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Mary Wells : The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar

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ISBN: 9781569762486 | 1569762481
Edition: 1st
Format: Trade Book
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date: 11/1/2012

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Complete with never-before-revealed details about the sex, violence, and drugs in her life, this biography reveals the incredibly turbulent life of Motown artist Mary Wells. Based in part on four hours of previously unreleased and unpublicized deathbed interviews with Wells, this account delves deeply into her rapid rise and long fall as a recording artist, her spectacular romantic and family life, the violent incidents in which she was a participant, and her abuse of drugs. From tumultuous affairs, including one with R&B superstar Jackie Wilson, to a courageous battle with throat cancer that climaxed in her gutsiest performance, this history draws upon years of interviews with Wells's friends, lovers, and husband to tell the whole story of a woman whose songs crossed the color line and whose voice captivated the Beatles.
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Author's Notep. ix
Prefacep. xi
Little Mary Wellsp. 1
Twenty-Two Takesp. 12
On Stage with Motownp. 26
Herman Griffinp. 31
Ambushed by the Girl Groupsp. 37
Smokey Robinsonp. 41
The Motown Revuesp. 47
David Ruffin and Holland-Dozier-Hollandp. 57
"My Guy"p. 65
"The Girl Who Beat the Beatles"p. 71
Trouble at the Topp. 77
Fighting Motown for Her Freedomp. 90
An Explosive Confrontationp. 101
Moving to Twentiethp. 109
Jackie Wilson and Carl Davisp. 116
Singing for Twentiethp. 123
Swimming the Wide Atlanticp. 133
Two Brothers and I Ain't Ashamedp. 141
The Years of Jubileep. 153
Curtis Womackp. 160
Mary on Drugs and Boozep. 173
Still on the Road, Still on Her Ownp. 183
Coming in from the Applausep. 189
Kidnapped for a Song?p. 201
On the Road Againp. 205
An English Revivalp. 216
Last Cruise to Catalinap. 221
Wells vs. Cancerp. 227
Going for Brokep. 236
My Heart Is Steadfastp. 243
You Beat Me to the Punchp. 250
Epilogue Some Further Doingsp. 256
Acknowledgmentsp. 260
US and UK Discographyp. 263
Unreleased Mary Wells Tracksp. 275
TV, Video, and Film Appearancesp. 276
1991 Suit against Motown Recordsp. 278
Sourcesp. 281
Indexp. 289
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Peter Benjaminson is the author of The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard and The Story of Motown, and is the coauthor of Investigative Reporting. He has written numerous stories for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Detroit Free Press. He lives in New York City.


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