Cindy Birdsong (center) with The Supremes in 1970, on the cover of the Right On LP.

Cindy Birdsong (born Cynthia Ann Birdsong on December 15, 1939 in Camden, New Jersey) is an African-American singer. Image File history File linksMetadata Supremes-right-on. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Supremes-right-on. ... The Supremes were a very successful Motown all-female singing group active from 1959 until 1977, performing at various times doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway showtunes, psychedelia, and disco. ... Right On is a 1970 album recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label, the first Supremes album not to feature former lead singer Diana Ross. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Tweeter Center The City of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey in the United States. ... An African American (also Afro-American or Black American, or black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ...

Birdsong was a founder member of Patti LaBelle & the Blue Belles, a group she performed with from its 1960 inception until 1967, when she was hired by Berry Gordy to replace Florence Ballard in The Supremes. Just as Birdsong joined the group, the Supremes were in the process of changing their name to "Diana Ross & the Supremes", acknowledging Ross as the group's focal point. Initially, Cindy was greeted with a chilly response by longterm Supremes fans, but has, over the course of the past three decades, become a definite favorite and cherished member for most fans of the group. Labelle was an American R&B group, who successfully melded dance music with funk and glam rock, resulting in such memorable songs as Lady Marmalade. The group was led by Patti LaBelle, who later had a successful solo career. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... After his return from Korea in 1953, he married Thelma Coleman. ... Album cover showing Florence Ballard (left), with The Supremes - Mary Wilson and Diana Ross Florence Flo Ballard (June 30, 1943 - February 22, 1976) was an African American singer, born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. ... The Supremes were a very successful Motown all-female singing group active from 1959 until 1977, performing at various times doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway showtunes, psychedelia, and disco. ... This article is about the American musician. ...

Ross left the Supremes for a solo career in 1970, at which point Jean Terrell was brought in as the new lead singer. Birdsong continued to perform with the Supremes until 1972, when she married and became pregnant with her first child. After a brief retirement, Birdsong returned to the Supremes in late 1973 and remained until she quit the act in 1976. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Jean Terrell (born November 26, 1944 in Belzoni, Mississippi) is an African-American soprano singer, best known for having replaced Diana Ross in the Supremes in 1970. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ...

After leaving the Supremes, Birdsong worked at UCLA Medical Center under her married name, and then went to work for Suzanne de Passe at Motown Records. In 1983 Cindy joined fellow former Supremes Mary Wilson and Diana Ross in a one-off reunion of the award winning television special celebrating twenty five years of Motown Records; Motown 25 Yesterday, Today and Forever. In 1987, Birdsong returned to singing, and released the single, "Dancing Room" on Hi-Hat Records. In 2000, she reunited with the Blue Belles for the first time in 33 years. Other songs were demoed, but none released. She is currently a minister in the Los Angeles area. UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. ... Suzanne de Passe (born in 1948 in New York City, New York) is an African-American entertainment executive; the CEO of television production company de Passe Entertainment. ... Motown, also known as Tamla-Motown outside the U.S., is a record label founded on December 14, 1959 by Berry Gordy, Jr. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In most Protestant churches, a minister is a member of the ordained clergy who leads a congregation or participates in a role in a parachurch ministry; such a person may also be called a Pastor, Preacher, Bishop, Chaplain or Elder. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

Ms. Birdsong has recently finished her memoirs, and is looking for a publisher.