Florence Ballard Sister Talks About Motown and the Supremes
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Flo Ballard - founder of the Supremes - lives on in a new book by her sister, Maxine. Here, Maxine talks about Flo, music and Motown's dirty deeds against Flo!
An interview with author of book about the founding member of The Supremes - Florence "Blondie" Ballard. The book is available on Amazon.com. Search for "The True Story of Florence Ballard."
I think your right!!!!!.......Florence may have left this world.....but in my Heart....she will always be the TRUE SUPREME... Mary Wilson and FLo Ballard had the most beautiful harmony...beautiful Voices.....Nobody can Ever take that away...I wont forget Florence......
Hello Friends. I'm sorry to send a group message, but it seemed the most expeditious way to inform friends who either knew or have heard me speak on many occasions about my mother. On Friday of last week, we lost our dear mother after a year long battle with cancer. Her homecoming is scheduled for Saturday December 28, and I am working on establishing an education trust in her name. I ask for your prayers of strength and healing for the family at this time. My mother knew and loved each of you, either by direct contact, or by the myriad of stories I've shared with her about you. My mother touched everyone with whom she came into contact, and I have come to learn of many others who have offered words of comfort during this difficult time. Thank you for taking the time to receive this message. I'm prayerful that our paths will cross soon. Peace and Love, Robin Lee (daughter of Maxine Ballard Jenkins)
Florence was my favorite too!
Florence Ballard was the star of the Supremes, but everyone wants to make or think that Diana Ross was when she really wasn't people should really look at the history and background before talking
Maxine - thanks so much for your message. It is much appreciated as someone who highly adored this beautiful woman.
I loved Florence....and always will....
she was the best!
I was n love with her when I was about 5. Never forgot it. Thank you for this documentary.
I'm in Birmingham, Alabama where this interview was taken, glad it's posted because I missed it! I hope some of this money for this book will be shared with her daughters! They lost their mother at a very young age. My heart goes out to her daughters!
god bless florence ballard
I LOVED THE SUPREMES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.FLORENCE,MARY,DIANA,NO ONE ELSE WILL DO.YOU REIGN SUPREME.SHOW SOME RESPECT FOR THESE GREAT LADIES!!
@Ijjios he was deciest in the 80,s he was with his wife when she died he was in the room with her the doctor said they tthough sheed pull through he saw her for the last time he said she had fell asleep. the hosspital called him i think 30 mintuies later and told him to come and he said his wife was dead. she left behind two seven year old twin girls and a two year old baby. R.I.P Florence Ballard.
It will be very interesting to know what Maxine thinks of "Motown The Musical"
The charade that Berry Gordy, Diane Ross, Smokey Robinson and the "snake in the grass" Suzanne De Passe are orchestrating and opening on Broadway?
God bless Florence Ballard.
I wonder where the father of Florence's three beautiful daughters was when she passed away. Where is he now? What is his responsibility in this situation with his own children?
people with ALL DUE RESPECT... It's called the music business, not the music friendship.. asuming that it runs any differently than any other business is just ignorant.. Artist and business associates enter into an agreement solely for the purpose of making money. that being said Flo was awesome. probly more talented than Diana..
I have this book and I absolutely love it! She sounds just like Flo when she speaks.
A beautiful person who was railroaded into abject poverty, depression eventually leading to her premature death
Wow, Florence and Maxine speak the same way.
Why don't you go to the FBI on this Man??? This man is "Dangerous"... he's destroying these young Artists in New York and California, and in the Music Industry....Smokey Robinson knows, Diana Ross knows, now I know......
She spoke directly from the Grave..... You're in my Prayers.....
however diana had that every girl appeal, meaning her voice was ok... most girls can sing like that, her looks were pretty good and glamorious wich are achieveable through make up and wigs... FLo had that either your born with it or not beauty and the same goes for her voice. Saddly when you market for mass appeal the better talent isnt always appreciated.. in other words, she was way ahead of her time.
Thank you for this.
Even in the Temptations movie that was loosely based on the facts showed the girls were with Eddie and Paul before they even were signed at Motown.
From her website maxineballard . com - and also you can order it from amazon . com
I need to buy these books!
for those that mention Jay z and puff, what makes them different is that they were smart enough to know how the industry works and established there own companies. If you enter to the music business and think people have your best interest at heart, you should save yourself the time and just do kareoke for fun.. entering into the music business is accepting that you and your talent are a commodity and the second your share holders sees a better stock option, believe there going with it.
THANK YOU, mizzfoxy9!
@deepdarkcocoa So were all the white ones Cocoa. The biggest hit " The Reflections " had was in 1964, " Just Like Romeo & Juliet ". I've seen this band perform at St. Raphael's in Garden City, Mi. for the lat 27 years. Tony Micale makes no secret that they never made one single dime off the record period. When it hit number 1 nor any royalties, Nothing Ever.
The label, Ed Wingate & Joanne (Bratton) Jackson, Golden World Records. Both white and black groups that were signed to them made $0
This is a great interview...but I'm a little confused! Maxine and the dj were playing the FIRST song the Primettes (Supremes) recorded....but it's Diane singing! Alot of people on here have been claiming Flo to be the original lead singer. Somebody help me understand this!
@jadeluislarosa Janie Bradford also wrote a famous song "Money" sung by Barrett Strong
Where can i get this book
All you need to know is that Smokey has an agenda. He told his OWN WIFE not to accept royalties from Motown; so can he really be trusted?
In any event, maybe after Diane was recruited she did call Smokey on the phone. They were friends, she had no reason not to. But the story about Milton Jenkins seeing Flo on the steps and trying her out for the Primes, and then Flo suggesting her friend Mary, and then one of the Primes suggesting Diane, has been corroborated many times over by many sources.
I can't believe this.......Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Dianna Ross, and Puffy, JayZ and others are a part of this Record Business.... What's going back to the Hood???? What about each artist you rip off because you started "Motown"? That been your excuse for years. Please
I heard that Diane selected the name. Flo didn't like it because it sounded too masculant. Not sure if this is a fact though but did hear Flo B say it on an recorded interview played by the show unsung.
look on ebay. that's where i got mine.
Why do people made a big deal out of the fact that Flo chose the name of The Supremes for the group. That didn't automatically mean that she should have been the lead of the group or anything. One could also say that Diana was the one that asked Smokey to get them an audition for Motown. There would not have been a name if there had not been an audition. Make sense? It's six in one hand and a half dozen in the other. I'm not taking anyones side, I'm just being sensible about the whole thing.
@coco2920 Berry Gordy* lmao