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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.
I felt so bad, but later on Florence understood why I did it. [4] Birdsong began to rehearse with the Supremes doing Ballard's work as in her place, [3] and when Ballard was fired from the Supremes at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, and forced Ballard back to Detroit, [4] Birdsong officially assumed her place during the second July 1 show. [5]
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 ...
The Never-Before-Released Masters is 1987 compilation album containing unreleased recordings recorded by Motown girl-group The Supremes from 1961 to 1969. [2] It was the second CD release of unreleased recordings by The Supremes, the first being disc two of the 2 disc "25th Anniversary" compilation.
The album was the final album released before The Supremes' name was changed to "Diana Ross & the Supremes," and member Florence Ballard was replaced by Cindy Birdsong. Recording sessions for the album began in Los Angeles in October 1966, after the Supremes taped the ABC Stage 67 special Rodgers & Hart Today the previous August.
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.
Although Florence Ballard recorded some of this album before being fired from the group in July 1967, her replacement Cindy Birdsong along with Mary Wilson recorded several songs and appears on the album cover. Initially, the album cover included three photos with Ballard but it was quickly replaced with the cover featuring just Ross, Wilson ...
The Supreme Florence Ballard is a 2001 release by Universal Music Group's Spectrum Music. [6] The release compiles the 1968 ABC Records solo recordings of Florence Ballard with four Motown tracks she recorded lead vocals for whilst in The Supremes.