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Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. Ive been a fan of marys music for most of my life having grown up listening to it. Time and legions of other soul superstars have obscured the fact that for a brief moment, mary wells was motowns biggest star. Mary wells, best known for her 1964 hit my guy, was motowns first female superstar. Along with the supremes, the miracles, the temptations, and the four tops, wells was said to have been part of the charge in black music onto radio stations and record shelves of mainstream america, bridging the color lines in music at the time. Mary esther wells was born may, 1943 in detroit michigan near wayne state university. Andalusi music in urban north africa chicago studies in ethnomusicology. The tumultuous life of motowns first superstar kindle edition by benjaminson, peter. The motown sound is something that you cannot escape. Mary esther wells may, 1943 july 26, 1992 was an american singer who helped to define. The tumultuous life of motown s first superstar peter benjaminson complete with neverbeforerevealed details about the sex, violence, and drugs in her life, this biography reveals the incredibly turbulent life of motown artist mary wells. In another thread, berry gordy and claudette robinson refer to claudette as the first lady of motown.
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The tumultuous life of motowns first superstar, documents wells rise, as well as her dramatic and tragic fall. The valentinos briefly disbanded before regrouping as a quartet in 1966, signing with chess records where they recorded the northern soul hit, sweeter than the day before, written by cecil womack and singer mary wells. Standing in the shadows of motown download ebook pdf. This column is compiled quarterly based on the output of the monographic music cataloging units of the library of congress. Before diana ross defined the image of the motown female. Watch mary wells my guy live 1965 mickey nold on dailymotion. Mary wells the tumultuous life of motowns first superstar hardcover book a stunning look at the great mary wells one of motowns first female acts of the 60s, and on dusty groove is chicagos online record store. Entries appear on the list as they are cataloged by the library, regardless of the date of publication. People of my generation always remember mary wells being referred to as the first lady of motown in the early sixties, especially when radio deejays were introducing her records. Peter benjaminson is the author of the lost supreme. The tumultuous life of motown s first superstar, the story of motown, and, with david anderson, investigative reporting.
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