Originally Posted by
RanRan79
Okay Cap, that was a bit random...
However, I've never heard Berry had anything to do with the names, other than desiring the name change from Primettes. I've never heard that Diana, Mary and Barbara were late, only that Flo was the only one at Hitsville the day the contracts were being drawn up. I just figured she was the only one hanging around that day.
I think it's pretty much accepted that Janie Bradford provided Florence with a list of names to choose from that day. Mary wrote that they all had lists [[whether they wrote them down or simply had favorites in their heads, only Diana could answer today) and I can imagine four teenage girls having a difficult time agreeing on what to call their group. That might explain why on the day the contracts were being drawn up, the group still didn't have a name, forcing Janie to come up with a list, which she provided to Florence.
And we all know Flo chose "Supremes". It's one of the few things all the principal players seem to have agreed on, that Flo named the group. And thankfully she had great taste in a name. Who knows what they might have been had Diana, Mary or Barbara had her way.
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