Originally Posted by
RanRan79
I don't know about that Ollie. Half the songs Flo cut at ABC wouldn't have been a good pairing for Diana either. Flo was not a "pop" singer. That's what Diana, and honestly even Mary, had over her. Both Diana and Mary could do R&B as well, but they also had voices that had a pop quality to them that made a perfect fit with a lot of the current music at the time. Flo was soul, bluesy, jazzy, and there was a sophistication to it that I think leant itself well to certain standards and showtunes. At another label, like Atlantic for instance, Flo's first solo go would probably have produced a better quality of tunes. If the Supremes had come about in the mid 50s [[meaning if they were ten years older and started their group ten years before they actually did), Flo probably would have been the lead singer and excelled at it. The group came about at just the right time for a voice like Diana's to be taken seriously. While I'm not as much of a fan of Flo's "People" as I once was, I always have to point out that audiences at the time apparently loved it, which is why it was in the act for so long.
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