RIP Mary Wilson

[Fedayn]

Mary Wilson, who co-founded The Supremes and remained a member of the group until they split up, has died at the age of 76.

Supremes co-founder and singer Mary Wilson dies aged 76

The Motown trio were known for hits such as Baby Love and You Can't Hurry Love.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JuanTwoThree]

Our youth is being chipped away at. I suppose our idols are often going to be that much older than us so it's unavoidable. But we don't have to like it. RIP Mary Wilson

 

[dessiato]

I wasn’t a great fan of the Supremes, my cousin, with whom I lived, was. Their music formed a huge part of my life at that time.

RIP Mary.

 

[danny la rouge]

Sad news. She was an icon.

 

[The39thStep]

Loved the Supremes .

 

[planetgeli]

Supremes were excellent. RIP Mary.

 

[blossie33]

RIP Mary.

 

[danny la rouge]

She always looked so youthful and glamorous. It’s a shock she’s gone so quickly really. She’s a frequent talking head on these music docs, and I’ve seen her on one filmed during lockdown last year and she looked as well as ever.

 

[blossie33]

There was a quote from a member of Kiss who said he had spoken to her on Zoom last week and she seemed fine so it must have been sudden

 

[danny la rouge]

There was a quote from a member of Kiss who said he had spoken to her on Zoom last week and she seemed fine so it must have been sudden

I see she was quoted two days ago saying she was working on new material.

 

[Fedayn]

 

[discokermit]

sorry to do it to you feds but its the andantes (jackie hicks, marlene barrow, and louvain demps) who do the backing vocals on this tune, not mary and cindy.

 

[Fedayn]

Shoulda posted the later one. From 1975

 

[discokermit]

mary on lead here,

 

[Epona]

Sad news, what a great legacy though. 76 doesn't seem like a lot these days.

 

[discokermit]

this probably isnt the time to say it but motown, like most capitalist endeavors, was pretty horrible. mary was used like everyone else but, as the clip above shows, she benefitted from being better looking and slimmer than the much better singers whose voices are on the records.

 

[Fedayn]

this probably isnt the time to say it but motown, like most capitalist endeavors, was pretty horrible. mary was used like everyone else but, as the clip above shows, she benefitted from being better looking and slimmer than the much better singers whose voices are on the records.

Yep, aye granted it was important and made history, The Supremes invented 'the blockbuster' but the profit motive was always there and reigned but with all that shite accepted it produced some fucking outstanding music and really did change history. Imagine a world without the music that Motown produced.... Grim indeed

 

[Epona]

this probably isnt the time to say it but motown, like most capitalist endeavors, was pretty horrible. mary was used like everyone else but, as the clip above shows, she benefitted from being better looking and slimmer than the much better singers whose voices are on the records.

No it isn't the time to say it

(I get the point, but an RIP thread is not the right place for this discussion).

 

[Ground Elder]

The Andentes are the real unsung stars of Motown. Only released one, very rare, single and we're held back by Gordy who saw more value in them being backing singers.

Rip Mary Wilson

 

[discokermit]

No it isn't the time to say it

(I get the point, but an RIP thread is not the right place for this discussion).

shes famous for being a singer yet i expect you dont even know whether the actual singers of her parts are dead or alive. where is the respect there? marys success was in part built on the talent ed voices of others. the reason being she was prettier and could stand and pose better than the actual singers.

The Andantes - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[discokermit]

anyway mary, salutations for surviving the motown meat factory. here she is taking lead on this lovely tune.

 

[William of Walworth]

Very sad news -- and really unexpected too

I absolutely loved plenty of those classic tunes .....

This BBC profile by Mark Savage seems largely based on various interviews she did, but still has plenty of interesting detail, and some links to a hit or two as well

The Guardian tribute by Alexis Petridis seems better .......

And here's the Guardian obituary by Richard Williams

Looking forward to reading those properly tomorrow, but mainly I'm looking forward to listening again to more songs ........