
On November 13, 1968, “Motown” label released “Love Child”, the fifteenth Diana Ross & the Supremes studio album. It was recorded February – October 1968, and was produced by Berry Gordy, Frank Wilson, R. Dean Taylor, Deke Richards, Henry Cosby, Smokey Robinson, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Marv Johnson, George Gordy, Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol.
Personnel:
- Diana Ross – lead vocals
- Mary Wilson – backing vocals
- Cindy Birdsong – backing vocals
- The Andantes – backing vocals
- Nickolas Ashford – backing vocals
- Valerie Simpson – backing vocals
- The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra – instrumentation
- Los Angeles area session musicians – instrumentation
Track listing:
- Love Child – Pam Sawyer, R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson, Deke Richards
- Keep an Eye – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
- How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone – Pam Sawyer, Frank Wilson
- Does Your Mama Know About Me – Tom Baird, Tommy Chong
- Honey Bee (Keep on Stinging Me) – Janie Bradford, Debbie Dean, Deke Richards
- Some Things You Never Get Used To – Nikolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
- He’s My Sunny Boy – Smokey Robinson
- You’ve Been So Wonderful to Me – Anna Gordy Gaye, George Gordy, Allen Story
- (Don’t Break These) Chains of Love – George Beauchamp, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol
- You Ain’t Livin’ Till You’re Lovin’ – Nikolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
- I’ll Set You Free – Gwen Fuqua, B. Gordy, Ivy Jo Hunter, Renee Tener
- Can’t Shake It Loose – Sidney Barnes, George Clinton, Joanne Jackson, Rose Marie McCoy