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She came to the attention of berry gordy as a 17yearold, hawking a song shed written for jackie wilson. The record company changed the way music was done in the 60s and 70s, letting black people see famous musicians. A saga of motown dreams, success, and betrayal ebook written by mark ribowsky. The tumultuous life of motown s first superstar peter benjaminson the lost supreme suzanne smith dancing in the street. Mary esther wells may, 1943 july 26, 1992 was an american singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of motown in the early 1960s. Mary wellsmotowns superstartribute page public group. Midnight mover by bobby womack book read online scribd. List of any and all books about motown or motown artists. Without smokey robinson and berry gordy, wellss hits dried up. Download the karma code by daniel davidsohn in pdf epub ebook. The fact that mary is no longer with us means benjaminson had to take piecemeal info about her and string it into a coherent. The tumultuous life of motown s first superstar ebook. The tumultuous life of motowns first superstar benjaminson, peter on.
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