Mary, Scherrie & Susaye

Mary, Scherrie & Susaye is the twenty-ninth and final studio album by The Supremes, released in 1976 on the Motown label. It featured the final line-up for the Supremes, composed of original Supreme Mary Wilson and latter-day members Scherrie Payne and Susaye Greene. All three Supremes take leads on the album. The album was a mixture of disco dance tracks and R&B ballads. Payne and Greene mostly took over the dance tracks while Wilson performed the ballads. The album was released in October 1976, nine months before the trio disbanded. This album's final sales figures stood at around 50,000 copies.[4]

Mary, Scherrie & Susaye
Studio album by
The Supremes
ReleasedOctober 1976
Recorded1976
GenreSoul, disco
LabelMotown
ProducerBrian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr.
The Supremes chronology
High Energy
(1976)		 Mary, Scherrie & Susaye
(1976)
Singles from Mary, Scherrie & Susaye
  1. "You're My Driving Wheel"
    Released: September 30, 1976
  2. "Let Yourself Go"
    Released: January 25, 1977
  3. "Love, I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good"
    Released: March 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Disco Delivery(very positive) [2]
DiscoMusic.com(positive) [3]

The entire album was released for the first time on CD on May 17, 2011 on the three-disc set Let Yourself Go: The '70s Albums, Vol 2 – 1974–1977: The Final Sessions.

Singles

Three singles were released from the album, although the final single was only released in the UK. While none of the singles were Top 40 chart hits on the respective national charts, "You are My Driving Wheel" and "Let Yourself Go" became top five singles on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

  • "You Are My Driving Wheel" b/w "You're What's Missing in My Life" (B-side taken from High Energy) (Motown 1407, September 30, 1976)
  • "Let Yourself Go" b/w "You Are the Heart of Me" (Motown 1415, January 25, 1977)
  • "Love I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good" b/w "This Is Why I Believe in You" (Tamla-Motown 1064, March 1977, UK only)

Track listing

Side one
  1. "You're My Driving Wheel" (Edward Holland, Jr., Brian Holland, Floyd Stafford, Reginald Brown) – 4:20
  2. "Sweet Dream Machine" (Harold Beatty, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr.) – 5:22
  3. "Let Yourself Go" (Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Harold Beatty) – 4:29
  4. "Come Into My Life" (Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Richard Davis) – 6:14 (lead singer: Susaye Greene)

Side two
  1. "We Should Be Closer Together" (Janie Bradford, Freddie Gorman, Barbara Gaines, Brian Holland) – 4:59 (lead singer: Mary Wilson
  2. "I Don't Want to Be Tied Down" (Brian Holland, Richard Davis, Edward Holland, Jr.) – 4:42
  3. "You Are the Heart of Me" (Michael Lovesmith, Edward Holland, Jr.) – 4:12 (lead singer: Mary Wilson)
  4. "Love, I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good" (Brian Holland, Richard Davis, Reginald Brown, Floyd Stafford) – 5:51

Personnel

Charts

Singles
Name Chart (1976–1977) Peak position
"You're My Driving Wheel" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 85
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart 50
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Disco 5
"Let Yourself Go" U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart 83
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Singles 5
"Love I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good" —

References
  1. Lowe, John. Mary, Scherrie & Susaye at Allmusic
  2. Mary, Scherrie & Susaye Review at Disco Delivery
  3. Review at DiscoMusic.com
  4. http://www.greasylake.org/the-circuit/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F116321-the-supremes-diana-ross-stevie-wonder-and-ray-charlesusa-album-sales%2F
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