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.
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 !!
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 🙂
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
@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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 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
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.
