach #1 (two weeks).
29/1966	'The Hollywood Palace' (TV)
30/1965	'I Hear A Symphony' hits #1 (two weeks) , giving The Supremes their sixth visit to the top.
31/1963	The Supremes hit the Billboard Charts for the first time with 'When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes'

November Back To The Top
01/1965	Motown releases the album 'THE SUPREMES AS THE COPA'
03/1969	Diana Ross & The Supremes last studio album, 'CREAM OF THE CROP' is released by Motown
05/1963	'Let Me Go the Right Way' is released.
08/1968	'LOVE CHILD' the album, is released.
08/1968	The Temptations make their first appearance with Diana Ross and the Supremes on the album 'DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES JOIN THE TEMPTATIONS.'
11/1969	Diana Ross & the Supremes make their last appearance on 'The Tonight Show' (TV)
11/1969	'Someday We'll Be Together' (one week) is the final appearance for the Supremes at the top of the American pop charts.
12/1969	Diana Ross & The Supremes join the Temptations on the television special "GIT ON BROADWAY (NBC). It's rating success spurs Motown to release a "soundtrack" to the special later in the month.
18/1965	Motown releases The Supremes first Christmas single, 'Children's Christmas Song' from their 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' lp
19/1967	'The Ed Sullivan Show' (TV)
21/1964	'Come See About Me' (two weeks) becomes third in a row to reach #1 (two weeks).
21/1968	Diana Ross & The Supremes are invited by Queen Elizabeth II and members of the royal family to perform in the 'Royal Variety Show'. They sing 'Somewhere' as a tribute to Martin Luther King and receive a standing ovation
21/1968	Motown releases 'I'm Gonna Make You Love Me' with The Temptations
30/1968	The incomparable hit "Love Child" becomes one of Diana Ross and the Supremes biggest hits as it tops the Billboard charts.
December Back To The Top
02/1968	The album 'T.C.B. - TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS' with The Temptations is released less than a month after their last collaboration with Diana Ross & The Supremes. The album sells briskly.
03/1967	The Supremes make a special guest appearance on 'The Tennessee Ernie Ford Special' (TV)
04/1966	'The Ed Sullivan Show' (TV)
09/1963	The Supremes first album 'MEET THE SUPREMES' is released.
09/1968	'T.C.B.' T.V. special is broadcast on NBC. It is a ratings hit.
18/1969	The Supremes last appearance on television with Diana Ross occurs on the Ed Sullivan Show
27/1964	Supremes makes their first TV appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show".
28/1968	Diana Ross and The Supremes HOST 'The Hollywood Palace' (TV)
29/1965	'My World is Empty Without You' is released as a single
31/1965	The Supremes appear at the Orange Bowl Parade