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Florence Ballard June.30.1943 - February.22.1979

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Florence Glenda Ballard Chapman

was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown group The Supremes. From 1963 until 1967, Ballard sang on 16 Top 40 hit Supremes' singles, ten of which hit number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1967, Motown CEO Berry Gordy decided to remove Ballard from the Supremes. After being dropped from the group, Ballard struggled with a solo career in the late 1960s and spent much of the last five years of her life in relative poverty.

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The Lost Supreme

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The Supremes were the most successful female vocal group in history. Of the three original members--Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard--two have told their life stories in bestselling books. Only Florence Ballard, the spunky teenager who founded the group, has remained silent. Until now. Florence Ballard, known to her friends as Flo or “Blondie,” died in 1976. Diana and Mary attended her tumultuous funeral. But in the months before she died, Flo told her own side of the Supremes story---and the story of her entire life---to Peter Benjaminson, who recorded Flo’s words on tape.

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Florence Ballard – Unsung Supreme

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Singer Florence Ballard was a founding member of The Supremes. On what would have been her 68th birthday, we look back on her life and career tragically cut short when she was just 32 years old. Born in Detroit as the ninth of fifteen children, young Florence Ballard moved all around the city as her father struggled to support the large family while working at General Motors. When she was fifteen, the family settled in the Brewster-Douglas housing project.

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The Florence Ballard Fan Club

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The fan club's approach to Florence is in stark contrast to the media accounts of her life. For the most part, the media tends to portray Florence in a manner that overemphasizes the tragedy in her life. These media stories and references often cause Florence to be remembered for all the wrong reasons. The fan club provides a balanced view of Florence's life. This balanced view is shown through interviews and articles in "FLORENCE BALLARD," the fan club's newsletter.

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