1962
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Early 62
First gig outside Detroit, in Cleveland, Ohio. The Supremes open for Gladys Knight & the Pips (Barbara Martin is still in the group).
Early 62
Barbara Martin becomes pregnant and leaves the group (before the single “Your Heart Belongs To Me” is released, so before May 8). She is not replaced and the group definitely becomes a trio.
January 17
First recording session as a trio. Vocals on “Play A Sad Song” (see also October 16, 1960). No recording session until May 7. 
January 27
Diana Ross graduates from Cass Technical High School. 
February
to
September
Florence replaces Wanda Young of the Marvelettes for six months while she is pregnant and returned with the Supremes in September. 
The Supremes activity is put on hold during this period.
Wanda Young’s child was born on June 3, 1962, so the information of Florence Ballard returning to the Supremes in May 1962 in Peter Benjaminson “The Lost Supreme” (p.33) is unlikely correct.
Unfold below for a list of Marvelettes concerts with the possible participation of Florence Ballard:                            
- March 16 at the Pa-Mor Ballroom in Cleveland, OH.  

- March 23 – 28 at the Apollo Theater in New York. The Marvelettes, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Barbara George, the Starlites, and George Kirby, Reuben Phillips band.
 
- March 30 – April 5 at the Howard Theatre in Washington DC. Shows at 2, 4:45, 7:30 & 10 p.m. on March 30, April 2 & 3; Shows at 2, 4:45, 7:15; 9:45 & 12 p.m on Saturday March 31, 1962. Jerry Butler, the Marvelettes, Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Flamingos, Eddie Holland, King Coleman and Rick Henderson Band 

- April 6 – 16 at the Uptown Theatre in Philadelphia. Georgie Woods of WDAS presents Jerry Butler, the Miracles, Slappy White, the Flamingos, the Marvelettes, Temptations, Jennell Hawkins, Bill Massey & orch.
 
- April 20 to 26 at the Regal in Chicago. Jerry Butler, the Miracles, the Marvelettes, Ben E. King, Maxine Brown, Betty Everett, Willie Bryant, and Red Saunders orchestra. 

- June 3  Rock 'n roll show at the Sulphur Dell Park in Nashville, TN. Show at 8:30 p.m. Solomon Burke, Clyde McPhatter, Dee Clark, Bill Doggett, Ketty Lester, The Marvelettes and the Vibrations. 

- June 5 at the Municipal Coliseum in Knoxville, TN. Show at 8 p.m. Clyde, Dee Clark, Ketty Lester, Solomon Burke, the Falcons, the Marvelettes and the Vibrations and Bill Doggett and his band.

- June 9 at the Iroquois Amphitheater in Louisville, KY. Shows at 7:30 & 10 p.m. Clyde McPhatter, Ketty Lester, Solomon Burke, Dee Clark, the Vibrations, the Marvelettes, the Falcons and Bill Doggett orchestra. 

- June 10 at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO. Ketty Lester, Clyde McPhatter, the Marvellettes, plus the Falcons and the Vibrations.  

- June 16 at the Municipal Auditorium in Norfolk, VA. Shows at 8 & 11 p.m. Clyde McPhatter, Dee Clark, Solomon Burke, Ketty Lester, the Marvelettes, the Falcons, the Vibrations. 

- June 30 benefit charity at the City Auditorium in Memphis, TN. Dee Clark, Solomon Burke, All Bragg of Dallas, a female vocal the Marvelettes, Handy Band Memphis. 

- July 2 at the Magnolia Ballroom in Atlanta, GA.

- July 8 at Carr’s Beach in Annapolis, Maryland. The Marvelettes, the Blue Belles, Arthur Alexander, Nathaniel Maer, Jimmie Soul.

- July 13-19 at the Howard Theater in Washington DC. Dee Clark, the Marvelettes, Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford, the Crystals, the Volumes, Barbara Lynne and a Big Revue. Shows at 2, 4:45, 7:30 & 10 p.m..Shows at 2, 4:45, 7:15; 9:45 & 12 p.m on Saturday 14. 

- July 21 at the Coliseum in Atlantic City, NJ. Jerry Butler, Orlons, the Marvelettes, Barbara Lynn, Johnny Rockhouse, Don Gardner and his orchestra. 

- July 31 at the Danceland in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

- August 20 at the Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh, NC. The Orlons, Jimmy Norman, the Marvelettes, Anna James, Freddie Hawkins, Jimmy Golson, William Clark…

- August 31 to September 9 at the Fox Murray the K’s Golden Glasser Show. Bobby Vinton, The Shirelles, Little Eva, Dee Dee Sharp, the Marvelettes, Chuck Jackson, the Dovells, Tommy Roe, the Capris, Tony Orlando, Mike Clifford, the Del-Satins, the Ronettes, the Thornton sisters, the Majors.
Florence Ballard on the far left, replacing Wanda Young during the Marvelettes' engagement at the Apollo Theater in New York (March 23 to 28, 1962). Other Marvelettes on stage (second left to right): Katherine Anderson, Wyanetta "Juanita" Cowart & Georgeanna Tillman.
May 7
Recording session for “You Bring Back Memories”. 
May 8
Single “Your Heart Belongs To Me” released (#95 on pop charts). 
June (-)
The Supremes give their first interview with Rita Griffin in the Michigan Chronicle. 
July 10
Recording session for “Time Changes Things”. 
August 30
Recording session for “Let Me Go The Right Way”. 
September 13
Recording session for “I’m Giving You Your Freedom”. This is the first session with Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (H-D-H) who will compose most of the Supremes hits. 
October 23
Departure of the bus for the first Motortown Revue for 56 days.
Artists on tour, along with the Supremes and the musicians: Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, the Marvelettes, Martha & the Vandellas, the Contours, comedian Bill Murry, and the Temptations as Mary Wells’ backup singer at the Apollo concerts only. 36 cities are scheduled with only 4 days without a show. Stevie Wonder was not on the tour according Curtis Woodson (photographer during the tour) but was added for the Apollo engagement (December 7-16) and the last in Newark (December 17).
Oct 26 - Nov 1
Week engagement of the Motortown Revue at the Howard Theater in Washington DC.
The Supremes backstage at the Howard Theater.
November 2
Motortown Revue at the Franklin Theater in Boston, MA.
November 3

November 4
Motortown Revue at the New Heaven Arena in New Heaven, CT.

Motortown Revue at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, NY.
November 5
- Single “Let Me Go The Right Way” released (# 90 on pop charts) (and announced with “moderate sales potential” in Billboard, October 20, 1962 issue). 
- Motortown Revue at the Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh, NC. Two shows at 9:00 p.m. and 11.30 p.m.
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November 30
Motortown Revue at the County Hall in Charleston, SC.

Motortown Revue at the Country Club in Augusta, GA.

Motortown Revue at the Bamboo Ranch Club in Savannah, GA.

Motortown Revue at the National Guard Armory in Birmingham, AL.
The Motortown bus is shot at in Birmingham.

Motortown Revue at the City Auditorium in Columbus, GA.

Motortown Revue at the Magnolia Ballroom in Atlanta, GA. 3 shows at 4:00 p.m,
7:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.

Motortown Revue at the Fort Whiting Auditorium in Mobile, AL.

Motortown Revue at the State Fair Grounds in New Orleans, LA.

Motortown Revue at the College Park Auditorium in Jackson, MS.

Motortown Revue at the Memorial Auditorium in Spartanburg, SC.

Motortown Revue at the City Armory in Durham, NC.

Motortown Revue at the Township Auditorium in Columbia, SC.

Motortown Revue at the Capitol Arena in Washington DC.

First day off!

Motortown Revue at the Civic Auditorium in Greenville, SC. 
On the way to Tampa, Beans Bowles, the tour manager, and his assistant Eddie McFarland, have a serious car accident. Eddie McFarland dies several days later.

Motortown Revue at the Palladium in Tampa, FL. 
 
Motortown Revue at the Armory in Jacksonville, FL.  
 
Motortown Revue at the Auditorium in Macon, GA. 
 
Motortown Revue at the National Guard Armory in Daytona Beach, FL. 
 
Motortown Revue at the Harlem Square in Miami, FL. 

Motortown Revue at A Skating Rink in Orlando, FL. 
 
Motortown Revue at the Field House in Tallahassee, FL. 
 
Motortown Revue in Cheraw, SC. 
 
Motortown Revue at the Long High School Gymnatorium in Charlotte, NC. 
 
Motortown Revue at the New Park Center in Louisville, KY. 
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December 5

December 6
Motortown Revue at the Ellis Memorial Auditorium in Memphis, TN. 
 
Motortown Revue at the City Auditorium in Nashville, TN. 
 
Motortown Revue at the Fairground Coliseum in Pensacola, FL. 
 
Day off. 
 
Motortown Revue at the Mosque Auditorium in Richmond, VA. 
 
Day off.
December 7-16
10 days engagement of the Motortown Revue at the Apollo Theater in New York, (six shows a day, the first show at noon and the last at 1 a.m.). It’s also the first time the Supremes are in New York.
December 8
LP “Meet The Supremes” released. 
Note: erroneously credited as being released in December 1963 in many books and websites – if it had been the case, it would have been surprising that none of the tracks and singles recorded in 1963 were included in the album. The correction was finally made in the booklet of “Meet the Supremes Expanded”.
December 16
Last concerts at the Apollo Theater in New York.
December 17
- “Let Me Go The Right Way” is supposedly recorded live at the Apollo on December 17 but either the date or the location is wrong. Another possibility is that it was recorded from the last show of the series of shows held on December 16, so the 1 a.m. show, and then actually December 17...  
- Motortown Revue at the Mosque Theatre in Newark, NJ. Last concert of this Motortown Revue tour and return to Detroit.
- Erroneous Motortown Revue in Pittsburg listed at :
https://soulfuldetroit.com/archive/index.php/t-170.html
December 28
Recording session for “A Breath Taking, First Sight Soul Shaking, One Night Love Making, Next Day Heart Breaking Guy” quickly shortened to “A Breath Taking Guy” after the first single release.
Recording session for “My Heart Can’t Take It No More”.
December 31
Concert at the Michigan State Fair Coliseum (line-up: the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Martha & the Vandellas, the Contours, Mary Wells, the Miracles, Stevie Wonder).