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