Originally Posted by
TheMotownManiac
I understand there are many opinions and none are correct [[as they ARE opinions, after all) and I'm sure there are people who felt Flo had the best voice, but what Otis thinks means nothing to me and I do not believe Aretha said as much. In the only interview I've seen where she addresses the subject, she said, "I saw them before they hit and thought to myself that the one in the middle had something.....that she would probably get somewhere." Big deal also. Who cares what Aretha thinks? I'm not gonna put banana syrup on my chicken n waffles because she does, either. I still heartily believe Mary made the case for Flo in her book to pursue her agenda and it worked: it brought her national fame and exposure she had not seen 1% of as a solo, or in the prior fifteen years period. Mary neglected to mention that HDH, who knew Flo's voice better than almost anyone and left Motown at the same time, chose not to work with her before and after ABC.