The Lost Supreme
Subtitle: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Published: April 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781556527050
Subjects: Music / Soul; Composers & Musicians - General; Genres & Styles - Soul & R&B; Music; Biography / Autobiography; 1943-1976; Ballard, Florence,; Biography; Singers; Supremes (Musical group); United States
Description: 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. Recorded on tape, Flo shed light on all areas of her life, including the surprising identity of the man by whom she was raped prior to entering the music business, the details of her love-hate relationship with Motown Records czar Berry Gordy, her drinking problem and pleas for help, a never-ending desire to be the Supremes' lead singer, and her attempts to get her life back on track after being brutally expelled from group. This is a tumultuous and heartbreaking story of a world-famous performer whose life ended at the age of 32 as a lonely mother of three who had only recently recovered from years of poverty and despair.