On this day in music history: December 13, 1969 - âSomeday Weâll Be Togetherâ by Diana Ross & The Supremes hits #1 on the Billboard R&B singles chart for 4 weeks, also topping the Hot 100 for 1 week on December 27, 1969. Written by Jackey Beavers, Johnny Bristol and Harvey Fuqua, it is the sixth R&B and twelfth pop chart for the superstar Motown trio. âSomeday Weâll Be Togetherâ is originally recorded by Bristol and Beavers (as the duo Johnny & Jackey) and released on Harvey Fuquaâs Tri-Phi label in 1961. After Bristol becomes a staff writer and producer at Motown several years later, heâll play the song for Berry Gordy who hears it as a hit for The Supremes. It is Rossâ final single with The Supremes before departing for a solo career in early 1970. Though credited as a group effort, it is technically a solo single by Ross since Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong do not actually sing on it. The female background vocals are sung by Maxine and Julia Waters, with co-writer and producer Johnny Bristol himself also singing on the finished record. The initial tracking date for âSomedayâ takes place at Motownâs Studio A in Detroit on June 13, 1969 with The Funk Brothers playing on the basic track. Additional dates when vocals and strings are overdubbed are unknown. Released on October 14, 1969, it is an immediate smash. The group appear together for the last time on The Ed Sullivan Show on December 21, 1969 to promote the single, which on the pop singles chart is the last number one single of the 1960âs the following week. âSomedayâ is covered by a number of artists over the years including versions by Vonda Shepard, and Lorrie Morgan. Janet Jacksonâs 1993 single âIfâ (#4 Pop, #3 R&B) also samples the intro of Ross & The Supremes version. âSomeday Weâll Be Togetherâ is certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
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