October 25, 2021 Records of the Day

The Supremes were not overnight sensations. On their first recordings it was Florence Ballard and not Diana Ross who sang lead. Things were going so poorly that Ross took a job in a Detroit department store. But when she was put at the front mike, the Supremes would go on to have 12 #1 hits beginning with “Where Did Our Love Go” and “Baby Love.” But the early releases with Florence Ballard as lead singer can be quite collectible. “Buttered Popcorn,” released on the Tamla label, is worth up to $250.00 and “I Want a Guy,” their first single on Motown, can get you $1,000.00 today.

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