Floy Joy is the twenty-fifth album released by the Supremes on the Motown label. This was the only Supremes album solely produced and arranged by Smokey Robinson and included the Top 20 hit, "Floy Joy" and the Top 40 hit, "Automatically Sunshine", both of which were Top 10 hits in the UK. Although Lynda Laurence appears on the cover of the LP, all vocals are that of Cindy Birdsong.
Overview The "Floy Joy" single was the Supremes' final Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 9 in the UK."Guinness British Hit Singles", fifth edition, Rice/Rice/Gambaccini/Read, Guinness Books, Its follow-ups, "Automatically Sunshine" and "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" were not as successful, with "Automatically Sunshine" peaking at 37 on the Billboard Hot 100, 21 on the Top Soul Singles and being the group's final Top 10 hit in the U.K. at number 10."Guinness British Hit Singles", fifth edition, Rice/Rice/Gambaccini/Read, Guinness Books, "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" peaked at 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 21 on the Top Soul Singles.
Track listing
Side one "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" (Smokey Robinson) "Floy Joy" (Robinson) "A Heart Like Mine" (Robinson, Ronald White) "Over and Over" (Robinson) "Precious Little Things" (Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Pam Moffett)
Side two "Now the Bitter, Now the Sweet" (Robinson, Cecil Franklin) "Automatically Sunshine" (Robinson) "The Wisdom of Time" (Robinson, Moffett, Clifford Burston) "Oh Be My Love" (Robinson, Warren Moore)
Personnel
Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong – lead vocals, background vocals The Andantes (Louvain Demps, Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow) – additional background vocals William "Smokey" Robinson – producer Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers: Jack Ashford, Jack Brokensha, Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion Dennis Coffey, Robert White, Eddie Willis, Marvin Tarplin – guitars Johnny Griffith, Earl Van Dyke – piano, keyboards James Jamerson – bass guitar Zachary Slater & Andrew Smith – drums Berry Gordy – executive producer Paul Riser – arranger Lynda Laurence – cover photo Jim Britt – photography
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1972) Peakposition US Record World44 US Record World R&B16
Year-end charts Chart (1972)Rank US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)46
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