 During the mid-1960s, the Supremes achieved mainstream success with Ross as lead singer and Holland-Dozier-Holland as its songwriting and production team.In 1967, Motown president Berry Gordy renamed the group Diana Ross & the Supremes, and replaced Ballard with Cindy Birdsong.In 1970, Ross left to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Jean Terrell and the group reverted to being The Supremes again.