Jean Terrell
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About
Best known as The Supremes' 1970 replacement for Diana Ross, this R&B singer performed with the popular vocal group for three years and then briefly pursued a solo career. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was part of a music group called F.L.O.S. (The Former Ladies of the Supremes).
Before Fame
While performing at a Miami, Florida club in 1968, she was discovered by Berry Gordy, who signed her to the Motown Records label and subsequently made her a member of The Supremes.
Trivia
Her debut solo album, I Had to Fall in Love, was released in 1978.
Family Life
Born in Belzoni, Mississippi, she later settled in Chicago, Illinois. Her brother, Ernie Terrell, was a champion heavyweight boxer who once faced the legendary Muhammad Ali.
Associated With
She and fellow Supremes vocalist Cindy Birdsong were both members of F.L.O.S.
