Richard Street's Memoir My Life as a Temptation--Diana and the Supremes.
I just bought the Kindle version of Richard Street's autobiography and I am just at the part where Richard says he met and fell in love with Diane Ross in Jr High School. He's very complimentary and said when they became the Primettes, he sang with them sometimes, helping with the background duties. I never knew that. Actually he and Melvin Franklin used to practice with the soon-to-be Primettes--they were all going to be part of the same group! Richard went on to say what a great voice Florence had with a "strong alto pitch," and that Mary and Diane sang behind Florence.Mary and D had a perfect blend and when they all came together it was basically magic. R said that after a while he noticed how unique and hard-working Diana was, but had no idea she's "soar as far as she would." He went on to say nobody could compare to DR's "grace and style." It's interesting to me that even in this early in their singing careers, people were picking out DR as special even though they were all good. More later...