Billboard hot 100 6 uk singles chart 8 canada.
Up to the roof supremes.
The supremes were a very successful motown all female singing group active from 1959 until 1977 performing at various times doo wop pop soul broadway showtunes psychedelia and disco one of motown s signature acts the supremes were the most successful african american musical act of the 1960s recording twelve 1 hits between 1964 and 1969 many of them written and produced by motown s.
First lp after diana s departure featuring jean terrel on lead.
Up the ladder to the roof is a 1970 hit single recorded by the supremes for the motown label.
It was the first supremes single to feature new lead singer jean terrell in place of diana ross who officially left the group for a solo career two weeks before the recording of this song in january 1970.