The Supremes : a saga of Motown, dreams, success, and betrayal / Mark Ribowsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ribowsky, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Supremes (Musical group).

Women singers--United States--Biography.

Women singers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>The acclaimed, first comprehensive biography of the most successful female vocal group of all time</div>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments ix; Introduction xiii; Prologue 1; one Three Girls from the Projects 7; two Moths to the Flame 23; three Notown to Motown 33 ; four Berry 46; five Priming the Pump 63; six Supreme Beings 74; seven Smokey Places 91; eight The "Others" 105; nine Splitsville in Hitsville 128; ten A "Lousy Song" 143; eleven One 156; twelve The Two Motowns 175; thirteen "Ecstasy to the Tenth Power" 189; fourteen "Baby, Just Pour" 205; fifteen A Symphony in Black and Mostly White 227; sixteen An Itching in the Heart 240; seventeen "Put the Money on Diana" 254

eighteen "She's Outta Here" 267nineteen A Distorted Reality 295; twenty Forever Came Today 314; twenty-one "This Must Be the Diana Ross Show" 332; twenty-two The Last Mile 347; epilogue Where Did Our Love Go? 376; Bibliography 409; Discography 413; Index 427

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

ISBN:

9786612459931

9781282459939

1282459937

9780786726912

0786726911

OCLC:

449200008