Join The Temptations / Together
Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations is, as the title implies, a … Read Full Bio ↴Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations is, as the title implies, a collaborative album combining Motown's two best selling groups, Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations. Issued by Motown in late 1968 to coincide with the broadcast of the Supremes/Temptations TCB television special, the album was a success, reaching #2 on the Billboard 200. Originally the lead single was to have been "The Impossible Dream" as featured in the climax to the TV spectacular TCB. However, it was decided to release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" as a single instead even though it wasn't featured on TCB. This became a number-two hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the R&B singles chart, and the follow-up, "I'll Try Something New", was a Top 30 hit. A third single, "I Second That Emotion", was released exclusively in the United Kingdom, where it became a Top 20 hit.

Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations marks the first on-record appearance of new Temptations lead singer Dennis Edwards, who was brought in as David Ruffin's replacement in July 1968.

All of the tracks on the album are covers of songs for other artists. Both "I Second That Emotion" and "I'll Try Something New" were originally recorded by Motown's Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, while "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" was an outside hit for Dee Dee Warwick before it became a hit for the Supremes and Temptations. Motown's Marvin Gaye had previously had hits with "Try It Baby" and, as a duet with Tammi Terrell, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". "This Guy's in Love with You" was a hit for Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass , while "Funky Broadway" had been recorded as a hit for Wilson Pickett. The Sweet Inspirations' signature song, "Sweet Inspirations", is also covered here, as is Stevie Wonder's "A Place in the Sun", The Four Tops' "Then", and the show tune "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha.

Frank Wilson served as executive producer of the project. Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations, joint-recorded at both the main Hitsville USA studio in Detroit, Michigan, the Golden World studio in Detroit, and satellite studios in Los Angeles, primarily features leads by Diana Ross of the Supremes and Eddie Kendricks of The Temptations, with additional leads by Temptations Dennis Edwards, Paul Williams, Otis Williams, and Melvin Franklin.
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Diana Ross and the Supremes Lyrics


A Place In The Sun Like a long lonely stream I keep runnin' towards a…
Ain't No Mountain High Enough Listen baby, ain't no mountain high Ain't no valley low, ain…
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby Ain't nothing like t…
Can't Take My Eyes Off You You're just too good to be true I can't take my…
For Better Or Worse Pamela Sawyer-Joe Hinton For better or worse I'll say yes …
Funky Broadway Oooohooo, every town I go in, huh, listen, there's a…
I Second That Emotion Maybe you'll wanna give me kisses sweet But only for one…
I'll be doggone Well, I'll Be Doggone if I would work all day And…
I'll Try Something New I will build you a castle with a tower so…
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me I'm gonna do all the thing for you A girl wants…
Sing A Simple Song Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah I'm talking, talking, talking, tal…
Stubborn Kind Of Fellow Say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Sing it for me,…
Sweet Inspiration I need your sweet, sweet inspiration I need you here on…
The Impossible Dream To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To…
The Weight I pulled in to Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past…
Then If Columbus never sailed the sea ]If Longfellow never wrote…
Try It Baby Now you're moving on up, pretty baby You're leaving me behin…


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