· Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar. Author Peter Benjaminson will present his new book, the first biography ever on Motown superstar Mary Wells at the Book Beat, Greenfield in Oak Park, on Thursday, January 24th at 7 PM. Please call for more information or to reserve a book. · Peter Benjaminson. · Rating details · ratings · 22 reviews. 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 /5. Excellent hardcover book on Motown's first superstar, the talented Mary Wells. She had it all but at 21 years in fatefully stepped away from Motown and started a long and sad spiral downward. Ironically, her leaving Motown left the door open for Berry Gordy to concentrate on the Supremes and they became the most popular American group of the 60s/5().
In Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar, Peter Benjaminson delivers an account that falls short of being extensive or definitive. Biographies of artists--musicians, writers. With his new book, "Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar" (Chicago Review Press, $), the former Detroit Free Press city reporter now has three Motown books to his. MARY WELLS: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar User Review - Kirkus. From journalist and Motown chronicler Benjaminson (The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard, , etc.), a compelling, sympathetic biography of Motown's first diva Mary Wells ( Read full review.
Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar - Kindle edition by Benjaminson, Peter. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar. Excellent hardcover book on Motown's first superstar, the talented Mary Wells. She had it all but at 21 years in fatefully stepped away from Motown and started a long and sad spiral downward. Ironically, her leaving Motown left the door open for Berry Gordy to concentrate on the Supremes and they became the most popular American group of. In “Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar (Chicago Review Press,$), author Peter Benjaminson chisels away at the walls that the singer built up over her career to protect herself and preserve her image.”. – Essence Magazine. “Until now, Wells’ story has been told in bits and pieces in various books.
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