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Okay, so today, I was watching Unsung on TvOne, and today's topic was Florence Ballard. Not knowing who she was, I was interested and watched the s...
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Okay, so today, I was watching Unsung on TvOne, and today's topic was Florence Ballard. Not knowing who she was, I was interested and watched the show.
After watching the show, I was very interested in Florence Ballard's musical career and personal life. This is the first time I have ever heard her, and right now in my opinion, she has a beautiful voice.
A little background:
Florence Glenda Ballard Chapman (June 30, 1943 February 22, 1976), nicknamed "Flo" and "Blondie", was an American singer, and one of the original founders of the Hall of Fame Motown group The Supremes.
During their early years, members of The Supremes (originally called The Primettes) enjoyed a generally democratic distribution of leads on songs. However, by 1966, Ballard and Mary Wilson had begun to feel ignored in the group as Motown President Berry Gordy, Jr. spotlighted Diana Ross's individual career. Consequent discontent led Ballard to chronic depression and alcoholism, factors that weighed heavily in Gordy's decision to permanently dismiss Ballard from The Supremes in July 1967. Her replacement was former Bluebelle Cindy Birdsong.
After an unsuccessful attempt at a solo career in the late 1960s, Ballard spent much of the last five years of her life in relative poverty, attempting to avoid media attention while suing the various parties involved in her dismissal from Motown. By the mid-1970s, it appeared that Ballard had regained control of her mental and emotional health - making public appearances, doing interviews and featured in newspaper articles, she purchased a new home after receiving a sizable settlement from attorneys she said had cheated her. Around this time, Ballard also began receiving treatment for her alcoholism and reconciled with estranged husband Tommy Chapman.
In 1976, Ballard died of a coronary thrombosis at the age of thirty-two. Her death has been called "one of rock's greatest tragedies".[
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Michael Jackson's videos
Source: Michael Jackson HIStory on Film Volume II (1997)
Album: HIStory (1995)
Copyright owner: Sony/BMG
Lyrics:
I was wanderin...
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Michael Jackson's videos
Source: Michael Jackson HIStory on Film Volume II (1997)
Album: HIStory (1995)
Copyright owner: Sony/BMG
Lyrics:
I was wandering in the rain
(Mask of life feeling insane)
Swift and sudden fall from grace
(Sunny days seem far away)
Kremlin's shadow belittling me
(Stalin's tomb won't let me be)
On and on and on it came
(Wish the rain would just let me be)
(How does it feel?)
How does it feel?
(How does it feel?)
(How does it feel?)
When you're alone and you're cold inside
Here, abandoned in my fame
(Armageddon of the brain)
KGB was dogging me
(Take my name and just let me be)
Then a beggar boy called my name
(Happy days will drown the pain)
On and on and on it came
In the rain and again and again
(Take my name and just let me be)
(How does it feel?)
How does it feel?
(How does it feel?)
(How does it feel?)
(How does it feel?)
(How does it feel?)
How does it feel, now?
(How does it feel?)
(How does it feel?)
When you're alone and you're cold inside
(How does it feel?)
How does it feel?
(How does it feel?)
(How does it feel?)
(How does it feel?)
(How does it feel?)
How does it feel, now?
(How does it feel?)
(How does it feel?)
When you're alone and you're cold inside
Like a stranger in Moscow
Lord, i must say
Like a stranger in Moscow
Lord, i must say
We're talking danger
We're talking danger, baby
Like a stranger in Moscow
We're talking danger
We're talking danger, baby
Like a stranger in Moscow
I'm living lonely
I'm living lonely, baby
Stranger in Moscow
I'm living lonely
I'm living lonely, baby
Stranger in Moscow
[KGB interrogator - Russian to English Translation]
"Why have you come from the West? Confess!
To steal the great achievements of
the people, the accomplishments of the workers..."
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