The Supremes performing on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on December 21, 1969. The Supremes without Ross made their final appearance altogether on "Ed Sullivan" on February 15, 1970. Diana Ross & the Supremes gave their final performance on January 14, 1970 at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. At the final performance, the replacement for Diana Ross, Jean Terrell, was introduced. According to Mary Wilson, after this performance, Berry Gordy wanted to replace Terrell with Syreeta Wright. Wilson refused, leading to Gordy stating that he was washing his hands of the group thereafter. This claim is also made by Mark Ribowsky. After
The Supremes' farewell concert The Supremes' farewell concert On June 12, 1977, The Supremes performed their final concert together at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, England. In early 1977, sole remaining original group member Mary Wilson announced that she would be leaving The Supremes to embark upon a solo career. During one of the group's last television appearances together, on the US daytime talk show, "The Mike Douglas Show", Wilson announced that she would be stepping out from the group to pursue a solo career. As the group's touring schedule was booked months in advance, it fell that the group would be performing