Friday, March 4, 2016

Weekend Birthday Song


Sunday will be the 72nd (!) birthday of Mary Wilson, a founding member and anchor of The Supremes, one of the greatest musical acts of all time.  One of their best songs, 1963's propulsive  "When The Lovelight Starts Shining..." was their first top 40 recording in the Billboard Top 100.  It was also the first Holland- Dozier- Holland song written for The Supremes.  One other factoid:  the background sounds (grunts?) at the beginning and end of the instrumental bridge (starting at approx. 1:47) are The Four Tops.  Happy birthday to a great lady.