Up the Ladder to the Roof - wikipedia Up the Ladder to the Roof This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2013 ) `` Up the Ladder to the Roof '' Single by The Supremes from the album Right On B - side `` Bill, When Are You Coming Back '' Released February 16, 1970 ( U.S. ) Format Vinyl record ( 7 '' 45 RPM ) Recorded Hitsville U.S.A. ( Studio A ) ; January 30, 1970 - February 1970 Genre Soul, R&B Length 3 : 18 Label Motown M 1162 Songwriter ( s ) Frank Wilson Vincent DiMirco Producer ( s ) Frank Wilson The Supremes singles chronology `` Someday We 'll Be Together '' ( 1969 ) `` Up the Ladder to the Roof '' ( 1970 ) `` Why ( Must We Fall in Love ) ( with The Temptations ) '' ( 1970 ) `` Someday We 'll Be Together '' ( 1969 ) `` Up the Ladder to the Roof '' ( 1970 ) `` Why ( Must We Fall in Love ) ( with The Temptations ) '' ( 1970 ) Right On track listing 12 tracks Side one `` Up the Ladder to the Roof '' `` Then We Can Try Again '' `` Everybody 's Got the Right to Love '' `` Wait a Minute Before You Leave Me '' `` You Move Me '' `` But I Love You More '' Side two `` I Got Hurt ( Trying to Be the Only Girl in Your Life ) '' `` Baby Baby '' `` Take a Closer Look at Me '' `` Then I Met You '' `` Bill, When are You Coming Back '' `` The Loving Country '' `` 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. Frank Wilson wrote the music for the song, with lyrics written by an Italian - American songwriter from New York City named Vincent DiMirco. `` Up the Ladder to the Roof '' rose to number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the soul chart, in the spring of 1970. Outside the US, The Supremes scored a # 6 smash with the song in the UK and number eight in Canada. Personnel Lead vocals by Jean Terrell Background vocals by Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong and Jean Terrell Additional vocals by The Andantes Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers Arranged by David Van De Pitte Charts Chart ( 1970 ) Peak position Canadian RPM Top Singles 8 UK Singles Chart 6 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10 U.S. Billboard R&B Singles U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 28 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 558. Jump up ^ Supreme Faith by Mary Wilson The Supremes Diana Ross Florence Ballard Mary Wilson Barbara Martin Cindy Birdsong Jean Terrell Lynda Laurence Scherrie Payne Susaye Greene Betty McGlown Studio albums Meet The Supremes ( 1962 ) Where Did Our Love Go ( 1964 ) More Hits by The Supremes ( 1965 ) I Hear a Symphony ( 1966 ) The Supremes A ' Go - Go ( 1966 ) The Supremes Sing Holland -- Dozier -- Holland ( 1967 ) Reflections ( 1968 ) Love Child ( 1968 ) Let the Sunshine In ( 1969 ) Cream of the Crop ( 1969 ) Right On ( 1970 ) New Ways but Love Stays ( 1970 ) Touch ( 1971 ) Floy Joy ( 1972 ) The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb ( 1972 ) The Supremes ( 1975 ) High Energy ( 1976 ) Mary, Scherrie & Susaye ( 1976 ) Collaborative albums Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations ( 1968 ) Together ( 1969 ) The Magnificent 7 ( 1970 ) The Return of the Magnificent Seven ( 1971 ) Dynamite ( 1971 ) Live albums The Supremes at the Copa ( 1965 ) Live at London 's Talk of the Town ( 1968 ) TCB ( 1968 ) On Broadway ( 1969 ) Farewell ( 1970 ) The Supremes Live ! In Japan ( 1973 ) Other albums A Bit of Liverpool ( 1964 ) The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop ( 1965 ) We Remember Sam Cooke ( 1965 ) Merry Christmas ( 1965 ) The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart ( 1967 ) Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform `` Funny Girl '' ( 1968 ) Singles `` Tears of Sorrow '' ( as The Primettes ) `` I Want a Guy '' `` Buttered Popcorn '' `` Your Heart Belongs to Me '' `` Let Me Go the Right Way '' `` My Heart Ca n't Take It No More '' `` A Breathtaking Guy '' `` When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes '' `` Run, Run, Run '' `` Where Did Our Love Go '' `` Baby Love '' `` Come See About Me '' `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' `` Back in My Arms Again '' `` The Only Time I 'm Happy '' `` Nothing but Heartaches '' `` Things Are Changing '' `` I Hear a Symphony '' `` Children 's Christmas Song '' `` My World Is Empty Without You '' `` Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart '' `` You Ca n't Hurry Love '' `` You Keep Me Hangin ' On '' `` Love Is Here and Now You 're Gone '' `` The Happening '' `` Reflections '' `` In and Out of Love '' `` Forever Came Today '' `` Some Things You Never Get Used To '' `` Love Child '' `` I 'm Gonna Make You Love Me '' `` I 'm Livin ' in Shame '' `` I 'll Try Something New '' `` The Composer '' `` No Matter What Sign You Are '' `` The Weight '' `` I Second That Emotion '' `` Someday We 'll Be Together '' `` Why ( Must We Fall in Love ) '' `` Up the Ladder to the Roof '' `` Everybody 's Got the Right to Love '' `` Stoned Love '' `` River Deep -- Mountain High '' `` Nathan Jones '' `` You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart '' `` Touch '' `` Floy Joy '' `` Automatically Sunshine '' `` Without the One You Love '' `` Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love '' `` I Guess I 'll Miss the Man '' `` Reach Out and Touch ( Somebody 's Hand ) '' `` Bad Weather '' `` Tossin ' and Turnin ' '' `` He 's My Man '' `` Where Do I Go from Here '' `` Early Morning Love '' `` I 'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking '' `` High Energy '' `` You 're My Driving Wheel '' `` Let Yourself Go '' `` Love, I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good '' Videography T.A.M.I. Show Greatest Hits : Live in Amsterdam Reflections : The Definitive Performances ( 1964 -- 1969 ) Motown 25 : Yesterday, Today, Forever Inspired works Sparkle ( 1976 film ) Dreamgirls ( musical ) Dreamgirls ( film ) Sparkle ( 2012 film ) Related topics Discography Chronology Members FLOS Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Up_the_Ladder_to_the_Roof&oldid=789944347 '' Categories : The Supremes songs 1970 singles Songs written by Frank Wilson ( musician ) Motown singles Song recordings produced by Frank Wilson ( musician ) Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2013 All articles needing additional references Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Talk About Wikipedia Italiano Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 10 July 2017, at 16 : 37. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings up the ladder to the roof
Answer: Jean Terrell