Originally Posted by
BigAl
Although there was much conjecture among fans regarding Tammi's possibly taking over the post of Supremes' lead, I have my doubts that it was ever even considered inside Hitsville. Tammi had been signed as a solo artist and had released records under her own name before being teamed with Marvin. Once the two were paired she rose to fame. Even had she not become ill and died, it would not have been a wise move to place her in another act. For one thing, she was reportedly not terribly stable and The Supremes had had enough instability to deal with. For another thing, she was too well known on her own by that time to be reassigned to fronting a group. Third, she was tiny, physically, and would not have been able to carry off the necessary visuals very well. [[Granted, so were Scherrie and Susaye, but that was later, when less was at stake for the group as far as Hitsville's higher-ups were concerned.) All in all, it would have been a bad match, I think.
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