Vocal Range: Florence Ballard: The REAL Effie White [C3-D6 | 3.1 Octaves]

VOICE TYPE: Soprano
Lower Chest Voice: C3-G3
Upper Chest Voice: G4-G#5
Head Voice: C5-D6

Florence Glenda Ballard Chapman (June 30, 1943 -- February 22, 1976) 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 before recieving an insurance settlement with which she began to re-build her life with, purchasing a new house and car.

In 1976, Ballard died of cardiac arrest at the age of thirty-two while making a comeback in the entertainment industry. Her death has been called "one of rock's greatest tragedies".

The character "Effie White" from the 1981 broadway play and 2006 play Dreamgirls is loosely based on Florence Ballard and The Supremes story. Jennifer Hudson won a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for her portrayal of Effie White in the "Dreamgirls" film. In her Golden Globe acceptance speech, Hudson dedicated her win to Florence Ballard.

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[chewerboy]

UNDERRATED TTM! :(

[MeetTheSupremes]

@chewerboy I agree!

[FlorenceBallardTV]

I love the video hun you did a great Job!

[MeetTheSupremes]

@FlorenceBallardTV Thanks :)

[iraklitushishvili]

It isn't healthy notes!!!

[davidj1210]

Cindy Birdsong, though talented, did not do the group the same harmonic justice that Flo did because she was not naturally a contralto. Flo had superlative range, but her tessitura is definitely in the low dramatic contralto range. Cindy was naturally a mezzo-soprano. There harmonies would never be the same without Flo's husky, honking, horn-of-a-voice. The harmonies went to shit. Cindy would've been better off in the Bluebells with Patti.

[davidj1210]

Naturally, her range is incredible. However, I think she was definitely a low contralto, not soprano. She had the range to sing soprano, but her comfort range sits low in the voice, like Phyllis Hyman. Her glory tones were when she dug deep into the depths of true female-tenor lows. That's why the Supremes didn't have the same pitch-perfect, tight harmony after she was fired. They needed Flo to carry those low notes. Cindy Birdsong was more of a mezzo-soprano.

[pissedoff7771]

get you some help.its nothing to be ashamed of.you are sick.i was fortunate.i didnt lose my family or friends many of us do.i was a funny drunk but after the alcohol wore off it was no longer fun.i heard florence had straighten her life out.good for her! this disease i would sit for hours AND for hours trying to figure it out and i could not.since i could not i decided to beat it.iam proud that my grand kids never saw me drunk.i have met alcoholics as young as 10. get help!

[pissedoff7771]

once you really say to your self iam beat,this shit has beat me up and taken every thing.its time to let it go or die.which one you ask your self.jail,institution or death? you cannot sober up for any one but you.it was harder then child birth.i though that was rough.child birth is a breeze to alcoholism.this shit does have a spirit in that bottle and that spirit wants your life.i would say iam only going to drink one beer today.FOOL! a 40 isnot one beer.then it would be on.if you are hurting

[pissedoff7771]

i though they were going to throw me out of i laughed so hard.some days i would sit there counting the minutes to get me another beer.i didnot want to hear hear that shit! soon as i got out to 7 11 i would go and get me some beer.come back the next day and get another one day coin.i had so many one day coins i could open my own store.alcholism is baffling just as the material says.it takes everything,it takes over everything.it will make you suffer emotionally and physically.the thing is cont..

[pissedoff7771]

there are very funny moments on that ward.one morning i was coming down the hall.they had this woman strapped down.the nurse was sitting there so i stopped to say hi.the patient strapped down call me over she says baby go to the kitchen,get a knife and cut me lose.i laughed to myself.iam here on the crazy ward too,you think they are going to let me get a knife? in there eyes iam just as crazy as you.the only shameful thing about addiction is not getting help.the first meeting i went to i cont

[pissedoff7771]

there are ups and downs in every ones life. this is apart of being human.being alcoholic myself i can relate to some of florences problems.some times we must hit bottom before getting back up.the real sad part is not getting back up.ive been on the psychiatric ward many times.drying out suffering with depression.its a cycle.youre depress so you drink.you drink and get more depress wondering whats wrong with me? why cant i stop?this is crazy.you are ill and without help alcohol will kill you cont

[pissedoff7771]

thats what iam talking about the end of manhattan.it knocked my niece out not knowing florence could sign like that wonderful,just wonderful..

[wonderboyjoy]

@babyboi1002 you enjoy florence and she is great to you. i am glad you are a fan of florence's. enjoy the music but it is not right to make something out of something that was not there. who knows what coulod have been and what jealousies came from florence and diana and mary, who still seems to have jealousies to this day. i hope you get many more hours of pleasure from florence. i do not hate her. she was good at what she did.