The Lost Supreme

Punter · Jan 15, 2012

Punter ordered a book off Amazon, yes that's right, Punter bought a book!

In the months before she died, Florence Ballard, the spunky teenager who founded the most successful female vocal group in history - the Supremes - told her own side of the story. Recorded on tape, Flo shed light on all areas of her life, including the surprising identity of the man by whom she was raped prior to entering the music business, the details of her love-hate relationship with Motown Records czar Berry Gordy, her drinking problem and pleas for help, a never-ending desire to be the Supremes' lead singer, and her attempts to get her life back on track after being brutally expelled from group. This is a tumultuous and heartbreaking story of a world-famous performer whose life ended at the age of 32 as a lonely mother of three who had only recently recovered from years of poverty and despair.
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Probably not what you'd expect me to buy but i've fallen in love with Motown and in particular The Supremes, all over again.

slick · Jan 15, 2012

You also want to read/watch the Tammi Terrell story Punt as thats also very sad, Diana Ross picked up from where she left off...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9iHLx8i-4g

Punter · Jan 15, 2012

Cheers Slick, i'll watch that after the footie

Punter · Jan 15, 2012

slick said: ↑

You also want to read/watch the Tammi Terrell story Punt as thats also very sad, Diana Ross picked up from where she left off...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9iHLx8i-4g
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A brilliant 40 minutes of footage and info there, what a voice. 8 brain operations must of taken some courage too, poor lass.
I didn't realize Ashford and Simpson wrote so many songs for Motown back then either.

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