10/8/15 O&A NYC Throwback Thursday: The Supremes – Up The Ladder To The Roof

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The Supremes (Cindy Birdsong, Mary Wilson and Jean Terrell) on their last appearance on Ed Sullivan Show in 1970, singing their first single after Diana Ross’ departure, Up The Ladder To The Roof from their album Right On. A rare interview with Sullivan follows.  Continue reading

(REPOST) 6/11/15 O&A THROWBACK THURSDAY: Missing You- Diana Ross (For Chadwick Boseman)

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Missing You, written, composed, and produced by Lionel Richie as a tribute to Marvin Gaye, who had died earlier that year. The video includes, as well as still photographs and tribute clips of Gaye himself, tribute clips of former Supremes singer Florence Ballard and of Paul Williams of The Temptations, both Motown artists who had died in the 1970s. Continue reading