Up The Ladder To The Roof Supremes Live

In this clip they ve added a little of another one of their hits everybodys got the right.

Up the ladder to the roof supremes live.

Go up the ladder to the roof where we can be oh closer to heaven. You tubers correctly stated cynthia and mary sang backup though it was well known cynthia did. With jean terrell mary wilson and cindy bird the supremes sing and perform their 1970 million seller up the ladder to the roof. The supremes come with me and we shall run across the sky and illuminate the night oh i will try and guide you to better times and brighter days.

The supremes sing and perform their 1970 million seller up the ladder to the roof. In this song jean terrell asks her man to be hers forever so that even after they die their spirits will climb the ladder that leads to the roof of heaven. Many listeners thought it was simply about making love on a rooftop where they can get closer to heaven. The supremes were a very successful motown all female singing group active from 1959 until 1977 performing at various times doo wop pop soul broadway showtunes psychedelia and disco one of motown s signature acts the supremes were the most successful african american musical act of the 1960s recording twelve 1 hits between 1964 and 1969 many of them written and produced by motown s.

With jean terrell mary wilson and cindy birdsong the supremes hits just kept on coming. Video sync by smurfstools 1970 10 u s. Up the ladder t. Up the ladder to the roof is a 1970 hit single recorded by the supremes for the motown label.

It was the first supremes single to feature new lead singer jean terrell in place of diana ross who officially left the group for a solo career two weeks before the recording of this song in january 1970 this song also marks a number of other firsts. It is the first supremes single since the. The supremes mary cindy and jean on their last appearance on ed sullivan show in 1970 singing their first single after diana s departure. Don t you wanna go back to 1990 when the ladies performed at the dominion theatre london headlining the legends of motorcity tour which also featured kim.