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	Florence Ballard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ballard, nicknamed "Blondie" because of her auburn hair and light complexion, was the founder and original lead singer of The Primettes, an all-girl singing group spin-off of The Primes (later known as The Temptations).
		The Primettes would sign to the Motown label in 1961 and go on to make music history as The Supremes.
		Ballard had a voice resembling that of Billie Holiday; however, it was Ross's voice that stormed The Supremes into the charts, and the group ended up achieving ten number one hits from 1964 to 1967.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florence_Ballard (535 words)

	The Primettes: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		The Primettes [+] changed their name to the Supremes [+], endured a series of flops, and became one of the most successful female vocal groups ever.
		Gordy initially liked the Primettes [+] as backing vocalists because they were so accommodating and professional in the studio; if they had failed as featured artists, they would have reigned as Motown's premier female backing unit instead of the Andantes [+].
		The Primes [+] and the Primettes [+] recorded one tune together in the early days called "Not Now I'll Tell You Later," written by Smokey Robinson [+] and Otis Williams [+]; a version, not the original, appeared on the Temptations [+]'; Gettin' Ready album.
	www.music.com /group/the_primettes/1 (1259 words)

	The Supremes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Primettes soon began performing at record hops, social clubs, and talent shows around the Detroit area.
		Undaunted, The Primettes made a single for the Lupine label in 1960, "Tears of Sorrow", backed with "Pretty Baby", which failed to find an audience.
		During that same year, McGlown left the group to concentrate on her school studies and was replaced by Barbara Martin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Supremes (4034 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Diana Ross and the Supremes
		Originally named the Primettes, the group was created as a female counterpart to the Primes, a male vocal quartet that would eventually rocket to success as the Temptations.
		The Primettes consisted of sixteen-year-old Ross, then named Diane; Florence Ballard, who was fifteen at the time; sixteen-year-old Mary Wilson,; and eighteen-year-old Betty McGlown.
		There, the Primettes were spotted by a talent scout from Tamla Records (a division of the Motown Corporation), and the group managed to secure an audition with the founder of Motown,; Berry Gordy.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201046 (1004 words)

	Mary Wilson (singer) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mary Wilson (born March 6 1944 in Greenville, Mississippi) is a African American singer best known for her work as a member of the Motown soul and pop group The Supremes.
		Wilson was the only Supreme who was there from the very beginning in 1959, when the group was known as The Primettes, until the very end, when the group was dissolved in 1977.
		By 1961, The Primettes had signed to Motown Records, replaced McGlown with Barbara Martin, and changed their name to The Supremes.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Mary-Wilson-(singer).htm (999 words)

	Florence Ballard Fan Club
		After gaining their parent's permission, the four teenagers, in the spring of 1959, became officially known as the Primettes.
		As a result, the Primettes were performing at record hops, talent shows, and special engagements.
		Through him she arranged for the Primettes to audition with Berry Gordy of Motown Records.
	www.florenceballardfanclub.com /biography.htm (1866 words)

	Diana Ross and the Supremes
		Originally, The Primettes consisted of four girls: Diana, Mary, Florence, and BarbaraMartin.
		It was a logical move for The Primettes to try their luck with the successful record company Motown.
		BABY, BABY: The name Primettes was changed into The Supremes when the girls released their first record I Want A Guy on the Motown (Tamla) label.
	afgen.com /supremes.html (1604 words)

	Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		They were the Primettes, the "sister group" to the Primes, who later became the Temptations.
		After a year's time, the Primettes were signing their first recording contract with Motown.
		In the spring of 1961, the Primettes recorded their first single for Motown, called "I Want A Guy", which featured Diane's leads.
	members.aol.com /carlovisentin/supremes2.html (2216 words)

	Supremes Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Primettes form in the Brewster Projects as a sister group to the Primes (who will later become the Temptations).
		The Primettes play their first professional gig at a local union party.
		August — The Primettes audition for Motown chief Berry Gordy.
	www.albanyinstitute.org /exhibits/supremes.timeline.htm (1951 words)

	Mary Wilson
		The only Supreme to endure throughout the group's entire lifespan, Mary Wilson was born in Mississippi and raised by an aunt and uncle in the less-than-promising surroundings of Detroit's Brewster Projects.
		The line-up was soon completed with the addition of Diana Ross (another schoolmate) and Betty McGlown, and The Primettes set about establishing a name for themselves through performances at local clubs, 'sock hops', and talent competitions.
		In 1960 their first single Tears of Sorrow b/w Pretty Baby was released on the Detroit-based LuPine label; the record did not have much of an impact, however, and the four young women subsequently took to loitering about the offices of the newly-founded Motown label in hopes of getting a record contract.
	www.nndb.com /people/805/000047664 (889 words)

	Diana Ross
		Diana Ross (birth name Diane Ernestine Ross, born March 26, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American soul, R&B; and pop artist, and one of the most successful female artists of her era.
		Diana Ross, together with Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard and Barbara Martin formed The Primettes in 1959.
		After signing to Motown, in 1961, they changed the name of the group to The Supremes in 1963.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/d/di/diana_ross.html (403 words)

	Kim Wilde Encyclopedia: Supremes, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		America's most successful female vocal group of all time was formed by four Detroit schoolgirls in the late '50s.
		Diana Ross (born 26 March 1944, Detroit, USA), Betty Hutton, Florence Ballard (born 30 June 1943, Detroit, USA) and Mary Wilson (born 4 March 1944, Detroit, USA) named themselves the Primettes in tribute to the local male group, the Primes, who themselves found fame in the '60s as the Temptations.
		Having issued a solitary single on a small local label, the Primettes were signed to Berry Gordy's Motown stable, where they initially found public acceptance hard to find.
	www.kimwilde.com /kwe/supremes.html (1068 words)

	The Supremes
		In the summer of 1960, the group, now calling themselves The Primettes, wrangled an audition at Berry Gordy's Hitsville studio in Detroit through Diana's former next door neighbour, Smokey Robinson, Even though Gordy liked the teenagers, he told them that they were still too young and to come back again when they finished highschool.
		The Primettes recorded two tracks for a single release on the Lu-Pine label, but lack of promotion and distribution ended any hope of having a hit record.
		By the Fall of 1960, The Primettes were given the opportunity to record some material themselves, including a song called "After All", which was never released.
	www.classicbands.com /supremes.html (3946 words)

	The Supremes : Supremes
		Though the personnel changed frequently over the years, the Supremes began as Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson[?], old friends who had met in a public housing project in Detroit, Michigan.
		The trio, with Barbara Martin[?], were originally known as The Primettes and made a single for Lupine[?] in 1960.
		One year later, the Primettes became a trio known as the Supremes and signed to Motown Records.
	www.fastload.org /su/Supremes.html (321 words)

	MSN Encarta - Diana Ross
		Ross was born into a poor family in Detroit, Michigan.
		During high school, she and singers Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson formed a vocal group that became known as the Primettes.
		In 1961 the group signed a recording contract with the Motown Record Company and changed its name to the Supremes.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761580490/Diana_Ross.html (588 words)

	"Touch Me In The Morning"
		When Diana was fifteen, they became the Primettes, a sister group to the all-male Primes.
		To earn extra money, the Primettes also took straight jobs -- Diana in Hudson's Department Store, working as a cafeteria busgirl.
		Once signed by Motown records, the Primettes were renamed the Supremes, and went on to become the label's consummate commercial coup.
	www.superseventies.com /1973_6singles.html (923 words)

	The Temptations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		El, or Al) Bryant and bass vocalist Melvin Franklin were longtime veterans of the Detroit music scene when they joined together in the Distants, who in 1959 recorded the single "Come On" for the local Northern label.
		(Later, three of the Primettes Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard — formed the Supremes).
		In 1961, the Primes disbanded, but not before Otis Williams saw them perform live, where he was impressed both by Kendricks' vocal prowess and Paul Williams' choreography skills.
	www.vghf.com /Inductees/temptations.htm (621 words)

	Dick Hall ~ Entertainment Consultant / Special Events Producer ~ Speakers and Entertainers ~ 800-878-5205
		It was her dream of musical stardom as a Detroit teenager that led Mary Wilson to join her friends, Florence Ballard, Diana Ross and Betty McGlown in forming a singing group, The Primettes.
		The Primettes were the sister group to a male trio, The Primes.
		The Primes later became The Temptations, and The Primettes (with Barbara Martin replacing Betty) became THE SUPREMES - the most successful female vocal in the world.
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	Untitled
		Two groups of such hopefuls were The Primes and The Primettes.
		The Primettes, a quartet including Florence Ballard, Diana Ross, Betty McGlowan and Mary Wilson, were Detroit natives who had become friends with the newcomers.
		The Primettes cut a self-penned tune, “Tears of Sorrow,” for the Lupine label in 1959.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/8929/81177 (900 words)

	Caribbean Ads Ltd. Forum - WOMEN OF SOUL!!!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The brief failure turned into good fortune, as she was invited to sing with the Primettes, a girls' vocal group that included Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson among its members.
		She sang with the Primettes throughout her high school years at Cass Technical High.....
		If you factor in her work as the lead singer of The Supremes in the 1960s, she may be the most successful.
	www.caribbeanads.com /forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3838&whichpage=1 (5140 words)

	WhatzUp Archives
		Although in the end that powerful blend of talent may have been their undoing (with various members departing for solo careers), it can’t be denied that it’s what makes them not only one of the best acts to come out of Motown but, most definitely, one of the best to come out of American music.
		While it’s true that the Primettes later became the Supremes, the transition from Primes to Temptations was a somewhat more complex affair.
		More accurately, it was the merging of two distinctly talented groups, the Primes and the Distants, with members from each joining forces to form the Tempts.
	www.whatzup.com /Archives/cover120601.html (1277 words)

	Florence Ballard
		Impressed by the young girl's talent, Jenkins soon organized an all-female counterpart to The Primes around Ballard, enlisting her schoolmates Mary Wilson, Betty McGlown and Diana Ross.
		The Primettes then spent as much of 1959 as their schoolwork (and parents) would allow performing in every available venue.
		Through Ross' friend Smokey Robinson they were able to arrange an audition with Motown head Berry Gordy, but Gordy refused to sign them until they were out of high school; undaunted, the four young women constantly loitered about the Motown offices, taking whatever minor session work Gordy would allow.
	www.nndb.com /people/828/000092552 (802 words)

	Independent Study Fair Report
		Two of the Primettes members were Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson, Diana's friends.
		Now the Primettes were composed of Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, and Diana Ross.
		This is just what he did to their brother group who changed from the Primes to the Temptations.
	www.oberlin.k12.oh.us /talent/isp/reports2005/6Anne.htm (2008 words)

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		Going on to solo Soul success from the Falcons were Eddie Floyd (founder of the group), Mack Rice, Wilson Pickett, and Joe Stubbs (brother of the Four Tops Levi Stubbs) who scored later as lead singer with the Contours.
		Also illustrating our theme are the Primettes, a girl group formed in answer to the male vocal group in Detroit called the Primes.
		The connection between the Falcons and the Primettes is that they recorded for Lu Pine before the individuals switched to the then growing, prior to dominating, Tamla Motown group.
	www.junglerecords.fi /tuoteinfo/index.asp?id=9301 (289 words)

	The Primes: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		The Primettes [+] struck recording blood first at Lupine Records, backing artists like Don Revel and Gene Martin [+], and even recorded a single, "Pretty Baby." Tiring of gigging in small clubs, Kendricks left for Birmingham but returned shortly afterward; around the same time, Osborne left the Primes [+] to go solo.
		The Distants [+] became the Elgins [+], and secured a deal with Motown, upon which they became the Temptations [+]; already on board was their former sister group, the Primettes [+], now the Supremes [+].
		The Temptations [+] cut their first Motown release on the Miracle label, "Oh Mother of Mine" b/w "Romance Without Finance," and the rest is history.
	www.music.com /group/the_primes/1 (470 words)

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