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Florence Glenda Chapman (née Ballard; June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes. She sang on 16 top 40 singles with the group, including ten number-one hits.
Listed height: 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Listed weight: 249 lb (113 kg) ... Harding allegedly raped Florence Ballard, a member of The Supremes, at knifepoint outside a ...
Height: 161 ft (49 m) Technical details; Floor count: 14: Design and construction; ... Florence Ballard, Loni Love, and Etterlene DeBarge, during their early years ...
Florence Ballard; Betty McGlown; Summer 1960 – January 1961. Diana Ross; Mary Wilson; Florence Ballard; Barbara Martin; The Supremes. January 1961 – Spring 1962
Mary Wilson (March 6, 1944 – February 8, 2021) was an American singer. She gained worldwide recognition as a founding member of the Supremes, the most successful Motown act of the 1960s and the best-charting female group in U.S. chart history, [1] as well as one of the best-selling girl groups of all-time.
The book covers the story of Wilson's life from her childhood, to meeting Florence Ballard and Diana Ross and forming the Primettes (later The Supremes), to the group's later international success and personal conflicts in the 1960s, Ballard's replacement with Cindy Birdsong in 1967, the development of Ross as a solo act, and Ross' split from the group in 1969–1970.
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In 1994, The Supremes were recognized with a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7060 Hollywood Blvd. By this time, Birdsong was contacted by Berry Gordy in April 1967. [3] She was being considered as a replacement for Florence Ballard by Diana Ross due to Ballard's "erratic behavior". [4]