Crazy Sam’s Saturday 9: Baby Love (1964)
On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) When this song was popular, the Supremes were known for their elaborate hairstyles, make up and full-length gowns. When was the last time you got dressed up?
In October for the fundraiser for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective’s One Big Event
2) "The girls," as they were known to the engineers and executives at Motown Records, were Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross. They began singing together when they were high school classmates. Are you still in touch with any friends from your high school days?
Yes, a couple of them but now it is more with them on Facebook.
3) Mary Wilson was born in Mississippi and her family moved a great deal before settling in Detroit, where she fatefully met Florence and Diana. Were you uprooted often when you were a child? Or did you spend your school years in the same neighborhood?
I only lived in two towns, my current town where I lived since 1955 and the town in Connecticut (which shall remain anonymous since it is used as a security questions) where I was born.
4) The Supremes began as a quartet called the Primettes. In addition to Mary, Flo and Diana, there was Betty McGlown. In 1960, Betty left the group to get married and was replaced by Barbara Martin. In 1962, Barbara left the group to have a baby. They quit trying to replace the fourth voice, soldiered on as a trio, and made pop history. Have you ever found yourself in a position similar to Betty's or Barbara's, where you had to make a difficult decision and choose between your personal life and your career?
No not really, but in life I have made some wrong decisions which sometimes worked out for the better.
5) Thinking of babies and "baby love," is anyone in your life expecting a baby in 2018?
Not that I know, last year was different it seemed like it was a marathon year for friends who were having babies.
6) With twelve #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, The Supremes remain America's most commercially successfully recording group, and this song (along with "Stop! In the Name of Love") is one of the most popular karaoke songs. If we handed you the mic this morning and absolutely insisted you perform, what song would you choose (any song, any genre)?
Okay, here is the deal I cannot carry a tune or stay on key.
At work we had contracts with South Korean companies and I was told (or rather ordered) that I had to have a karaoke song ready is we went out with our customers, so… I picked Row, Row Your Boat.
7) Original group member Florence Ballard left the group in 1967. She died of cardiac arrest in 1976 at the age of 32. Since February is National Heart Month, it seems appropriate to ask: Is anyone in your life battling heart disease?
Not right now that I know of, but my father had a heart attack once when he was in his nineties (he died of aspiration pneumonia).
8) Florence Ballard's brother, Hank, wrote Chubby Checker's famous dance song, "The Twist." When did you last dance?
Wow! I can’t remember maybe five or ten years ago.
9) Random question: Close your eyes and visualize the most beautiful place you've ever been. Now describe it to us.
Pharaoh Lake Wilderness in the Adirondacks.
It is a seven mile walk into the lake and the wilderness area, there are no motors allowed, it is accessible only by foot and horseback. It is pristine mountain lake surrounded by the Adirondack Mountains. The lake is over 400 acres with not a motorboat on it and if you want a canoe you will have to carry it in.
At night the stars come out and the sky is a blaze with them, you can hear the cry of the loons echo off the mountains.
One time when we backpacked in the Northern Lights lit up the sky and reflexed off the lake. It was the first time in 50 years that the Northern Lights were visible that far south.
Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!
On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) When this song was popular, the Supremes were known for their elaborate hairstyles, make up and full-length gowns. When was the last time you got dressed up?
In October for the fundraiser for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective’s One Big Event
2) "The girls," as they were known to the engineers and executives at Motown Records, were Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross. They began singing together when they were high school classmates. Are you still in touch with any friends from your high school days?
Yes, a couple of them but now it is more with them on Facebook.
3) Mary Wilson was born in Mississippi and her family moved a great deal before settling in Detroit, where she fatefully met Florence and Diana. Were you uprooted often when you were a child? Or did you spend your school years in the same neighborhood?
I only lived in two towns, my current town where I lived since 1955 and the town in Connecticut (which shall remain anonymous since it is used as a security questions) where I was born.
4) The Supremes began as a quartet called the Primettes. In addition to Mary, Flo and Diana, there was Betty McGlown. In 1960, Betty left the group to get married and was replaced by Barbara Martin. In 1962, Barbara left the group to have a baby. They quit trying to replace the fourth voice, soldiered on as a trio, and made pop history. Have you ever found yourself in a position similar to Betty's or Barbara's, where you had to make a difficult decision and choose between your personal life and your career?
No not really, but in life I have made some wrong decisions which sometimes worked out for the better.
5) Thinking of babies and "baby love," is anyone in your life expecting a baby in 2018?
Not that I know, last year was different it seemed like it was a marathon year for friends who were having babies.
6) With twelve #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, The Supremes remain America's most commercially successfully recording group, and this song (along with "Stop! In the Name of Love") is one of the most popular karaoke songs. If we handed you the mic this morning and absolutely insisted you perform, what song would you choose (any song, any genre)?
Okay, here is the deal I cannot carry a tune or stay on key.
At work we had contracts with South Korean companies and I was told (or rather ordered) that I had to have a karaoke song ready is we went out with our customers, so… I picked Row, Row Your Boat.
7) Original group member Florence Ballard left the group in 1967. She died of cardiac arrest in 1976 at the age of 32. Since February is National Heart Month, it seems appropriate to ask: Is anyone in your life battling heart disease?
Not right now that I know of, but my father had a heart attack once when he was in his nineties (he died of aspiration pneumonia).
8) Florence Ballard's brother, Hank, wrote Chubby Checker's famous dance song, "The Twist." When did you last dance?
Wow! I can’t remember maybe five or ten years ago.
9) Random question: Close your eyes and visualize the most beautiful place you've ever been. Now describe it to us.
Pharaoh Lake Wilderness in the Adirondacks.
It is a seven mile walk into the lake and the wilderness area, there are no motors allowed, it is accessible only by foot and horseback. It is pristine mountain lake surrounded by the Adirondack Mountains. The lake is over 400 acres with not a motorboat on it and if you want a canoe you will have to carry it in.
At night the stars come out and the sky is a blaze with them, you can hear the cry of the loons echo off the mountains.
One time when we backpacked in the Northern Lights lit up the sky and reflexed off the lake. It was the first time in 50 years that the Northern Lights were visible that far south.
Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!
Love #9. So evocative, the way you describe the skies and the loons.
ReplyDeleteI've always liked the call of the loons.
ReplyDeleteRow Row Row your boat is a good one. Especially when you recruit everyone else to join in.
ReplyDelete#6 is hilarious. What a great song, other than rap but as close to it that can be done. lol
ReplyDeleteYour Lake in the Adirondacks sounds like my river. A veritable Eden. How sweet a place to remember.
Oh my, I think I'd have developed the flu or something. Even Row, Row, Row Your Boat would be too much for me. I'd probably have an anxiety attack if an employer said I HAD to sing.
ReplyDeleteThat lake sounds wonderful!