Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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.
Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Betty McGlown, the original members, were all from the Brewster-Douglass public housing project in Detroit. Forming as the Primettes, they were the sister act to the Primes (with Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks , who went on to form the Temptations ).
With lead vocalist Diana Ross and founding member Florence Ballard (and with Ballard’s replacement Cindy Birdsong), Wilson appeared on all 12 of the Supremes’ No. 1 pop hits from 1964-69 ...
Mary Wilson; Florence Ballard; July 1967 – January 1970. Diana Ross; Mary Wilson; Cindy Birdsong; The Supremes. January 1970 – April 1972. Jean Terrell;
Diana Ross and Mary Wilson unexpectedly crossed paths at Elton John's AIDS Foundation's Oscars viewing party. ... Florence Ballard, out of their group in 1967. Ballard, who was replaced by Cindy ...
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.
Florence Ballard is born in Detroit. US 06 Mar 1944 L Mary Wilson is born in Greenville, Mississippi. US 26 Mar 1944 L Diana Ross is born in Detroit. US 04 Nov 1944 L Scherrie Payne is born in Detroit. US 26 Nov 1944 L Jean Terrell is born in Belzoni, Mississippi. US 20 Feb 1949 L Lynda Laurence (née Tucker) is born in Philadelphia ...