Florence "Flo" Ballard - Yours Until Tomorrow [You Don't Have To - 1968]

[johnnyw12]

Flo is as good as the big names, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, Pattie LeBelle, also the young ones, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Whitney Houston and Rihanna!!!

[TWTR4EVER]

THE HOUSE OF MOTOWN WAS BUILD ON "THE SUPREMES"

THE SOLID BLOCK OF "THE SUPREMES" WAS FLORENCE BALLARD!

THE GREED OF ONE SUPREME WILL CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE GROUP FOR EVER!

HER NAME IS DIANE ROSS!

[deeway1963]

Flo was my favorite Supreme. Rest in much peace sweet soul.

[breyanlovejerome]

Man how was this not a hit ?

I love the way she singing this song man!

[Vincent50]

I have to comment again regarding this wonderful talent of Florence Ballard. She was soulful but more bluesy because Dee Dee Warwick recorded the same song and gave it a more gospel/soulful touch which made me separate the two recordings. Flo's solo album didn't touch on her gift. Motown did more work with her and showcased her voice better I have to say.

[Vincent50]

I love this song. Flo Ballard would've tore into this song had she sang it live giving the song the Ballad touch. A talent we never got to see spin on its own. 

[Dreuxski90]

i love this song :p

[MeetTheSupremes]

@Dreuxski90 So do I, thanks for commenting :)

[1820AL]

Florence Ballard was such a remarkable person, so sad to see her go so soon

[Jawillie]

This is very nice. I swear that bassline sound like the bass of James Jamerson

[MeetTheSupremes]

@Jawillie Thanks for commenting =) It would be great if it was James Jamerson but Flo did this with ABC Records (as you probably already know lol).

- JLG | JonathanLGardner

[RodneySandersTV]

ooops! Wrong song! xD

[RodneySandersTV]

I LOOOOOVE listening to this song! You can really feel Flo on this one..I love when she says...MAKE BELIEVE and when she says ....I break downa nd cryy...yyyy...walk on byyyy..! She kills it. My problem with her fans is that I feel that since dreamgirls that many people has listened to that FILM so they automatically think she was the BEST singer of the Supremes when infact she was ONE of the best. I think that Scherrie Payne was...hands down the best! But FLO HAD THE VOICE..as you can hear!

[singlos]

This song I believe comes the closest to Flo's talents from the ABC sessions. Flo was magnificent. I can just about hear her tearing this up live. I can almost hear her singing the intro and lead to "Stoned Love".

Los

NYC

[MeetTheSupremes]

LOL no problem Rodney! I agree completely!

[cherron1]

YO!!

Your art work is nicer than the cover of the REAL album!!!

Great song!!!

love love love

Miss Flo RULES!!!!!

[MeetTheSupremes]

LOL thanks so much.

So sorry for the late reply.

Thanks for commenting.

Have a nice day =D

- JLG | JonathanLGardner

[LloydBFine]

Why were groups set up back then with one lead singer? Why weren't we able to hear the others vocals? Florence was beautiful I can't wait to start reading the book about her life I just ordered it from Barnes & Noble.

[MeetTheSupremes]

It's a shame Flo's voice could not have been displayed more while she was at Motown =(

However, The Temptations are a good example of a group that really shared the leads. I'm sure the group could have had the same amount of success with Flo and Mary occasionally leading a b-side or one or two songs on albums - and a few more leads on live shows would have been nice too =D.

Which book did you get? The Lost Supreme one by Peter Benjaminson?

[LloydBFine]

Yep that's the one The Lost Supreme I don't remember which youtuber recommended it to me but I hope its good

[MeetTheSupremes]

The majority of the reviews on Amazon of it have been positive =)

[Vincent50]

With the ABC production they didn't know Flo's voice and the productions were horrible as Motown knew Flo's voice and brought the best ouf of her. This was misearable productions and Flo was already going through a lot at that time so how can you bring the best out of a singer. She had so much going for her but it seems everything went down hill for Flo and the poor woman had to deal with that and a career and husband who knew nothing about the business. Very bad time for her.

[MeetTheSupremes]

Hmm...I agree and disagree...yes the producers didn't utilise Flo's voice properly BUT there is some g r e a t production on the album (Love Ain't Love, Like You Babe, My Heart, Forever Faithful). In fact, most of the songs are produced well but not right for Flo - such as The Impossible Dream (Flo could have teared that up but the arrangement wasn't appropriate for her style of singing)

[AzzedineAliaFan]

true, but "IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW I SAY IT, IT'S WHAT I SAY THAT MATTERS" is a cute song that had great potential, they didn't really market her, i think it's a very catchy tune. But this one is not showcasing her voice, and honestly i dind't like her lead songs on the supremes, but she def. has a sound, i wish she could have found the right people to get behind her to push her to her stardom.

[MeetTheSupremes]

Yes, her first single has even been praised by Allmusic. However, I think her second singel Love Ain't Love with its awesome b-side Forever Faithful should have been her break out hit. I wonder how things would have been had she not had her husband Tommy as her manager...

[AzzedineAliaFan]

Good point, she should have known better, love & business NEVER MIX,

[MeetTheSupremes]

Then again. He was her husband and I think he most probably offered to be her manager. It's just a shame that the two people who she needed the most at that time - her husband and her lawyer - were the two people who were not worthy of her trust

[prodigalarts]

poor flo.....she has perfect pitch, but dee dee's warwick's and irma thomas' has more soul and more character.

[MeetTheSupremes]

I definately agree. Flo does a good job and the production is great - but that spark and fire she displayed on songs like HEY BABY and BUTTERED POPCORN while she was a Supreme isn't present on the takes released from her ABC sessions.

Thanks for commenting prodigalarts =)

- JLG | JonathanLGardner

[deeeedefan]

I am re reading her bio..just so sad,and as a friend of Dee Dee's for years,there is no comparison..This time listening to this,she had to be under the influence...Perfect pithc,but come on..And I know the club in Atlantic city where she made one of her appearances....Horrible

[MeetTheSupremes]

OMG Did you see her as a solo artist? =D

[deeeedefan]

I was in Atlantic City when she was there but found out too late...Saw Flo and the others many times at the Steel Pier in AC and was there when Cindy replaced her,I believe which their first full week of shows with Cindy

[MeetTheSupremes]

Oh so it wasn't when Flo was embarking on her solo career...

I thought Flo's last performance with The Supremes was at the Frontier Hotel - is that in AC?

[Abridgedfan134]

Florence Ballard last performance with The Supremes was in the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas on June 30th 1967, her 23 birthday.

[mnmcv1]

@Abridgedfan134

well, if you don't count the night she got fired, you're correct...

[dtseattle]

She had a wide range like Aretha. She can blow away the high notes, and the low notes too. Listen to her speaking voice in interviews, it is deep. Very sexy and sensual.

[MeetTheSupremes]

Yes she did - but Flo could sing higher than Aretha and in a much more polished fashion.

It is so cute how her speaking voice and singing voice are so different =D

Thanks for commenting =)

[dtseattle]

What a fabulous song! The more I hear her voice the more I appreciate her talents. Very soulful and totally unique sound.

[MeetTheSupremes]

A fabulous song it is =D Check out DeeDee Warwick's original version if you haven't already =)

[timmy841212]

I like what Flo does to this Carole King/Gerry Goffin classic.

[MeetTheSupremes]

So do I.

She sounds a lil tipsy on some of the lower notes (like right at the beginning), but she definately gets into it and puts her heart and soul in it =D

[timmy841212]

Yeah that's probably why I dig it. Little tipsy-sounding but she delivered regardless, lol.

[MeetTheSupremes]

Haha lol. When you first hear it, there is a kinda ooops do I really want to hear Flo embarress herself and then she delivers =D

[tustles]

great post Thanks God Bless KTF 20********* A Friend From Canada

[MeetTheSupremes]

LOL @ 20* xD

Thanks so much for commenting.

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.

- JLG [JonathanLGardner]

[MeetTheSupremes]

Not country music =s

Though she definately could pull it off. I would love to hear her sing a ballad that would really show off her soprano - like People

[utcalumni]

Sing Florence Sing

[wisesatyr72]

Man her voice is kinda deep..

I like it

[MeetTheSupremes]

I'm glad you do.

The wierdest thing is though she was actually a full soprano

[wisesatyr72]

You're saying the producer mad her sing like that? She can sing like MJ? lol

Yeah Florence is so cool I wish I was her husband back then..

[MeetTheSupremes]

Oh Flo had an operatic soprano.

Watch the video I posted of her singing one verse of Silent Night acapella =D

[eugenehilter09]

damn she killed this but i feel everytime i hear her sing she was holding alot of emotion inside but i still feel her but she could of been better if she let it all out on the table but i do like that she always sounds drunk

[MeetTheSupremes]

I feel she was told to hold back on some songs - well at least advised to sing them differently to how she would have if she had complete control.

For example, if you listen to the released, finsihed version of It Doesn't Matter How I Say It (posted in its correct key by Dynamite8503) and then listen to the first take that I have posted, you can hear how differently Flo sings it.

I feel that her producer(s) told her to sing a certain way on many of the songs

[MeetTheSupremes]

I do like that she gets to let lose a little on Walk On By =D - on that song she sounds as if she had picked that song to record and was really fond of it.

LOL at the drunk sound. I think on Yesterday she sounds quite tipsy and at the beginning of this she does a little as well but it just adds to the emotion of the song and shows how versatile Flo was - as she could still sing so sweetly on songs like Everything Wonderful and Stay In Love

[browngal1709]

all i can say is "Honey, she is terrific"

[MeetTheSupremes]

=D

Thanks for commenting.

[browngal1709]

you are so welcome

[goff61]

i do love flo one sexey sexey lady how is her daughters doing

[MeetTheSupremes]

Well there is a video on youtube about her daughters in which they were interviewed and said they were on welfare. I do hope they have gotten off welfare and have got themselves respectable jobs. They did get money from the profits of Peter Benjaminson's book on their mother though, entitled 'The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard' =)

[tonihyll]

i luv flo...thanks...

[MeetTheSupremes]

So do I =P

Oh and no problem.

Have a great new year.

[deeeedefan]

I do like your cover art..Was wondering where it came from the first time I saw it....You got a talent my man!!!!!

[MeetTheSupremes]

Aw thank you - it was a little hard to do as I really wanted it to go with the picture. I used a promo pic of Flo from 1968 and because it was soooo huge, I could do a closeup on her eye and it was still 1000x1000 pixels xD lool.

Anyway thanks for the comment.

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e christmas.

[TyReece94]

DIDNT NO SHE HAD HERE ON STUFF

[MeetTheSupremes]

What do you mean by that? =S

[deeeedefan]

Always loved Flo,but I do like Dee Dee Warwick's version better.Check it out on YouTube

[MeetTheSupremes]

I have heard Dee Dee's version. I even mention it in the description and in the tags.

I l o v e Dee Dee's original but I also love Flo's as it is very different and the arrangement is slightly different too - especially for the instruments.

Check out Flo's brilliant cover of Dionne's WALK ON BY

[iluvflorenceballard]

i love her and i love her voice!

R.I.P.

[MeetTheSupremes]

So do I.

Thanks for commenting.

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.

[Viznel137]

its OK!

[Viznel137]

OK im nor rhat much of a supremes fan-but i like some of their tunes-My Fave is Love is here and now youre gone

[MeetTheSupremes]

That's nice but do you like Flo's version of this song?

[CAPRICORN2013]

YEA, I LOVE IT.

[MeetTheSupremes]

LOL I wasn't expecting you to reply xD

Thanks. I love it too.

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.

[demonhoopa]

Thanks for sharing the video. What a lovely voice she has.

[MeetTheSupremes]

Yup. Thanks for commenting.

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.

[bbudacious]

Always, Let's stay together :)

[jeanise10]

thanks for the post

[MeetTheSupremes]

No problem, thanks for listening, commenting and favouriting the vid =P

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.

[bbudacious]

I enjoy always

[MeetTheSupremes]

Thanks for commenting.

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.

[aldeb456]

Hey MeetTheSupremes, I tried PMing you but was unsucessful. Thanks for the post! Why did her album on ABC records ever come out? Was it from the backlash of her being ousted from the Supremes.

[MeetTheSupremes]

Aw you can call me Jonathan.

Well Flo released 2 singles with ABC that both flopped - due to poor promotion and distribution by ABC - and I guess they didn't think her album would do any better.

People knew that she had left the group and people DID know her name. ABC should have been able to advertise her EVEN WITHOUT being allowed to mention her "Supreme" past.

Search Florence Ballard on wikipedia for more info =)

[milburn110]

Beautiful.  Thanks for posting.

[MeetTheSupremes]

No problem, thanks for commenting.

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.

[THEHUNGRYVEGETARIAN]

Another beautiful song, from one beautiful angel, posted by another beautiful angel.

[MeetTheSupremes]

Aw, what a beautiful comment.

Thanks so much.

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.

[bbudacious]

Good stuff, Love the words, great singer

[MeetTheSupremes]

Yes the lyrics are really nice and Flo does a great job =)

Thanks for commenting.

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.

[Jomei2810]

Great Work!

Flo Is Unforgotten!

[MeetTheSupremes]

Thank you and yes her music and story will certainly live on forever.

Thanks for commenting.

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.

[Viznel137]

mellow!

[MeetTheSupremes]

Did you mean that as a good or bad thing?

[best1forward]

thank you for posting this song. it is good to hear these songs of florence's.

[MeetTheSupremes]

No problem, I thought I would repost it with a different vid as the old one was terrible xD though I really should have put more effort it in at least you can see the cover art I made for her album.

Thanks for commenting.

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.

[tayishere202]

she is so gorgeous:)

Thank you so much for sharing

[MeetTheSupremes]

No problem. I had the song up on my old account and I thought I would repost it - but with a cover I made for the album instead =D

[MandingoTyrone]

Thanks for posting. This Carole King-Gerry Goffin song was also an R&B hit for Dee Dee Warwick back in the day.

[MeetTheSupremes]

Oh yes I thought it was thank you very much. So it was written/composed by Carole King-Gerry Goffin - or is that two people? As I'm trying to add more info to the wikipedia page about Flo's album (I have added in the producers and songwriters etc already except for LIKE YOU BABE and YOURS UNTIL TOMORROW)

[Whitepussyass]

Carole King and Gerry Goffin were one of the all-time great songwriting teams - "Up on the Roof," "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," "Hey Girl," "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman," "Go Away Little Girl," - and on and on and on.

[MeetTheSupremes]

Oh right =D

Thank you so much for that info - I have put it on Flo's wikipedia page for her album. Now I just need the full names of the writers/composers of LIKE YOU BABE and STAY IN LOVE =D

[MeetTheSupremes]

Thanks, I should have done a widescreen version of it for the video - but I'm not taking it down again =P

Thanks for commenting.

[jj85585]

This is my fav osng by her and I lvoe the pic

[MeetTheSupremes]

Thanks for commenting. I'm really happy everyone likes the pic so far =)

Have a wonderfully s u p r e m e day.