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After Mary Wells Dared to Leave Motown, Did She Fall Off the Face of the Earth?
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After Mary Wells Dared to Leave Motown, Did She Fall Off the Face of the Earth?

By
Mark Reynolds
/ 3 January 2013

Motown’s Berry Gordy was devastated when Mary Wells, “The Girl Who Beat the Beatles”, left the label.

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The Supremes by Mark Ribowsky

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Diane Leach
/ 29 January 2009
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What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye’s Liberation from the Motown Sound

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Charles Moss
/ 28 January 2009
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These Are the Breaks: The Motown Sound’s Influence on Hip-Hop Sampling

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John Bohannon
/ 27 January 2009
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Manufacturing Motown

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Vince Carducci
/ 26 January 2009

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