The lost Supreme : the life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard / Peter Benjaminson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benjaminson, Peter, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballard, Florence, 1943-1976.

Ballard, Florence.

Singers--United States--Biography.

Singers.

United States.

Supremes (Musical group).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, [2008]

Contents:

Preface: Flo and Me xiii

Introduction: Founder and Soul Sister xix

1 Detroit Is Where It's At 1

2 Generosity and Betrayal 9

3 Always a Bridesmaid 25

4 Roughing It 37

5 "Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom, Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom, Ba-by, Ba-by" 45

6 In Pursuit of False Gods 51

7 Supremes at the Summit 55

8 Room at the Top 67

9 Struggle Among the Stars 75

10 The Corner of Hollywood and Woodward 83

11 Trouble at the Top 87

12 After the Fall 99

13 "I Now Pronounce You" 107

14 Dashed Hopes 109

15 Fleeced Again 119

16 Bleak House 125

17 Friend or Foe? 129

18 Paranoid, Isolated, and Homeless 135

19 Three into Two Won't Go 141

20 Down, Down, Down and Out 145

21 Inside the Mental Ward 153

22 To Err Is Human 163

23 The Lost Supreme 167

24 Flo Sums It Up 171

25 Where's the Rest of Me? 173

Afterword: The Dreamgirls Resurrections 177

Appendix 1 Florence Ballard, Primettes, and Supremes Discography 181

Appendix 2 Excerpts from Florence Ballard's Legal Case Against Motown Records et al. 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203), discography (pages 181-184), and index.

ISBN:

9781556527050

1556527055

OCLC:

163625370

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