Peter Benjaminson

Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar

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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 unpublicised 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 his… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-56976-248-6
EAN: 9781569762486
Produktnummer: 13103511
Verlag: Chicago Review Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 304 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.5 cm 608 g
Gewicht: 608

Über den Autor

Peter Benjaminson is the author of The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard and The Story of Motown, and is the coauthor of Investigative Reporting. He has written numerous stories for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Detroit Free Press. He lives in New York City.