Mary Wilson is best known as a founding member of the popular sixties group The Supremes. Wilson remained as member of the group following the departures of group mates Diana Ross and Florence Ballard until the group disbanded in 1977. We have unfortunately not exactly been friends since Motorcity. After recording two singles (this was the second), she hired a very tough manager, who persuaded me to part with a lot of money for Mary to record an album, assuring me of Mary's full co-operation in promoting it. He was incredibly persuasive, so I gave in. Once I parted with the money, not one note got sung, and I was told to basically take a flying leap. But it got worse. She then did an interview in Blues And Soul, claiming I had ripped off all the former Motown artists. I produced the contracts for her album to Blues And Soul, proved that she had not honoured her contract, and they printed an immediate retraction. So the fifteen Mary Wilson tracks I paid for still remain unrecorded, and people still privately tell me how much she criticises me. Kind of strange coming from someone who made a fortune with a best selling book which exposed her former friend, Diana Ross. Florence Ballard was quoted as saying that at least she knew where she stood with Diana, as opposed to Mary. Nevertheless, personal feelings aside, I still admire her talent and still have artistic respect for her. This video was shot in Sydney, Australia.
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