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Florence Ballard

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The Resume

    (June 30, 1943-February 22, 1976)
    Born in Rosetta, Mississippi
    Member of the Supremes (1959-67)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was fired from the Supremes for repeatedly missing concert dates and recording sessions.
    She suffered from depression.
    She drank heavily.
    She ended up on welfare.
    She told an interviewer, 'I had it all. I was a Supreme. Now? Now I have nothing.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    When she was 17, she was raped at knife point by a friend of her brother.
    According to Mary Wilson, she was the best singer in the Supremes.
    She was relegated to the background when Berry Gordy decided Diana Ross had a more commercial look.
    Her rags to riches to rags story inspired the musical 'Dreamgirls.'
    When Jennifer Hudson won a Golden Globe for 'Dreamgirls,' she dedicated the award to Ballard, who she described as 'a lady who never got a fair chance.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 74 Votes: 66.22% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 7.14% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 31 Votes: 25.81% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 78 Votes: 55.13% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 78 Votes: 56.41% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 53 Votes: 47.17% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 73 Votes: 43.84% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 40 Votes: 52.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 49 Votes: 59.18% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 58 Votes: 32.76% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 124 Votes: 44.35% Annoying