Diana Ross & The Supremes – Someday We’ll Be Together

“Someday We’ll Be Together” is a song written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, and Harvey Fuqua.

The song was revived in 1969 when Motown Records brought in Bristol to produce a new version for Jr. Walker & the All-Stars as a follow-up to their hit “What Does It Take (To Win Your Love).” Bristol recorded the track with Motown’s famed Funk Brothers house band and added backing vocals using singers at the label, along with the sisters Maxine and Julia Waters. But Walker never got to record it.

The Supremes were about to break up, and Motown needed a big hit to launch Diana Ross’ solo career. Increasingly desperate, label head Berry Gordy decided to give “Someday We’ll Be Together” to Ross instead of Walker. She added her lead vocal to the track, but Gordy decided it was better suited as the final Supremes single with Ross instead of her debut. The Supremes needed a big finale to close out their Diana Ross era, move forward as a group, and send off Ross as a solo artist, and that’s exactly what the song did, even though Ross was the only group member to appear on it.

Released on October 14, 1969, “Someday We’ll Be Together” quickly rose up the charts. Ross announced she was leaving The Supremes in November, and on December 27, it hit #1 on the Hot 100, giving the group one last chart-topper, bringing their total to 12

The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart for one week, in the final 1969 issue of Billboard magazine (dated December 27). It would be the last number one hit of the 1960s.

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Diana Ross & The Supremes "Someday We'll Be Together"

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