Right On (The Supremes album)


Right On is the nineteenth studio album by The Supremes, released in 1970 for the Motown label. It was the group's first album not to feature former lead singer Diana Ross. Her replacement, Jean Terrell, began recording Right On with Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong in mid-1969, while Wilson and Birdsong were still touring with Ross.
Frank Wilson, a former protégé of Motown producer Norman Whitfield, produced much of Right On, working to establish the "New Supremes" as a group unique from the Ross-led Supremes. Right On features two top 40 singles, "Up the Ladder to the Roof" and "Everybody's Got the Right to Love". Other notable tracks include "Bill, When Are You Coming Back", an anti-Vietnam War song, and "The Loving Country", written by Ivy Jo Hunter and Smokey Robinson. A critical and commercial success, Right On reached #25 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart, a peak 21 positions higher than the final Diana Ross-led album, Farewell. According to Motown data this album sold around 225,000 copies in the USA.

Track listing

  1. "Up the Ladder to the Roof"
  2. "Then We Can Try Again"
  3. "Everybody's Got the Right to Love"
  4. "Wait a Minute Before You Leave Me"
  5. "You Move Me"
  6. "But I Love You More"
  7. "I Got Hurt "
  8. "Baby Baby"
  9. "Take a Closer Look at Me"
  10. "Then I Met You"
  11. "Bill, When Are You Coming Back"
  12. "The Loving Country"

    Covers

On the album The Supremes covered "Baby Baby" by The Miracles.

Unused recordings from the Right On sessions

During this period, the Supremes were constantly in the studio recording a wide variety of tracks; many of which currently remain unreleased.
  1. "The Day Will Come Between Sunday and Monday"
  2. "Life Beats"
  3. "Steppin' on a Dream"
  4. "That's How Much You Made Me Love You"
  5. "You Only Miss Me When You See Me"
  6. "Loneliness Is a Lonely Feeling"
  7. "Send Him to Me"
  8. "If You Let Me Baby"
  9. "Mind, Body and Soul"
  10. "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone"
  11. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
  12. "I Want to Go Back There Again"
  13. "You've Got to Pay the Price"

    Personnel

;The Supremes
;Technical