Originally Posted by
BayouMotownMan
It was a rather non-descript lp, and a project that Gordy often did when trying to bring Diana Ross's competition to it's knees: Sign that artist, put out a product with no promotion and sink their careers. When an artist leaves a major label, or is dropped, without a hit record the best they can hope for is a smaller label to take them on because rarely would a larger label invest in them. Carroll was fresh off the success of her Julia show and was even considered for the Billie Holiday movie. Like with Barbara McNair before, Leslie Uggams after, these ladies were signed to "Ross's" label, offered no promotion beyond promises of such. I think I saw one ad in Billboard for Carroll's lp.
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