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Florence Glenda Chapman (née Ballard; June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes. She sang on 16 top 40 singles with the group, including ten number-one hits.
Apr 2, 2014 · Singer Florence Ballard formed The Supremes in 1961 with childhood friends Mary Wilson and Diana Ross. She sang on 16 different Top 40 hits.
3 days ago · A founding member of the Supremes, Florence Ballard sang on ten No.1s, but died at the age of just 32 in her hometown of Detroit in 1976.
Jun 28, 2010 · It was 1976 and ousted Supremes member Florence Ballard had tragically died after years of poverty and despair. Writer Mark Bego was at the funeral, and he vividly tells about Diana Ross ‘s sad...
In the months before she died, Florence Ballard, the spunky teenager who founded the most successful female vocal group in history—the Supremes—told her own side of the story.
In Detroit in 1958, Florence Ballard, a junior high school student living in the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, met Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks, who were two members of a Detroit singing group known as the Primes.
Feb 23, 1976 · DETROIT, Feb. 22 (UPI)—Florence Ballard. who attained stardom as one of the original members of the Supremes singing trio but spent the last few years living on welfare, died today of a cardiac...
Jun 30, 2013 · As a founding member of The Supremes, Florence Ballard should have had it all. On the day Ballard would have turned 70, we look back on a life and career tragically cut short.
Florence Ballard nicknamed "Flo" or "Blondie" (June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976), was an Detroit singer, and the founder of the Hall of Fame Motown group The Supremes. During their early years, members of The Supremes (aka The Primettes) enjoyed a democratic distribution of leads on songs.
…of Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard (replaced in 1967 by Cindy Birdsong), the Supremes achieved 12 number one hits on the pop charts, including “Baby Love” (1964), “Stop! In the Name of Love” (1965), and “Someday We’ll Be Together” (1969).
