Saturday 9 with the Supremes...

Baby Love

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!

Saturday 9: Baby Love (1964)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) When this song was popular, the Supremes were known for their elaborate hairstyles, makeup and full-length gowns. When was the last time you got dressed up?  Last year for the Museum's The Gala.  I had to work, but Joe and I got to dress up and have a 5-star meal before the auction ended and I had to go to work.  Every February, except that stops now.  We won't go this year because it costs $800 a couple.  Free was better!!  

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, I sure am and have written about them many times. 

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?  I lived in four different houses from birth to marriage the first time.  That's not too bad.  Or did you spend your school years in the same neighborhood?  I got to attend the same school from fifth grade through high school graduation.

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?  Nope.

5) Thinking of babies and "baby love," is anyone in your life expecting a baby in 2018?  Not that I have heard about as of this minute. We have some new babies in the family, though!

6) With twelve #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, The Supremes remain America's most commercially successful 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)?  Ha!! No one wants to hear me sing.  How about one verse of Mary Had a Little Lamb or one verse of Jesus Loves Me.

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?  Yes.  Joe has five stents in his heart and battles congestive heart failure all the time. It runs in his family on both sides.

8) Florence Ballard's brother, Hank, wrote Chubby Checker's famous dance song, "The Twist." When did you last dance?  New Year's Eve.

9) Random question: Close your eyes and visualize the most beautiful place you've ever been. Now describe it to us.  I saw beautiful places every day we were in Italy.  I see beauty most weeks at the farm.  I see beauty at the beach. I don't really have words to describe the beauty I see in Joe's face when he looks at me. Life is beautiful, Y'all. 

Thanks to Crazy Sam for another interesting and fun Saturday 9!!  You can join the fun HERE!!

Thanks for your visit today!  Happy Saturday!  Peace & hugs!!