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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.
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.
Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen.Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others, but closely follows the story of The Supremes as the musical follows the story of a young Black female singing trio from Chicago, Illinois called "The Dreams", who become ...
Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical drama film written and directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures.Adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical of the same name, Dreamgirls is a film à clef, a work of fiction taking strong inspiration from the history of the Motown record label and its superstar act the Supremes. [5]
The album cover seen in the 2006 film Dreamgirls, left, ... With the death of Florence Ballard in 1976 and the death of Mary Wilson on February 8, 2021, there is no ...
Florence Ballard; Betty McGlown; Summer 1960 – January 1961. Diana Ross; Mary Wilson; Florence Ballard; Barbara Martin; The Supremes. January 1961 – Spring 1962
Florence Ballard dies of coronary thrombosis, in Detroit, Michigan. US 16 Mar 1976 RS "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" / "Early Morning Love" released. [2] [3] US Apr 1976 RA High Energy released. [5] [6] US Apr 1976 RS "High Energy" / "High Energy" released. [7] US May 1976 RS "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" / "Colour My World ...
There's a Place for Us is an album recorded by Motown girl group The Supremes in 1965, for many years the most famous of the trio's unreleased albums. The album, composed of show-tunes and pop standards, was released by Motown and Hip-O Records in 2004.