Mary Wells
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Mary Wells

The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar

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eBook - ePub

Mary Wells

The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Full Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Little Mary Wells
  8. 2 Twenty-Two Takes
  9. 3 On Stage with Motown
  10. 4 Herman Griffin
  11. 5 Ambushed by the Girl Groups
  12. 6 Smokey Robinson
  13. 7 The Motown Revues
  14. 8 David Ruffin and Holland-Dozier-Holland
  15. 9 “My Guy”
  16. 10 “the Girl Who Beat the Beatles”
  17. 11 Trouble at the Top
  18. 12 Fighting Motown for Her Freedom
  19. 13 An Explosive Confrontation
  20. 14 Moving to Twentieth
  21. 15 Jackie Wilson and Carl Davis
  22. 16 Singing for Twentieth
  23. 17 Swimming the Wide Atlantic
  24. 18 Two Brothers and I Ain’t Ashamed
  25. 19 The Years of Jubilee
  26. 20 Curtis Womack
  27. 21 Mary on Drugs and Booze
  28. 22 Still on the Road, Still on Her Own
  29. 23 Coming in From the Applause
  30. 24 Kidnapped for a Song?
  31. 25 On the Road Again
  32. 26 An English Revival
  33. 27 Last Cruise to Catalina
  34. 28 Wells Vs. Cancer
  35. 29 Going for Broke
  36. 30 My Heart is Steadfast
  37. 31 You Beat Me to the Punch
  38. Epilogue | Some Further Doings
  39. Acknowledgments
  40. Appendix 1 | Us and Uk Discography
  41. Appendix 2 | Unreleased Mary Wells Tracks
  42. Appendix 3 | Tv, Video, and Film Appearances
  43. Appendix 4 | 1991 Suit against Motown Records
  44. Sources
  45. Index