Florence Ballard Ballard chose "Supremes". When the other members heard of the new name, they were not pleased. Diana Ross feared they would be mistaken for a male vocal group. Eventually Gordy agreed to sign them under that name on January 15, 1961. The group struggled in their early years with the label, releasing eight singles that failed to crack the "Billboard" Hot 100, giving them the nickname "no-hit Supremes". One track, "Buttered Popcorn", led by Ballard, was a regional hit in the Midwest, but still failed to chart. During a 1962 Motortown Revue tour, Ballard briefly replaced the Marvelettes' Wanda Young
Florence A. Davis Florence A. Davis Florence Davis is the President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Starr Foundation. She has served since March 1999. Davis graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley College and then the New York University School of Law where she was a Root-Tilden Scholar. She joined Sullivan & Cromwell in 1979. In 1986, she began working for Morgan Stanley rising to Director of Worldwide Regulatory Affairs. In 1995, she became Vice President and General Counsel at American International Group (AIG). In 1992, she was named to the 40 under 40 list by "Crain’s New York