She and her groupmates, Diana Ross (then known as Diane), Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard, signed a recording contract with Motown founder Berry Gordy on January 15, 1961 as The Supremes, a name that Ballard had chosen (as she was the only group member in the studio at the time) from a list provided by Motown songwriter, Janie Bradford, and became part of the Motown stable of performers.
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He married Erika Klambauer in 1948 and had six children, Barbara, Martin, Bernhard, Elisabeth von Trapp, Tobias, and Stefan.