<P> `` 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 . This song also marks a number of other firsts : it is the first Supremes single since `` The Happening '' in 1967 to be released under the name `` The Supremes '' instead of `` Diana Ross & the Supremes '' , the first Supremes single solely produced by Norman Whitfield associate Frank Wilson , and the first Supremes single to make the United Kingdom Top 10 since `` Reflections '' in 1967 . </P>
<P> `` 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 . This song also marks a number of other firsts : it is the first Supremes single since `` The Happening '' in 1967 to be released under the name `` The Supremes '' instead of `` Diana Ross & the Supremes '' , the first Supremes single solely produced by Norman Whitfield associate Frank Wilson , and the first Supremes single to make the United Kingdom Top 10 since `` Reflections '' in 1967 . </P>
who sings up the ladder to the roof
who sings up the ladder to the roof
Jean Terrell
Jean Terrell