I think Paige Hurd (Lauren from Power) would be good. She is a talented actress, fair complected like Florence, and though she doesn't look exactly like Florence in the face, she is similar enough that the right makeup and hair would make her a believable Florence. Trying to think of an actress to play Florence is hard for me, because the best actresses for the role are now too old. Florence was only 32 when she died, so the age of the actress would be a huge factor.
@@gregoryengledoe2281 Faith Evans would have been the perfect choice 20 years ago. I also think a young Tisha Campbell would have been good. I could even see Beyonce -- even now, she looks young enough to play a woman in her 20s -- but having already played the Diana-type character in Dreamgirls and being the Diana of Destiny's Child, she would be playing way too far against type.
The real lead singer of the Supremes, Her voice was so powerful they had to put Her behind Diana and Mary. you got your first thumbs up and comment, Excellent post.
No, Barry Gordy made Diana Ross the lead singer of the Supremes because Diana has a great popular music singing voice. The results speak for themselves.
@@brucescott4261, true. (Oh, excuse me, "True!") It takes a special, rare talent to be a lead singer. Mary and Flo did not have that talent. Diana Ross, in contrast, is one of the greatest popular music performers ever. Diana has 18 #1 hit records - 18 - the same number as Elvis does. Barry Gordy was 100% correct in making Diana Ross the lead singer of the Supremes. And everybody knows it 🙂
I remember saying a story about Faith Evans playing Florence Ballard as well, but I think funding for the project fell through. I think Paige Hurd (Lauren from Power) could be a believable Florence. Because she died so young, I think they need an actress no older than 35.
So very sad i would love to see a Movie about Flo Ballard. It needs to be told she was such a terrific entertainer. PIP sweet Flo so glad i met 2 of her Daughter's in 1994
Not just a great entertainer, but Florence was also quite a character. If they could find an actress to really portray the real Florence, I think the movie would be a smash hit. My favorite book about The Supremes is All That Glittered by Tony Turner, and he really conveys a lot of her personality in his book. Audiences got a little bit of her wit in The Supremes' shows, but she was an absolute hoot off stage too -- so witty, caring, dramatic, and an absolute diva.
The movie will NEVER be made. Too many dark forces at work to prevent the movie from being made. In addition, I am sure that Miss Ross and Mr. Gordy would file lawsuits to prevent it from being made.
I remember being a small child .AND MY MAMA WAS S.T.R.I.C.T !! When we got grounded SHE MENT , NO ,OUTSIDE, NO TELEVISION, NO RADIO, NO PHONE ..NOTHING ..WELL,she had the book THE SUPREMES By Mary Wilson .I was so so bored ..I picked it up and began to scroll through the pictures 1st. I well NEVER EVER FORGET ...HOW AS A SMALL CHILD . I thought Florence was the most BEAUTIFUL OF THE 3 WOMAN .Well,, I began to read the ENTIRE BOOK ..I must have been 7 years old ..maybe 8 ..BUT it began my love of BOOKS, and the love and story of Florence .Mary always always gave Flo her flowers and fought for her legacy ..RIP QUEENS !!
@gemgrateful: No, there were "creative differences.". It was easily solved, if she would have continued work with the group. She could have gotten another record deal. She made a bad decision and got ousted from the group. She was beautiful and talented, and threw it away.
She played a part of her own downfall bc she allowed her enemies to defeat her instead of showing more confidence in her ability and stood strong to have the last laugh, she just withered up. I have lost any respect for Diana Ross so selfish.
This is a good example of mental health and trauma being very important to be addressed and worked on.. Beautiful woman wonderful voice 😢I wish she could’ve gotten help before it had the chance to ruin the rest of her life 🥺Thank you for this post very insightful ❤
I read everything I could get my hands on about Florence Ballard but never learned why Tammi Terrell's mother was so angry with everybody at Motown except Marvin Gaye.
Some men then had good jobs and were men who knew and did what a man was supposed to do. I'm always impressed with the women who endured having and taking care of all those babies.
If Flo just opened up her legs this might have been a different story. But I really think that BG was not Flo’s type but then you have others that will do anything to get ahead like sleeping with the boss. As I recall I think it was Flo that started the group. If you were BG main squeeze, he would most likely give you all the opportunities and not bothers with the rest of the girls. As that relationship grew the girlfriend was made the lead singer and the background arrangements for the girls became less and less to be able to show case the lead singer. You see this on TV shows where the camera main focus was with the lead singer and who was also made the main speaker of the group. I fell in love with the Supremes all the three girls with their own sound got me hooked. BG has been sued by so many of his artists that worked for him because of unfair practices or lack of salary payments. The way Motown was setup with the artist only being able to use the Motown attorneys was not fair because it’s a conflict of interest because Motown was only looking out for Motown and not the artists who some were only teenagers at that time. Even though Motown was a great idea, if they were just more transparent and honest with its artists things might have been a different story. After all these years, I just hope that all the Motown artists receive money for the sale of their records. I’m guessing that once BG meets his maker, someone will write a book and tell everything that went on at the real Motown and how it conducted business and treated its artists. This is MO .
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS. I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THIS DOCUMENTARY. FLORENCE BALLARD WAS THE REAL TALENT. DIANA ROSS WAS JUST THE WH*RE OF MOTOWN
Absolutely ✨️ 💯 ✨️ Diana was strickly for herself. She didn't have to take responsibility for Flo but dhe could have helped when she needed some help Ross move in the situation when the public started to talk 😢😢😢🎉🎉🎉Florence was beautiful 🎉 Diana didn't seem to have the trio in mind after she met Gordy😅😮
Your grandmother is my cousin, a true legend to me. I have always wondered about her, my questions as a young girl went unanswered. I appreciate you sharing this episode cousin.
Forever and always the late great Florence Ballard ❤️🙏🏾🕊️ you will always be remembered and never forgotten. And one day your story because their is much to it. And the ones who keep speaking negativity on Florence is Diana's obsessive cult Stan's because they are very evil they always want to say Florence was the blame for her own downfall because they don't want the horrible actions that Diana did not to be told when she also did horrible things to her other Motown peers and they even attacked Gladys Knight when she admitted and told the world that Diana called berry and had Gladys Knight and the pips put off of a tour because she was jealous of how they sounded better than her. You can't blame her for lashing out either berry wasted a lot of good talent because him being only focused on Diana.
It s not the fault of Diane Ross if she was successful. Without Diane as a lead singer, the supremes would have never reached this fame . Diane had the je ne sais quoi that goes beyond what the other girls of the group had. Diane never wanted the downfall of Flo.
It was an impossible situation all round!! The ROOT problem with Blondie, the sexual assault, wasn't dealt with, and Mary said it DESTROYED Flo., maybe professional help could have changed things!! R.I.P. Flo & Mary❤❤
@patrickmiller1834 I agree, alot of times Diana was 200% wrong and Mary stayed quiet! She could've spoken up instead of leaving Flo looking like she was tripping
What about Mary? We talk about how good the others were, yet no one mentions that Mary should have a shot at lead. I believe that everyone’s path is different. We live our lives fulfilling our destiny. The trick is that no one knows how it's going to turn out. The whole world knows her name, remembers how beautiful she was. Who knows what would've happened if she were the lead. Could it be that other people made her feel ashamed? RIP Florence
Oh go somewhere, Mary Wilson did good for herself, if only I could have traveled and sung for the whole world my entire life. Shut Up! As I recall from an interview of Ms. Wilson saying: If I had to relive my life, I'd want to be Mary Wilson of the Supremes. All that to say @1soFortunate, you do you, and don't be concerned about what others do.
Had Tammi Terrell live she would've been the Queen of Motown Daina had alot of Surgery cause she was Flat out Ugly she was Jealous of Flo an Mary Pretty an Flo was Fine an Sharp when the Supremes first came to Motown
Poor Florence. I think a lot of her problems as an adult stemmed from the fact that she was assaulted as a teenager. She probably never got any kind of help or therapy for it. It had less to with Diana or Berry, and more to do with this tragedy.
@@freddy8479 No, not agreed. Diane knew about the rape, and she told Berry. They both used that to undermine Flo's confidence, first by relegating her to back-up, then by cutting all her lead performances, on record and in concert. They played with her, and she knew it, but couldn't do anything about it. She should have gotten some help, but in those days people didn't do that, so she pointed all of her angst toward herself, and by doing so she played right into their hands. Then Berry started mixing the girls down in the records, so people would think it was all Diane. Then Berry stopped radio stations from playing her singles. Flo did make a big mistake when she married Tommy Chapman. I hope there's a special place in hell for Diane and Berry.
@@MetFan37 Diana told BG about the rape?💥🤔 I wouldn't be surprised about that, but where did you receive that information? IT WOULD MAKE SENSE!!!!💥🤔 I agree 💯 with the rest of your comments.
Diana demostró y suigue demostrando después de más de 50 años de solista que fue y es la mejor sin Berry Gordy llenando estadios y criando a sus 5 hijos.
She was mistreated. Diana is who people like to place the blame on but Berry Gordy was the one with the power, even over Diana. I can understand the image and Florence's rebellion and eventually things came to a head. But the most egregious, evil, lowdown, unforgivable thing he did was in blocking her from earning a living and she could never mention that she was a former member of the supremes. Then on top of that beat her out of money she had earned. It's like he wanted to destroy her ....... and why? She did NOT deserve that. Hell David Ruffin left the Temps and got a solo deal. The same could have been done for Florence. It seemed personal.
The entertainment industry will tear you apart, and feed your hearrrt to the lions, then watch your children starve! I used to be deeply involved in the industry, but decided to migrate 95% of my time into other, less psychopathic sectors.
What is so sad is that Mary Wilson died 45 Years afterwards and in 2021 another Girlband Icon died. Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud 1981-2021 from the UK. When they did their last show in 2013, they wore Red Dresses as though they were paying homage to The Supremes, but Sarah made sure her Mother Marie was taken care of. Girls Aloud are doing a reunion tour and when they sang The Promise, through the magic of Technology they showed her singing.
Addiction doesn't win over talent. Diana was ALWAYS the one with the personality and voice. No one is PERFECT, but you have to have MORE than talent to become a legend. DIANA had the total package. The other girls, although talented , did not. Haters of Diana will always dis her.
Florence Ballard got the break of her life by landing in a girls group with superstar Diana Ross. But Flo failed to realize / appreciate that. What happened to her is sad, but self-inflicted.
@@2010DERT2010, (1) Not sure who started the 1st group, believe it began with 4-5 kids. The bottom line is that Diana Ross is a Superstar. Barry Gordy made the correct business decision. The results speak for themselves. (2) Flo was an addict. She OD'd leaving small children. Despicable.
@@BrandonHarris-wi3bwThat’s A Damn Lie Florence Started The Group Diana Ross Bit The Hand That Fed Her The Supremes Let Alone Diana Ross Wouldn’t Have Probably Gotten To The Fame It Has Gotten Too Without Florence Starting The Group
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Florence Ballard was definitely a Star ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
She got so much soul in her voice
She needs a movie!!! Just about HER
I can see actress ERICA PEEPLES of "THE TRUE TO THE GAME" TRILOGIES and Michigan native portraying "BLONDIE or FLO."
I agree 💯
Agree...faith Evans playing her
I think Paige Hurd (Lauren from Power) would be good. She is a talented actress, fair complected like Florence, and though she doesn't look exactly like Florence in the face, she is similar enough that the right makeup and hair would make her a believable Florence. Trying to think of an actress to play Florence is hard for me, because the best actresses for the role are now too old. Florence was only 32 when she died, so the age of the actress would be a huge factor.
@@gregoryengledoe2281 Faith Evans would have been the perfect choice 20 years ago. I also think a young Tisha Campbell would have been good. I could even see Beyonce -- even now, she looks young enough to play a woman in her 20s -- but having already played the Diana-type character in Dreamgirls and being the Diana of Destiny's Child, she would be playing way too far against type.
They need to do something for her like a movie
Faith Evans was supposed to portray her in a flick but it never happened
Faith Evans We'll be good playing her Florence Because she's light skin I her.
@@daniellej7914Yeah, faith
Evans can 🎶 She grew up in the church ⛪ just like Florence
Dreamgirls
Here's the actress, ERICA PEEPLES!!!
The real lead singer of the Supremes, Her voice was so powerful they had to put Her behind Diana and Mary. you got your first thumbs up and comment, Excellent post.
Barry Gordy was 100% correct making superstar Diana Ross the lead singer of the Supremes. The results speak for themsleves.
No, Barry Gordy made Diana Ross the lead singer of the Supremes because Diana has a great popular music singing voice. The results speak for themselves.
@@henry-bo3np ...False!
@@henry-bo3np ...False!
@@brucescott4261, true. (Oh, excuse me, "True!") It takes a special, rare talent to be a lead singer. Mary and Flo did not have that talent. Diana Ross, in contrast, is one of the greatest popular music performers ever. Diana has 18 #1 hit records - 18 - the same number as Elvis does. Barry Gordy was 100% correct in making Diana Ross the lead singer of the Supremes. And everybody knows it 🙂
She was a star! Such a beautiful woman!! ❤❤
This is a truthful documentary. Mary and Florence are together again. I pray that they are singing with the heavenly choir ❤
They are not in heaven
Flo's baby picture was SO cute.
I always feel like Florence Ballard need a movie about her. I remember it was been saying Faith supposed to play her i don't know what happen.
I remember that also. Letoya Luckett can play Florence and Tamar Davis can play Mary Wilson
@@byfaithwalking1529 I can see that happening to.
Me too
@@byfaithwalking1529 I know I am late very late but someone need to reach out to her family members and Faith.
I remember saying a story about Faith Evans playing Florence Ballard as well, but I think funding for the project fell through. I think Paige Hurd (Lauren from Power) could be a believable Florence. Because she died so young, I think they need an actress no older than 35.
This story always made me happy and sad how it ended. Florence Ballards' memory will live on forever. RIHP🙏❤❤❤❤
Most important thing is , she never gave up on her dreams❤🎉. RIP. ❤
Still love these songs, that sooo remind me of my childhood days. Rest well sis Florence
Florence G. Ballard was definitely that girl
Yes she was That girl. Agreed 💯
Agree FLO was the One ❤ the Best One
That Girl 🌹 Beautiful
Both inside and out
Gone but Never Forgotten 🌟 FLO🌹
Thank You for sharing this 🌟
Blondie 🕊️💖🕊️
You maybe Gone but You will Never be Forgotten 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹💖 🎶
Your welcome and I appreciate your love for my grandmother 🤞🏾
So very sad i would love to see a Movie about Flo Ballard. It needs to be told she was such a terrific entertainer. PIP sweet Flo so glad i met 2 of her Daughter's in 1994
Not just a great entertainer, but Florence was also quite a character. If they could find an actress to really portray the real Florence, I think the movie would be a smash hit. My favorite book about The Supremes is All That Glittered by Tony Turner, and he really conveys a lot of her personality in his book. Audiences got a little bit of her wit in The Supremes' shows, but she was an absolute hoot off stage too -- so witty, caring, dramatic, and an absolute diva.
The movie will NEVER be made. Too many dark forces at work to prevent the movie from being made. In addition, I am sure that Miss Ross and Mr. Gordy would file lawsuits to prevent it from being made.
I remember being a small child .AND MY MAMA WAS S.T.R.I.C.T !! When we got grounded SHE MENT , NO ,OUTSIDE, NO TELEVISION, NO RADIO, NO PHONE ..NOTHING ..WELL,she had the book THE SUPREMES By Mary Wilson .I was so so bored ..I picked it up and began to scroll through the pictures 1st. I well NEVER EVER FORGET ...HOW AS A SMALL CHILD . I thought Florence was the most BEAUTIFUL OF THE 3 WOMAN .Well,, I began to read the ENTIRE BOOK ..I must have been 7 years old ..maybe 8 ..BUT it began my love of BOOKS, and the love and story of Florence .Mary always always gave Flo her flowers and fought for her legacy ..RIP QUEENS !!
She was in a class by herself, Long Live Florence Ballard❤️🖤💚🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Superstar Florence Ballard (R.I.P)❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 🌟🎵🌟🎵🌟🎵🎵🌟🌟🎵🌟🎵
Florence Ballad was a very beautiful, strongminded woman and a great singer, who was very down to Earth and didn't take nothing off of Noone💯💯💯
Every time i see someone that didn’t make it… i know it’s because they didn’t sell their soul !
You sound dumb..
@gemgrateful: No, there were "creative differences.". It was easily solved, if she would have continued work with the group. She could have gotten another record deal. She made a bad decision and got ousted from the group.
She was beautiful and talented, and threw it away.
@@michellekirkendall818 nooooooo barry gordy had hand picked Diana Ross
She was raped 😢
She played a part of her own downfall bc she allowed her enemies to defeat her instead of showing more confidence in her ability and stood strong to have the last laugh, she just withered up. I have lost any respect for Diana Ross so selfish.
~IDC WHAT ANYONE SAYS FLO WAS DEFINITELY 💯 PERCENT PRETTIER THAN DIANE(MRS PETTY) ROSS!!!
Hell yea I have always said that..
Agree 💯💯💯💯
The Supremes were definitely a class act. Florence Ballard was raw & real. They weren't ready for her.
This is a good example of mental health and trauma being very important to be addressed and worked on.. Beautiful woman wonderful voice 😢I wish she could’ve gotten help before it had the chance to ruin the rest of her life 🥺Thank you for this post very insightful ❤
Like Tammi Terrell Flo deserved so much better Pretty and talented ending up in the shadow of Ms Ross
I read everything I could get my hands on about Florence Ballard but never learned why Tammi Terrell's mother was so angry with everybody at Motown except Marvin Gaye.
Dang, that's a lot of brothers and sisters 15 kids That's a lot of mouth to feed
Right, I wonder how they did it. My great grandmother had 13.
Some men then had good jobs and were men who knew and did what a man was supposed to do. I'm always impressed with the women who endured having and taking care of all those babies.
Hey Family, I love this. We'll done!
If Flo just opened up her legs this might have been a different story. But I really think that BG was not Flo’s type but then you have others that will do anything to get ahead like sleeping with the boss. As I recall I think it was Flo that started the group. If you were BG main squeeze, he would most likely give you all the opportunities and not bothers with the rest of the girls. As that relationship grew the girlfriend was made the lead singer and the background arrangements for the girls became less and less to be able to show case the lead singer. You see this on TV shows where the camera main focus was with the lead singer and who was also made the main speaker of the group. I fell in love with the Supremes all the three girls with their own sound got me hooked. BG has been sued by so many of his artists that worked for him because of unfair practices or lack of salary payments. The way Motown was setup with the artist only being able to use the Motown attorneys was not fair because it’s a conflict of interest because Motown was only looking out for Motown and not the artists who some were only teenagers at that time. Even though Motown was a great idea, if they were just more transparent and honest with its artists things might have been a different story. After all these years, I just hope that all the Motown artists receive money for the sale of their records. I’m guessing that once BG meets his maker, someone will write a book and tell everything that went on at the real Motown and how it conducted business and treated its artists. This is MO .
FACTS
Rip 🙏🏽🤎🌹🎤🎼🎼🎼Beautiful lady😢
She spoke her mind💯💯💯
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS. I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THIS DOCUMENTARY. FLORENCE BALLARD WAS THE REAL TALENT. DIANA ROSS WAS JUST THE WH*RE OF MOTOWN
My grandmother had so much more life to live fasho and aunty boss super talented in her own way…. 🙌🏾
please let poor Florence rest in peace
Absolutely ✨️ 💯 ✨️ Diana was strickly for herself. She didn't have to take responsibility for Flo but dhe could have helped when she needed some help
Ross move in the situation when the public started to talk
😢😢😢🎉🎉🎉Florence was beautiful 🎉 Diana didn't seem to have the trio in mind after she met Gordy😅😮
Florence was the best singer out of the group
Your grandmother is my cousin, a true legend to me. I have always wondered about her, my questions as a young girl went unanswered. I appreciate you sharing this episode cousin.
Forever and always the late great Florence Ballard ❤️🙏🏾🕊️ you will always be remembered and never forgotten. And one day your story because their is much to it. And the ones who keep speaking negativity on Florence is Diana's obsessive cult Stan's because they are very evil they always want to say Florence was the blame for her own downfall because they don't want the horrible actions that Diana did not to be told when she also did horrible things to her other Motown peers and they even attacked Gladys Knight when she admitted and told the world that Diana called berry and had Gladys Knight and the pips put off of a tour because she was jealous of how they sounded better than her. You can't blame her for lashing out either berry wasted a lot of good talent because him being only focused on Diana.
Florence Ballard got screwed badly.
By HER OWN doing!!$165,000.00 payout, should have set her for life!! She LEFT on her own volition!!!😮
@@lewiscarey1593Why don't you hush it wouldn't surprise me you said something like this obsessive Diana Ross stan.
Many of those Motown artists, including Flo were TRAINED BY "BG" to "FINANCIALLY IGNORANT!!"
WHICH WASN'T THEIR FAULT!!
@@freddy8479Thank U. BG Screwed The Marvaletts And Mary Wells.
@@lewiscarey1593
I read that she didn't see A CENT of the money, her Crooked, @_$Hole lawyer RIPPED HER OFF!!!
I wonder about the song Dirty Diana by Michael…..🤔
MJ told Barbara Walters that Dirty Diana was about groupies and separately denied it was about Diana Ross.
They said it’s about Diana Ross
Yup!
Say what?😮
She formed d group, asked Diana to join & later was kicked out while Diana slept her way to the top !!!
Yup sounds about right
Diane Ross and Gordy will soon be gone and they will pay for their sins towards Flo.
Oh shut up. Did you even watch the video. They both tried to help her. Diana even wrote a check for her house.
God's got a special fire set at a special temperature just for Berry Gordy and Diane Ernestine
Facts
It s not the fault of Diane Ross if she was successful. Without Diane as a lead singer, the supremes would have never reached this fame . Diane had the je ne sais quoi that goes beyond what the other girls of the group had. Diane never wanted the downfall of Flo.
@@sarahfaithfk888 Keep believing that. You'll join Diane in that special place in hell they have reserved for her.
RIP Florence Ballard 🌹🌹🌹🌺
I’ve heard this story quite a few times but I must say Mary Wilson could have had more of Florence back.
It was an impossible situation all round!! The ROOT problem with Blondie, the sexual assault, wasn't dealt with, and Mary said it DESTROYED Flo., maybe professional help could have changed things!! R.I.P. Flo & Mary❤❤
@patrickmiller1834 I agree, alot of times Diana was 200% wrong and Mary stayed quiet! She could've spoken up instead of leaving Flo looking like she was tripping
Flo you couldn't Win Daina Dated the Writer Producer then the Big Boss Man Owner of the Company to Sad
RIP Ms Florence Glenda Ballard
What about Mary? We talk about how good the others were, yet no one mentions that Mary should have a shot at lead. I believe that everyone’s path is different. We live our lives fulfilling our destiny. The trick is that no one knows how it's going to turn out. The whole world knows her name, remembers how beautiful she was. Who knows what would've happened if she were the lead. Could it be that other people made her feel ashamed? RIP Florence
Oh go somewhere, Mary Wilson did good for herself, if only I could have traveled and sung for the whole world my entire life. Shut Up! As I recall from an interview of Ms. Wilson saying: If I had to relive my life, I'd want to be Mary Wilson of the Supremes. All that to say @1soFortunate, you do you, and don't be concerned about what others do.
Mary Wilson was not lead even after she was the only original Supreme.
I read that she turned down "Holiday", my favorite song by Madonna.
Had Tammi Terrell live she would've been the Queen of Motown Daina had alot of Surgery cause she was Flat out Ugly she was Jealous of Flo an Mary Pretty an Flo was Fine an Sharp when the Supremes first came to Motown
I agree diana Ross is not attractive. She should be in the background 😅
@@WilhelminaAlston lots of plastic surgery she has had
Her voice is so close to Etta James
Poor Florence. I think a lot of her problems as an adult stemmed from the fact that she was assaulted as a teenager. She probably never got any kind of help or therapy for it. It had less to with Diana or Berry, and more to do with this tragedy.
@@fatima1009 AGREED 💯
@@freddy8479 No, not agreed. Diane knew about the rape, and she told Berry. They both used that to undermine Flo's confidence, first by relegating her to back-up, then by cutting all her lead performances, on record and in concert. They played with her, and she knew it, but couldn't do anything about it. She should have gotten some help, but in those days people didn't do that, so she pointed all of her angst toward herself, and by doing so she played right into their hands. Then Berry started mixing the girls down in the records, so people would think it was all Diane. Then Berry stopped radio stations from playing her singles. Flo did make a big mistake when she married Tommy Chapman. I hope there's a special place in hell for Diane and Berry.
@@MetFan37 Diana told BG about the rape?💥🤔
I wouldn't be surprised about that, but where did you receive that information?
IT WOULD MAKE SENSE!!!!💥🤔
I agree 💯 with the rest of your comments.
Florence Ballard was built not to be a back up singer. Some people take their place in back or on the side- not Flo.
Florence was better then diana
At what,????????
@@cravendubose8179 singing
@@errolllewis9062 don't think so...
Flo was bettet at singing while Dianna was better at sleeping. Eddie and Berry among others.
@@cravendubose8179 check ur ears
Diana demostró y suigue demostrando después de más de 50 años de solista que fue y es la mejor sin Berry Gordy llenando estadios y criando a sus 5 hijos.
Should have been the Front Girl - better voice, and so beautiful
Birdsong looked NOTHING like Florence.
Actually she kinda did
@@aintnothingliketheoldskool Yeah, six inches smaller. No one noticed.
Birdsong was a ringer for Flo. She stalked Flo in dark glasses following Flo from performance to performance....studying her. Creepy.
She was mistreated. Diana is who people like to place the blame on but Berry Gordy was the one with the power, even over Diana. I can understand the image and Florence's rebellion and eventually things came to a head. But the most egregious, evil, lowdown, unforgivable thing he did was in blocking her from earning a living and she could never mention that she was a former member of the supremes. Then on top of that beat her out of money she had earned. It's like he wanted to destroy her ....... and why? She did NOT deserve that. Hell David Ruffin left the Temps and got a solo deal. The same could have been done for Florence. It seemed personal.
The entertainment industry will tear you apart, and feed your hearrrt to the lions, then watch your children starve! I used to be deeply involved in the industry, but decided to migrate 95% of my time into other, less psychopathic sectors.
very sad what happened to her.
Corrections Ballard, she was just different, Powerful and Gorgeous❤️🖤💚🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
RIP
Faith Evans favors her.
Dianna bullied florence
Why was she paranoid to take the money? 😭
What is so sad is that Mary Wilson died 45 Years afterwards and in 2021 another Girlband Icon died. Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud 1981-2021 from the UK. When they did their last show in 2013, they wore Red Dresses as though they were paying homage to The Supremes, but Sarah made sure her Mother Marie was taken care of. Girls Aloud are doing a reunion tour and when they sang The Promise, through the magic of Technology they showed her singing.
What ever You Say.....
The obnoxious flashing lights totally CHEAPEN the production. These are the SUPREMES, for Lord's sake, not a cheap drag show. Stage them with class!
Addiction doesn't win over talent. Diana was ALWAYS the one with the personality and voice. No one is PERFECT, but you have to have MORE than talent to become a legend. DIANA had the total package. The other girls, although talented , did not. Haters of Diana will always dis her.
I agree. Diana Ross is superstar, without a doubt one of the greatest popular music performers of the 20th Century.
Plus Florence was raped by a punk named Reggie Hardin that’s what led to her addiction they should’ve gotten her help
Ross spread her l**s
Research is ideal Barry came in between those girls and Diana submitted
Bullshit!
Diana sucked her way to the top. She wasn't cute skinny, had an average voice
no
Florence Ballard got the break of her life by landing in a girls group with superstar Diana Ross. But Flo failed to realize / appreciate that. What happened to her is sad, but self-inflicted.
That’s one way to look at it, especially if you believe that being raped didn’t affect her in any way.
Landing in the girls group SHE started??
@@2010DERT2010, (1) Not sure who started the 1st group, believe it began with 4-5 kids. The bottom line is that Diana Ross is a Superstar. Barry Gordy made the correct business decision. The results speak for themselves. (2) Flo was an addict. She OD'd leaving small children. Despicable.
Diana Ross hand picked the members.
@@BrandonHarris-wi3bwThat’s A Damn Lie Florence Started The Group Diana Ross Bit The Hand That Fed Her The Supremes Let Alone Diana Ross Wouldn’t Have Probably Gotten To The Fame It Has Gotten Too Without Florence Starting The Group
Wow Buttered Popcorn wasn't that good lol
True, didn't care for the song