Florence Ballard her suit. Angered, Gordy ordered her to return to Detroit, and Birdsong officially replaced her, abruptly ending her tenure with the Supremes. It had been decided as early as May that Birdsong would be Ballard's official replacement once Birdsong's contract with the Bluebelles was bought out. In August 1967, the "Detroit Free Press" reported that Ballard had taken a temporary leave of absence from the group due to "exhaustion". Ballard eventually married her boyfriend, Thomas Chapman, on February 29, 1968. A week earlier, on February 22, Ballard and Motown negotiated to have Ballard released from the label. Her attorney in
Girl Talk (musical group) of the hitmaking team Stock Aitken and Waterman. "Can The Rhythm" was also released in the United States, where it was released through Geffen Records and reached #26 on the "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1985. In 1987, the sisters moved to WEA and released two further singles, "Falling For You" (produced by The Quick) and "I Will Give You Love" (produced by John Rocca), which both failed to chart. Unlike most of the girl groups of the era, three of their singles were written solely by group member Karen Wright. Girl Talk (musical group) Girl Talk was