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Title: Diana Ross And The Supremes - Greatest Hits
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1967, R&B, Motown Soul, Detroit, Michigan
Matrix #: MS 2-663
Condition: VG
Cultural Facts:
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Media Narrative: Motown packaged them as crossover royalty, carefully styling image, interviews, and song selection to break into white mainstream TV and radio.
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Band Drama: The shift to “Diana Ross And The Supremes” created internal tension, especially with Florence Ballard, whose role was reduced before her eventual removal.
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Personal Struggle: Florence Ballard later faced depression, alcoholism, and financial collapse after leaving Motown, dying in 1976 at just 32.
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