some are knocking the 1960s but out of the 60s came the black power movement,hippies and this computer we are comunicating on right now.many laid down their lives so black music could be played.on southern radio curtis's we are winners was not played on southern radio stations.those southern crackers wanted nothing to do with that song( THAT WE ARE TRUE FROM THE GOOD BLACK DIRT,WERE WINNER AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THE TRUTH WE JUST KEEP ON PUSHING LIKE OUR LEADERS TELL US TO) THANK YOU CURTIS!
i would never trade a day growning up in the 1960s for anything.i saw on one of the pages it was more then likely a youngen telling some one to go back to the 60s.If there wasnt for the 60s there would be no you.this stuff they slap together and call music stinks.thet manufacture groups now. a rappers career is usually 5 years at most.most female groups may make 5 years.no one plays instruments anymore a keyboard or sound board does the work, many cannot sing.its really sad.
the music business is a cut throat business.it can also be a rewarding business.martha and the vandellas had their falling outs too but it was not aired so much as the supremes.the spinners,temptations when you have very talented people together it happens.too many chiefs and not enough indians.growing up they all brought us so much joy.all of my baby sitting money went to albums.we use to have contest to see who got the new motown single first.it was a very chaotic time and a very good time.
As I say the downfall of everything is when you forget where your from, and true Barry could not control Flo so Diana was the lead singer and it turned out her and Barry had a love child. Flo had a strong voice and it's too bad she got the short end of the stick.
Diana, Berry and Bey will get what's coming to them. I pray they burn and burn.
I'm sure you're thinking It's a good sound, but I will never respect or listen to Princess Di or Prince Berry or "I wrote every music in the world, has the cure for aids, cancer, hunger and child abuse "Bey. If this is an inclination of the future then I don't want to see the it!
She's gone and not coming back. She went as far as she was ever gonna get.
Sure you all tell yourselves it was all Diana and Berry falt she died,
but if fact it was just her time to go.
Florence was never meant to be this superstar everyone think she could have been. She made a lot of bad choices,She thought she had more pull in the group but she didn't and it back fired on her. She married a chauffeur of all things.
Florences and Mary's background sound was just the best.Otis Williams in his autobiography said all of the Supremes including Mary had the" it" factor to have been stars.
It's a shame Diana Ross couldn't even do an interview about an old friend- if that really was her friend- she was just mad Flo could out sing her -and they say young people have no sense!
I'm not hatin on Diana but when they do interviews like this they ask around to everyone that knew the person, but anyway it's still a shame she did have time to comment on her friend
I don't think Mary is hating I think she just fells left out because since flo had the voice and Diana was lead where did that leave her in the background.
Well no, mary did have the "it" factor, and she isn't hateing on diane.
and the real star is Florence.
Mary never got the chance to show case her talents fully. motown had long since lost interest in the supremes by the time mary left. so is it any wonder then why her debut solo album didn't go anywhere? NOT MARY'S FAULT.
Well, i think Mary wanted to me a supar star as well! and i think she could have been. But i think she was more devoted to keeping the supremes a house hold name, as she tours most of the time singing mainly supremes songs. OH thoughted i'd say, she's recording and album with the holland brothers!
i don't know where you get your so called facts from but florence never wanted to sing like aretha franklin. She had an aretha franklin type quality to her voice!
Mary is soo much more than just a back ground singer. she is an author, entertainer and part time actress. besides if you really think about it, it wasn't diane mary or flo at all that made The Supremes a house hold name, it was Berry Gordy.
We all love the Original Supremes,But Flo was just a backup singer, eye candy nothing more. She just didn't have what it takes to make it in show business.
sure Diane had a great voice, and that was one of the reasons why the supremes were so successful, but Flo and Mary had equally great voices. Flo had the powerful high soprano soulful voice , Mary the deep alto and Diane the mezzo-soprano. ALL THREE made the supremes what they are today, SUPREME!
Stop trying to make out flo was nothin more than a back up because she wasn't!!!
@SinclairisCool -You know it's good fans like you try to keep Flo name alive.
And she will always be one of the original Supremes. Who knows how far she would have gone if she was still alive.
But as far as the supremes are concerned she was just a back up singer.
She never would have been the lead singer of that group.She was difficult to work with,always complaining about something.I don't want to do this,I don't want to do that. She didn't have the pull she thought she had.
@sammy7819 She never would have been the lead singer of that group.
You're right neither would Mary Wilson or anyone else be the lead singer of that group why? Diane was giving Berry Gordy loving behind closed doors-for a very long time. Her eldest daughter is by Berry Gordy. What Diane wanted, Dinae got and she wanted Flo out the group because Diane claim Flo was "starting to be an embarrassment to the group with her drunken and sloppy appearance" (To qoute Diane Ross back then)
@sammy7819 It's fine to like Diana Ross, she is an accomplished singer. I don't believe she and Flo can really be compared b/c that would be like comparing Aretha and Sarah Vaughn. Two completely different voices. Is it necessary to malign Florence in order to emphasize you like Diana though? Just say you like Diana! No need for that. Just like you like Diana, other people like/d Flo.
@sammy7819 No one shld be putting anyone down. If someone does with Diana, they are wrong to do so. Just becasue someone else does it doesnt mean you have to do the same. But you are certainly free to do as you choose. No hard feelings I just wish people could appreciate the music and the singers for their individual talents and let that be b/c all the other stuff is irrelevant anyway.
@sammy7819 Berry Gordy actually tried to get with Florence BEFORE Diana.... They went on one date and were incompatible. Also, Hemade it impossible for her to work after she left. He meant to ruin her. So no it wasn her. And WHY do you think the drinking started?
@sammy7819 This is a well known fact. When they 1st got there, he was interested in Florence. After that 1 date they knew they werent for each other. Berry is a controlling person, he was able to control Diana because she was hungry for the stardom. This is also why in dreamgirls curtis was with effie 1st. But just check any interviews from florence, mary or Diana. They have all stated it at one time or another.
@sammy7819 I'm sorry to butt in but in all honesty, Mongo76 is right. Berry wanted Florence, but she wasn't the kind of woman you could control. Diana Ross was, but she only let him control her so that she could be pushed up in her career.
some are knocking the 1960s but out of the 60s came the black power movement,hippies and this computer we are comunicating on right now.many laid down their lives so black music could be played.on southern radio curtis's we are winners was not played on southern radio stations.those southern crackers wanted nothing to do with that song( THAT WE ARE TRUE FROM THE GOOD BLACK DIRT,WERE WINNER AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THE TRUTH WE JUST KEEP ON PUSHING LIKE OUR LEADERS TELL US TO) THANK YOU CURTIS!
pissedoff7771 2 months ago
i would never trade a day growning up in the 1960s for anything.i saw on one of the pages it was more then likely a youngen telling some one to go back to the 60s.If there wasnt for the 60s there would be no you.this stuff they slap together and call music stinks.thet manufacture groups now. a rappers career is usually 5 years at most.most female groups may make 5 years.no one plays instruments anymore a keyboard or sound board does the work, many cannot sing.its really sad.
pissedoff7771 2 months ago
the music business is a cut throat business.it can also be a rewarding business.martha and the vandellas had their falling outs too but it was not aired so much as the supremes.the spinners,temptations when you have very talented people together it happens.too many chiefs and not enough indians.growing up they all brought us so much joy.all of my baby sitting money went to albums.we use to have contest to see who got the new motown single first.it was a very chaotic time and a very good time.
pissedoff7771 2 months ago
Just be careful with assumptions there's always two sides to everything. Here it looks like three or four.
SimplyDlmply 6 months ago
As I say the downfall of everything is when you forget where your from, and true Barry could not control Flo so Diana was the lead singer and it turned out her and Barry had a love child. Flo had a strong voice and it's too bad she got the short end of the stick.
chuito6619 6 months ago
cant wait til there movie come out
simonsez0800 9 months ago
America's Princesses, and the real Queen of Young America was the gorgeous one
on the far left, Blondie Ballard.
What cousin was trying to say was that Flo was no dummy, she felt her star was
every bit as bright as the lead singer's, and refsed to kill herself to make the other
lady into a superstar.
mrjoshjones1 1 year ago 3
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mrjoshjones1 1 year ago
Damn Flo even picked the groups new name OMG! She just founded the group. What a shame that bullshit happened to her.
MrSexxxy20 1 year ago
Diana, Berry and Bey will get what's coming to them. I pray they burn and burn.
I'm sure you're thinking It's a good sound, but I will never respect or listen to Princess Di or Prince Berry or "I wrote every music in the world, has the cure for aids, cancer, hunger and child abuse "Bey. If this is an inclination of the future then I don't want to see the it!
femalegeek5 1 year ago
@femalegeek5 And Bey? LOL!
Worme95 1 year ago
@femalegeek5 lol...you are funny!
3864267 1 year ago
I just want to say let Flo rest in peace.
She's gone and not coming back. She went as far as she was ever gonna get.
Sure you all tell yourselves it was all Diana and Berry falt she died,
but if fact it was just her time to go.
Florence was never meant to be this superstar everyone think she could have been. She made a lot of bad choices,She thought she had more pull in the group but she didn't and it back fired on her. She married a chauffeur of all things.
sammy7819 1 year ago
Florences and Mary's background sound was just the best.Otis Williams in his autobiography said all of the Supremes including Mary had the" it" factor to have been stars.
pookiechristopher 2 years ago
It's a shame Diana Ross couldn't even do an interview about an old friend- if that really was her friend- she was just mad Flo could out sing her -and they say young people have no sense!
naldosims 2 years ago
maybe Diana wasn't invited don't get me wrong i love the supremes but we all know who was the real star here don't hate on Diana
sammy7819 2 years ago
I'm not hatin on Diana but when they do interviews like this they ask around to everyone that knew the person, but anyway it's still a shame she did have time to comment on her friend
naldosims 2 years ago
that's true what you said but we have to wonder if they even asked her for an interview, because we all know how mary wilson is still hatin
sammy7819 2 years ago
I don't think Mary is hating I think she just fells left out because since flo had the voice and Diana was lead where did that leave her in the background.
naldosims 2 years ago
true mary wilson was more eye candy that anything else she could never move beyond being a supreme she never had what it takes to make it on her own
sammy7819 2 years ago
Well no, mary did have the "it" factor, and she isn't hateing on diane.
and the real star is Florence.
Mary never got the chance to show case her talents fully. motown had long since lost interest in the supremes by the time mary left. so is it any wonder then why her debut solo album didn't go anywhere? NOT MARY'S FAULT.
SinclairisCool 2 years ago
@SinclairisCool -well mary star still shining.Mary and Diana, are the only two real supremes left.
But she didn't have what it takes to make herself a household name.
Diana said it herself that mary was the pretty one.
But she didn't have the drive. Diana wanted to be a superstar and she is
sammy7819 2 years ago
Well, i think Mary wanted to me a supar star as well! and i think she could have been. But i think she was more devoted to keeping the supremes a house hold name, as she tours most of the time singing mainly supremes songs. OH thoughted i'd say, she's recording and album with the holland brothers!
SinclairisCool 2 years ago
Yes Florence is the star of this unsung clip.
Lets face Flo or Mary could never bring the supremes to the household name that they had become.
Sure they could sing but not good enough.
Flo wanted to be a singer like Aretha Franklin,but that not what the supremes were all about.
And mary just a back up singer nothing more.
sammy7819 2 years ago
i don't know where you get your so called facts from but florence never wanted to sing like aretha franklin. She had an aretha franklin type quality to her voice!
Mary is soo much more than just a back ground singer. she is an author, entertainer and part time actress. besides if you really think about it, it wasn't diane mary or flo at all that made The Supremes a house hold name, it was Berry Gordy.
SinclairisCool 2 years ago
@SinclairisCool -well whatever,her voice still didn't cut it.
And as for Berry Gordy making them a household name is true, 'BUT' look at who he put in the spotlight.
Diana wanted to be a star and she IS!
sammy7819 2 years ago
well i don't care if she is a star, Florence Ballard owned.
SinclairisCool 2 years ago
@SinclairisCool - no boo Flo didn't own anything.
Poor Flo had problems and she just couldnt cope.
She made bad choices and she couldn't hang.
The only thing she owned are the recording she made that never got air play
sammy7819 2 years ago
Oh please, take your stupid "Diana Ross" is a saint attitude and piss off.
Florence had the voice, everyone at Motown agrees to that. Flo could easily out sing Diane any day.
SinclairisCool 2 years ago
@SinclairisCool -Go drink some more Hateraid.
And get a life, Flo was a backup singer,
and that's all she will ever be.
sammy7819 2 years ago
Diane a drunk driver, who's career has stalled.
why don't you get a life.
SinclairisCool 2 years ago
@SinclairisCool- At least she has a career!
Diana's got her, Go get you some
sammy7819 2 years ago
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"Diana's got her, Go get you some"
that didn't make any sense.
SinclairisCool 2 years ago
@SinclairisCool -Well let me make it plain for you. Diana got money & fame, and she's an Icon.
What you got?
sammy7819 2 years ago
@sammy7819
Florence was universally loved. and had a better more soulful voice.
SinclairisCool 2 years ago
@SinclairisCool -Sure Florence could sing but she wasn't that good.I can tell by the way she's sound in this clip.
She though she was the best but she wasn't .She had a huge ego and an attitude problem.And it got her kick out of the group.
sammy7819 2 years ago
@sammy7819
why don't we agree to disagree?
that way, i can continue to believe that flo was the better singer, and you can continue to like diane.
SinclairisCool 2 years ago
@SinclairisCool - diane? That's ms.Ross to you.
Poor Flo went as far as she was ever gonna get.
We all love the Original Supremes,But Flo was just a backup singer, eye candy nothing more. She just didn't have what it takes to make it in show business.
If she could have been she would have been
sammy7819 2 years ago
@sammy7819
sure Diane had a great voice, and that was one of the reasons why the supremes were so successful, but Flo and Mary had equally great voices. Flo had the powerful high soprano soulful voice , Mary the deep alto and Diane the mezzo-soprano. ALL THREE made the supremes what they are today, SUPREME!
Stop trying to make out flo was nothin more than a back up because she wasn't!!!
SinclairisCool 2 years ago
@SinclairisCool -You know it's good fans like you try to keep Flo name alive.
And she will always be one of the original Supremes. Who knows how far she would have gone if she was still alive.
But as far as the supremes are concerned she was just a back up singer.
She never would have been the lead singer of that group.She was difficult to work with,always complaining about something.I don't want to do this,I don't want to do that. She didn't have the pull she thought she had.
sammy7819 2 years ago
@sammy7819
difficult to work with?!
hmm i don't think so, she never complained about not wanting to do this,or not wanting to do that.
well at least not until 67 by which time it was clear she was unhappy,
SinclairisCool 2 years ago
@sammy7819 She never would have been the lead singer of that group.
You're right neither would Mary Wilson or anyone else be the lead singer of that group why? Diane was giving Berry Gordy loving behind closed doors-for a very long time. Her eldest daughter is by Berry Gordy. What Diane wanted, Dinae got and she wanted Flo out the group because Diane claim Flo was "starting to be an embarrassment to the group with her drunken and sloppy appearance" (To qoute Diane Ross back then)
camiosis 1 year ago
@camiosis -yeah flo was a lush.
She'd was getting fat. Always complaining
she didn't like to travel,she was bringing down the group.
And we all know Rhonda Ross is Berry Daughter. But note she didn't come along until Diana left the Supremes, years later.
sammy7819 1 year ago
@sammy7819 It's fine to like Diana Ross, she is an accomplished singer. I don't believe she and Flo can really be compared b/c that would be like comparing Aretha and Sarah Vaughn. Two completely different voices. Is it necessary to malign Florence in order to emphasize you like Diana though? Just say you like Diana! No need for that. Just like you like Diana, other people like/d Flo.
Mongo76 1 year ago
@Mongo76 - yeah and other people try to put Diana down,
which is unfair, so i throw it back at them.
I don't hate the other supremes, they made the group,they are the supremes.
as a group i love them. They are a part of our History
sammy7819 1 year ago
@sammy7819 No one shld be putting anyone down. If someone does with Diana, they are wrong to do so. Just becasue someone else does it doesnt mean you have to do the same. But you are certainly free to do as you choose. No hard feelings I just wish people could appreciate the music and the singers for their individual talents and let that be b/c all the other stuff is irrelevant anyway.
Mongo76 1 year ago
Uh, uh, her name is Diane. That's what her daddy named her........She's referred to as BITCH in Detroit. Thanks
DetroitLives313 2 years ago
@DetroitLives313 - And flo real name is Florida.
Yeah and Diana a Good BITCH. She got everything she wanted.
If you're gonna be a Bitch be a good one
sammy7819 1 year ago
@sammy7819 Florida? SMH ..... making no sense.
Mongo76 1 year ago
@sammy7819 Berry Gordy actually tried to get with Florence BEFORE Diana.... They went on one date and were incompatible. Also, Hemade it impossible for her to work after she left. He meant to ruin her. So no it wasn her. And WHY do you think the drinking started?
Mongo76 1 year ago
@Mongo76 =- I'm sorry but i'm just not buying it.
Florence wanted to date Berry. She believed Diana stole her man
sammy7819 1 year ago
@sammy7819 This is a well known fact. When they 1st got there, he was interested in Florence. After that 1 date they knew they werent for each other. Berry is a controlling person, he was able to control Diana because she was hungry for the stardom. This is also why in dreamgirls curtis was with effie 1st. But just check any interviews from florence, mary or Diana. They have all stated it at one time or another.
Mongo76 1 year ago
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madeyes4u 6 months ago
@sammy7819 I'm sorry to butt in but in all honesty, Mongo76 is right. Berry wanted Florence, but she wasn't the kind of woman you could control. Diana Ross was, but she only let him control her so that she could be pushed up in her career.
madeyes4u 6 months ago
How do you know that she was even approached? I doubt that she would have consented if she was.
missbirdsong 2 years ago
Florence was georgeous! No homo.
AnointedApntdE 2 years ago
Flo's voice didn't match her look, but I still like it.
antij1 2 years ago 3
Flo was a very, VERY beautiful woman!
topdogg757 2 years ago 3
Florence's voice was so down-to-earth. It didn't really match her face.
COJAZZ3 2 years ago 2
so true-she sound sexy
jesiahbailey 2 years ago 3
Happy B-day Florence
heartandsoul22 2 years ago 3
DIANA / MARY / FLO - irreplaceable!
I am soo in love with this right now! Gotta go watch PART 5 =D
- JLG | JonathanLGardner
THEJLG 2 years ago 8
It takes time. Having patience and learning as much as you can in the meantime always helps.
heartandsoul22 2 years ago