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 ...

She was a Motown legend, bestselling author, music activist, former U.S. cultural ambassador and co-founding member of The Supremes—of which she was dubbed “the sexy one.” Entertainer Mary Wilson, ...

(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 ...