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| Title | : | The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard |
| Author | : | Peter Benjaminson |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2008 by Chicago Review Press |
| Categories | : | Music. Biography. Nonfiction. American. African American Literature. History |
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 ReviewsAssess Appertaining To Books The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard
If youve never read anything about the rise and fall of the Supremes, you might enjoy this book more than I did. However, if youre a Supremes fanatic like me, youll probably find it middle of the road. While not as bad as the Diana Ross memoir, Secrets of a Sparrow (even the name of that one starts the gag reflex,) this book reads more like a long newspaper article instead of a well thought out book. I guess that would make sense as the author was a newspaper reporter for the Detroit Free Press.The Lost Supreme-: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard by Peter Benjaminson is a 2008 Chicago Review Press publication. I found this book while checking out the new Hoopla service provided by my library. I knew little or nothing about this artist so I decided to check it out. The bulk of the book came from several taped interviews the author did shortly before Ms. Ballard's death. The tapes were transcribed for publication but it wasn't until the movie Dreamgirls that the interest was high
Such a sad story
Good Read. Motown fan.
I did like this biography but it was so short that I felt like there wasn't enough. Florence Ballard got the short end of the stick all through life and her biography continued that. I mean it wasn't even 200 pages. The author spoke with him personally so how was there not more information? He even quoted other biographies. I felt like this was like a lazy kid giving a book report and they just piggybacked on what others said about a book. He quoted Otis William's book about The Temptations and
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
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