Rosalind Ashford helped the group to distinguish themselves from the other girl groups in the label including the pop-oriented Marvelettes and the doo-wop-influenced Supremes with a rougher, brassier gospel-influenced sound. Reeves was a brassy alto while Annette was a deep contralto, and Rosalind was a high soprano. Like the Supremes' Florence Ballard, the Marvelettes' Wanda Rogers and The Four Tops' Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Ashford registered as the high background vocal in Vandellas records. After "Quicksand" gave the group a third top forty pop hit, Beard left to start a family with her new spouse. Reeves recruited a former member of The Velvelettes,
Alimi Ballard Alimi Ballard Alimi Ballard Stiller (born October 17, 1977) is an American television actor. He is best known for his role as FBI agent David Sinclair on the CBS police procedural, "Numb3rs". Ballard recently starred in the ABC legal thriller, "The Catch". From 1993 to 1996, Ballard portrayed Frankie Hubbard (son of "All My Children" supercouple Jesse and Angie) on the ABC daytime soap opera "Loving" and its successor series "The City". In 1997, he was a regular cast member on the short-lived ABC sitcom "Arsenio", which starred Arsenio Hall and Vivica A. Fox. He also portrayed Quizmaster Albert on