Entertainment & Arts
En Vogue, the sassy, stylin’ vocal group from Oakland, is constantly likened to the Supremes, and the four women must be getting tired of it: The Supremes were noticeably absent from En Vogue’s tribute to “the divas who paved the way” during the first of two shows on Saturday at the Universal Amphitheatre.
Oct. 19, 1992
Music
It’s easy to sample on CD the music of four of the five artists who will be inducted Wednesday into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Supremes.
Jan. 17, 1988
DREAMWORKS Pictures is using an unusual promotional tool to tout its upcoming “Dreamgirls” film, based on the 1981 Broadway musical about a Supremes-like group’s rise to stardom: Effective Jan. 1, the company is offering to pay the licensing fees for all amateur stage productions of the musical mounted in 2006 in the United States and Canada.
Dec. 4, 2005
Washington Prep performing arts students, including the Washington Prep Jazz Ensemble, present a production of “Dreamgirls,” the Broadway musical about the lives and loves of a Supremes-like R&B; group, through Sunday at Washington Prep High School in the Stephen and Carrie Odell Theatre Arts Academy.
June 1, 2001
Supremes co-founder Mary Wilson, who died Tuesday at age 76, was the group’s linchpin and actively promoted their legacy long after their breakup.
Feb. 9, 2021
Books
Former Supreme Mary Wilson will sign copies of her new book, “Dreamgirl & Supreme Faith,” tonight at 7 at Borders Books & Music, 9301 Tampa Ave., Northridge.
April 14, 2000
Ex-Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier stays optimistic amid the many highs and lows.
Oct. 24, 1999
You remember Mary Wilson. She was the one in back.
Aug. 24, 1995
Talk about your bare ruined choirs: 20 years after the last hit record by the Supremes, there is a cottage industry of unauthorized biographies, tell-all interviews and as-told-to books, working overtime to preserve the saddest and most fractious aspects of the group’s story.
Nov. 4, 1990
The string quartet is an unlikely but felicitous vehicle for the music of the man known for ‘A Love Supreme.’
May 19, 2007