Florence Ballard

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American singer Motown artist human singer

Florence Ballard was an American singer best known as a founding member of the Motown group The Supremes, whose life and career inspired the character Effie White in the musical "Dreamgirls."

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Label Occurrences
Florence Ballard canonical 15
Florence Ballard in The Supremes 1
Florence Glenda Ballard 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American singer ⓘ
Motown artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1976 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1959 ⓘ
associatedAct Berry Gordy ⓘ
Diana Ross ⓘ
Mary Wilson ⓘ
birthName Florence Ballard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Florence Glenda Ballard
burialPlace Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath coronary thrombosis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1943-06-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1976-02-22 ⓘ
employer Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Ballard ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Dreamgirls ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
doo-wop ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
givenName Florence ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1988 ⓘ
inspirationFor musical Dreamgirls ⓘ
inspiredCharacter Effie White ⓘ
memberOf The Primettes ⓘ
The Supremes ⓘ
name Florence Ballard self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Supremes ⓘ
notableFeature founding member of the Motown group The Supremes ⓘ
notableSong Baby Love ⓘ
Come See About Me ⓘ
Stop! In the Name of Love ⓘ
Where Did Our Love Go ⓘ
You Can’t Hurry Love ⓘ
surface form: You Can't Hurry Love
notableWork founding member of The Supremes ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
recordLabel ABC Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
residence Detroit, Michigan, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
spouse Thomas Chapman ⓘ
startPeriod late 1950s ⓘ
voiceType contralto ⓘ

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Effie White → inspiredBy → Florence Ballard ⓘ
The Supremes → member → Florence Ballard ⓘ
Mary Wilson → associatedAct → Florence Ballard ⓘ
Cindy Birdsong → associatedAct → Florence Ballard ⓘ
Cindy Birdsong → replaced → Florence Ballard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Florence Ballard in The Supremes
Florence Ballard → name → Florence Ballard self-link ⓘ
Florence Ballard → birthName → Florence Ballard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Florence Glenda Ballard
The Primettes → member → Florence Ballard ⓘ
The Primettes → hasNotableMember → Florence Ballard ⓘ
Where Did Our Love Go → hasBackgroundVocalist → Florence Ballard ⓘ
Baby Love → vocalist → Florence Ballard ⓘ
Come See About Me → vocalist → Florence Ballard ⓘ
Stop! In the Name of Love → groupMemberOnRecording → Florence Ballard ⓘ
You Can’t Hurry Love → vocalGroup → Florence Ballard ⓘ
You Keep Me Hangin’ On → backingVocalist → Florence Ballard ⓘ
I Hear a Symphony → performer → Florence Ballard ⓘ
The Supremes A’ Go-Go → vocalist → Florence Ballard ⓘ