Supremes A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal

Name: Supremes A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal
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ISBN: 9780306815867

ISBN-10: 0306815869

ISBN-13: 9780306815867

Edition: 2009

Authors: Mark Ribowsky

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Drawing on intimate recollections from friends, family, and Motown contemporaries, Mark Ribowsky charts the Supremes' meteoric rise and bitter disintegration. He sheds light on Diana Ross's relationship with Berry Gordy and her cutthroat rise to top billing in the group, as well as Florence Ballard's corresponding decline. He also takes us inside the studio, examining how timeless classics were conceived and recorded on the Motown "assembly line," and considers the place of Motown in an era of cultural upheaval, when not being "black enough" became a fierce denunciation within the black music industry. Deftly combining personal testimony, history, and expert analysis, Ribowsky not only…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 6/30/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Prologue



Three Girls from the Projects



Moths to the Flame



Notown to Motown



Berry



Priming the Pump



Supreme Beings



Smokey Places



The "Others"



Splitsville in Hitsville



A "Lousy Song"



One



The Two Motowns



"Ecstasy to the Tenth Power"



"Baby, Just Pour"



A Symphony in Black and Mostly White



An Itching in the Heart



"Put the Money on Diana"



"She's Outta Here"



A Distorted Reality



Forever Came Today



"This Must Be the Diana Ross Show"



The Last Mile


Epilogue: Where Did Our Love Go?


Bibliography


Discography


Index