The Supremes were an act.
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 . The Supremes . Founding members Florence Ballard , Mary Wilson , Diana Ross , and Betty McGlown , all from the Brewster-Douglass public housing project in Detroit , formed the Primettes as the sister act to the Primes ( with Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks , who went on to form the Temptations ) . Martin left the act in early 1962 , and Ross , Ballard , and Wilson carried on as a trio .