08-04-2016, 04:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2016, 06:30 PM by Eric the Green.)
The best example of the Motown Sound, this song made me a fan of The Supremes and The Sound in Fall 1964. It took a few weeks for me to fully realize that I liked The Supremes. It didn't take the people long though, because the previous hit Where Did Our Love Go, their first #1 hit, had prepared the way that Summer, but I wasn't quite on board. Baby Love soared to the top of the charts immediately, and for a while remained the most beloved Supremes song. And not that long ago, it was voted all time #10 at our local SF oldies station, well above other Supremes songs, and behind only Smokey's gender-oriented pair of wonderful hits among the Motown sounds. Until it apparently disappeared, a video of "Baby Love" was the most viewed by far among Supremes songs, and again behind only My Girl and a couple of other classic sixties Motown songs.
lyric video
https://youtu.be/3t5ZhoF1WBE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Love
"Baby Love" was my all time #1 song from 1965 until 1967. I now rank it #15 on my all-time 400 list.
Recently, a lyric from this song was appropriated by Justin Bieber and his co-writer "The Dream" for his mega hit "Baby" in 2010.
lyric video
https://youtu.be/3t5ZhoF1WBE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Love
"Baby Love" was my all time #1 song from 1965 until 1967. I now rank it #15 on my all-time 400 list.
Recently, a lyric from this song was appropriated by Justin Bieber and his co-writer "The Dream" for his mega hit "Baby" in 2010.