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Title	:	The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard
Author	:	Peter Benjaminson
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2008 by Chicago Review Press
Categories	:	Music. Biography. Nonfiction. American. African American Literature. History

The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard

Peter Benjaminson

Hardcover | Pages: 240 pages

Rating: 3.85 | 163 Users | 27 Reviews

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The Supremes were the most successful female vocal group in history. Of the three original members--Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard—two told their life stories in bestselling books. Only Florence Ballard, the spunky teenager who founded the group, remained silent. But, in the months before her 1976 death, Flo actually did tell her own side of the Supremes story—and the story of her entire life—to Peter Benjaminson, who recorded her words on tape.

 

In this book, for the first time, is Flo Ballard’s entire heartbreaking tale, revealing: the suprising identity of the man who raped her before she entered the music business; the details of her love-hate relationship with Motown Records czar Berry Gordy—and an account of their first and only date; her serious drinking problem and ignored pleas for treatment; her never-ending desire to sing lead and how she was prevented from doing so; her attempts to get her life back on track after being brutally expelled from the Supremes; and much more.

 

Flo Ballard traveled around the world in luxury, chatting with royalty and heads of state, applauded by millions. But when she died at the age of 32, she was a lonely mother of three just barely recovered from years of poverty and despair. Though we may mourn the extended silence of such a profound talent, at least now we can begin to understand how and why it happened.

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Original Title:	The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard
ISBN:	1556527055 (ISBN13: 9781556527050)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.85 From 163 Users | 27 Reviews

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This book was very interesting. I appreciated hearing the story from a side that you don't typically get in most Supreme's autobiographies. I did however walk away feeling like there needed to be more. What I mean by that is that for example the author included a passage of the Supremes receiving money, then went on to say that it was a lot of money at the time. I would have appreciated an actual conversion of that amount into what that would be after inflation at the time the book was written.

This was a good book but the others I read were much betterThis book was mostly happenings from interviews The book was written good



A sad but interesting story about Motown and the Supremes.

I have always felt sorry for her, but, after reading this book it is obvious that she didn't help herself out.

An amazing bio about the life of Florence Ballard. It makes you truly realize what a horrible person Diana is and how horribly she treated Florence.

#1 of 52 musician biographies I plan to read in 2012. I really liked how the author skims over the "rise-to-the-top" stuff and gets right into how somebody can be at the height of success one moment and on welfare the next. I had always thought that Flo Ballard's story was kind of a garden-variety too much-too soon tale, but it's easy to understand now how she found herself in her particular predicament. The book presents a (surprise surprise) cynical view of the popular music industry, where