The Primettes Was The Original Recording Name For The Supremes From 1958 To 1961. Detroit's Female Quartet Created In 1959 By Florence Ballard As Sister Group To The Primes. Ballard Mary Wilson Betty Travis And Diana Ross Wanted To Record For Motown Records But After An Audition Berry Gordy Sent The Teenagers Back To School. The Girls Persisted Singing In Special Events Talent Contest Record Hops And The Occasional Night Club Sang Background Vocals For Al Garner And Released A Single On Lu Pine Records "Pretty Baby" Led By Wilson And "Tears Of Sorrow" By Ross. Eventually Travis Left Barbara Martin Replaced Her And In 1961 They Were Signed To Motown. Martin Left After The First Single Was Released When The Group Became The Trio The Supremes.
Sister Group To The Primes Who Featured Temptations-To-Be Paul Williams And Eddie Kendricks Began As A Quartet But Would Slim To A Trio Founder Florence Ballard Her Friend Mary Wilson And Het Schoolfriend Diane Later Diana Ross As The Supremes. First Rejected By Berry Gordy The 4 Cut This Beaty "Shoo-Be-Doo-Wop" R&B-Pop Whose Melody Has Strong Hints Of The Drifters' There Goes My Baby.