AFTER ALL
“After All” is a 1960 song written by Smokey Robinson and originally recorded and released by The Miracles on the Tamla label. It was later covered as an unreleased single by The Supremes for Tamla; it was canceled in favor of the single “Buttered Popcorn”, and their cover wasn’t released until it appeared on the 2000 box set, The Supremes. In the Supremes’ case it is their only single to feature Barbara Martin singing on lead vocals (although she does have a spoken line during the song “(He’s) Seventeen”). Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross sing verses, and Martin sings the bridge (usually Ballard or Ross was given the lead on the group’s recordings at that time). “After All” was also later covered by The Marvelettes. (More from Wikipedia)
Some of the earliest tracks on the Meet the Supremes album date from 1960 and 1961 and feature Barbara Martin before she left to start a family in early 1962; the Supremes then went forward as a trio. Although not shown on the album cover, Martin performs background vocals on several songs and sings lead on “After All”, a song that was omitted on the original album but was included on later editions.
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