WALK ON BY

THIS IS THE 2ND VERSION WITH NEW AND CLEARER PICTURES!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• florence
• ballard
• the
• supremes
• 60's
• music

[gloryclark]

why didnt her album sell like diana

[dynamite8503]

@gloryclark when Flo left Motown she signed her royalties away and she wasn't allowed to say that she was a former member of The Supremes. She had two singles that didn't sell so ABC cancelled her album.

[AishaBoothHorton]

she refused to sleep her way to the top and she refused to be controlled therefore she was black listed THAT is why her music did not sell. Anyone with at least one working ear knows she sings better than Diana (no disrespect to Diana) but it is what it is

[Madea8917]

Go Flo, I knew you could sing your my troubles away.  RIP Soul Singer..

[MaStormy]

DIONNE WHO??????

[ramona2400]

Flo Ballard was a dynamic singer in her own right and part of surely the greatest female vocal trio to date. Flo deserved far better than what she got from Gordy, Motown, Wilson and Ross. But history has a way of correcting all wrongs, and here we are long after her dismissal from The Supremes and her tragic death - STILL - talking about Miss Ballard - so she must have done something right. WALK ON BY MISS BALLARD and REST IN PEACE - you are an angel who is not forgotten.

[InnerBouquet]

Thanks for posting this. Florence Ballard had such a wonderful voice and there isn't much available with her singing lead. Given the tragic way her life went after she was replaced in the Supremes, it makes her singing even more poignant.

[VintageSoulMusic]

So beautiful. She truly was "Supreme" ....I have this cd and play it all the time.....Rest In Peace Flo

[starla22g]

@mhertz25 Totally agree. She doesn't even sound as good as Dionne Warwick. She did deserve to go it on her own, her problem was, she was uneducated how things work in the music biz and because of that, she signed away her royalities and wasn't allowed to say she was a former Supreme. Before Berry brought the axe down on her,she should have consulted an entertainment attorney to go over her contract. But it was a different time back then. Many artist were taken advantage of.

[GrandsonofSoul]

I absolutely love this version, and Flo is my favorite Supreme. Flo had such a strong and at the same time beautiful voice. And I just love how she says, "walk on by". She had just the right amount of rasp in her voice and it sounds so great.

[mhertz25]

This is really awful. All the books that say that Flo had a voice like Aretha must have been written by people who were drinking with Flo. There is nothing special about her voice....it's shrill, ragged and lacking a distinctive sound. God Bless Flo, but she may have been meant to be a back-up singer. If she had just accepted that, she might be alive today.

[jonez2020]

It's sad smh..... that a woman with a magnificent voice, never received her respect in music.

[Bigjig20111]

I always thought she was a better singer than Diana.