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Was Florence Ballard a soprano or a mezzo soprano?
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Florence was a Soprano. However, she could sing low too and on many of her leads she sings in her chest voice in the Contralto/Mezzo-Soprano range. Leads on songs like "Buttered Popcorn" and "Ain't That Good News" recorded while she was a Supreme are good examples of her more soulful sound. Most recordings that feature her on backing have her singing the soprano [[high) part. One of her lowest notes can be found on her cover of "Yesterday" from her shelved solo album from 1968 that was released in 2001 as The Supreme Florence Ballard.
this article also lists songs she sang background on like "let me go t right way", "long gone lover", "let me hear u say i love you", "Who could ever doubt my love" among others check out the cite for a complete wrap up on her upper to lower ranges.
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