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American singer (born 1944)

Scherrie Ann Payne (born November 4, 1944) is an American singer. Payne is best known as a member and the final lead singer of the R&B/Soul vocal group the Supremes from 1973 until 1977. Payne is the younger sister of singer Freda Payne. Payne continues to perform, both as a solo act and as a part of the "Former Ladies of the Supremes" (FLOS).

Payne was born Scherrie Ann Payne on November 4, 1944, to Frederick Payne and Charcle Lee Farley (c. 1920 1977), in Detroit, Michigan. Payne is a graduate of Central High School, where she graduated in 1961, and Michigan State University, where she also graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Before she began her career, she taught at the Grayling School of Observation. In 1964, she appeared on the Jet magazine as queen of the co educational Cass Hall.

Prior to her tenure with The Supremes, Payne was the lead singer for the group Glass House. Other members included Ty Hunter (later with The Originals), Pearl Jones, and Larry Mitchell. The group signed with Invictus Records, formed by longtime Motown songwriters Eddie and Brian Holland, and Lamont Dozier, in 1969, among other popular acts of the early 1970s, including Freda Payne (who had a #1 hit in 1970 with "Band Of Gold"), and Honey Cone, who had a #1 hit with "Want Ads". In an ironic twist of fate, "Want Ads" was originally recorded by Glass House with Scherrie on lead vocals. The Payne sisters together made a new version, but did not like the song and when Honey Cone's lead vocalist Edna Wright walked by in the studio they suggested she should sing it. Unfortunately, The Glass House did not meet this same success. The group saw their biggest hit in 1969 with the Payne led track "Crumbs Off The Table" which managed the Billboard top 10. Between the years of 1970 and 1972, The Glass House released two albums and nine singles, including Scherrie's solo track "V. I. P.". Record World ranked The Glass House as the fifth 'Top Vocal Combination Group' in their 1970 R&B Awards. However, they never really repeated the success of their first single release. They quietly disbanded in 1972, after the release of their album "Thanks, I Needed That."

As a new member of the Supremes when their popularity was waning, Payne often remained quiet during interviews with the group; mainly because four years later, reporters were still asking about Diana Ross. When she arrived, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong were the other two members of the group, which were her bandmates. Payne contributed as the lead singer to the group, with Birdsong and Wilson singing background. Payne sung lead on the single "He's My Man" (which also featured vocals by Mary Wilson) and "It's All Been Said Before", both taken from the album The Supremes. An accomplished songwriter, Payne was never able to write any material for The Supremes, which reportedly disappointed her. Payne began to realize that Motown did not really care as much about the Supremes as they had in the 1960s, due to the changing musical tastes of the era and due to the fact that they were focusing to further the solo career of Ross. Payne's contributions did enable The Supremes to enter the disco era, however, with such dance hits as "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking" from the album High Energy, "You're My Driving Wheel", "Let Yourself Go", and "Love I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good". While each of these disco songslanded in the Billboard Dance Top Ten, they did not perform as well on the pop and R&B charts. The single "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking" was a #3 hit on the Disco charts, rose in the Billboard Top 40 to #25 on the R&B chart, and #40 on the Pop chart. The final three Supremes (Payne, Wilson and Susaye Greene) officially disbanded in 1977 with a farewell concert in London, with Supremes founding member Mary Wilson announcing that she would embark on a solo career. They then tried to replace her with Joyce Vincent Wilson of Tony Orlando and Dawn, but Motown responded with that the Supremes would not continue with original members. Motown decided to officially retire the Supremes, so Payne and Greene recorded an album together on the Motown label, Partners, under the name "Scherrie and Susaye" in 1979. When Cindy left to pursue a solo career, Lynda Laurence took her place and they renamed themselves "Jean, Scherrie, & Lynda of the Supremes", recording the single "We're Back', featuring Ali Ollie Woodson of the Temptations. Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, they traveled worldwide to continue the Supremes' legacy. When Terrell departed, the group continued with Laurence's sister Sundray Tucker, who was a former member of Stevie Wonder's back up group, Wonder Love, and this lineup worked prolifically with British record producer Steve Weaver, resulting in a catalogue of 40 new recordings, some of them re recordings of the Supremes' original hits. Payne and Laurence continued to tour under the FLOS name with third new member Freddi Poole, who joined the group in 1996 replacing Sundray Tucker. In 2000, Payne and Laurence backed Ross on the Return To Love Supremes reunion tour, in which Diana allowed each of them to lead one of the classic Supremes songs.

From 1973 until 1977, Scherrie dated songwriter Lamont Dozier. By this time, she was rumoured to be in a relationship with Lawrence McCutcheon. Later, she dated Ronnie Phillips. Phillips was the owner of the Dangerous Records label. Phillips died in November, 2003.

+ List of singles, as lead and featured artist, with selected chart positionsA side titleYearPeak chart positions AlbumUSR&B/HHUSDance UK UKDisco"V. I. P."1972————Thanks I Needed That"Fly"1978————"I'm Not In Love/Girl, You're In Love"1982—3511121"One Night Only"1984—41——"L. A. Street Scene (It's A Jubilee)"(Donny Osmond featuring Phillip Ingram, Scherrie Payne & Freda Payne)1985————"On And On"(with Phillip Ingram)1986————Incredible"Chasing Me Into Somebody Else's Arms"————"The Right Stuff"————Incredible"Incredible"(with Phillip Ingram)198757———Incredible"Testify" 67———"Pure Energy"1989————"Back By Popular Demand"(with Jean Terrell & Lynda Laurence Formerly Of The Supremes Together w/ The Originals)1991————"Stoned Love"(with Jean Terrell & Lynda Laurence)1993————"One Night Only 2007"2007————"Let Yourself Go"2012————Vintage Scherrie, Vol. 1 : Remember Who You Are"Remember Who You Are"2016————"You Are"(with Sam Green)2018————"Unconditional Love"2019————"—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released