Yeah, it sucks, but thems the breaks. Both songs are still fantastic works in the Supremes' catalog and Flo is still a major factor in most of the songs recorded during what I refer to as the Flo years. And she's on all the other hits up to "In and Out", so I'm okay with her missing two.
Marlene really was a good replacement for Flo on record and she blended well with Mary. But what I love about the Flo and Mary combo is that the two of them didn't quite blend together, but instead sang together in a way that their two voices really stood out from each other, and at the same time, complimented one another, which I would think is a fairly difficult thing to do. Mary and Marlene blended in together. Mary and Cindy often did too. What Flo and Mary did was something different, and it made them special. Am I making sense?
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