Benjaminson (The Lost Supreme) delivers another excellent and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the artists who made Motown Records a massive success in the 1960s. He sympathetically recounts the ...
(The Root) — In the biography Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar, author Peter Benjaminson unravels the turbulent life and career of one of Motown’s greatest vocalists.
During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife, the music of Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Records helped bring people ...