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Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson, one of the founding members of Motown Records legendary group The Supremes, selects the favourite songs from her life with Ken Bruce.

Mary Wilson, one of the founding members of Motown Records iconic group The Supremes picks her Tracks of My Years with songs from Doris Day, Etta James, Marvin Gaye and Joni Mitchell. In 1959 a young African-American songwriter named Berry Gordy founded Tamla Records with a loan of eight hundred dollars from his family, marking the birth of Motown Records Corporation. It created a sound that has become one of the most significant musical success stories of the 20th century as the music continues to be embraced by every generation. In its classic era of the 1960s - Motown's artists were among the most popular. The Supremes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, The Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Gladys Knight and the Pips and later Stevie Wonder and Lionel Richie were all brought through Motown against the background of a growing civil rights movement.
Mary Wilson from The Supremes has recently released a book called, Supreme Glamour, which has pictures of some of the groups most iconic gowns reassembled on the stage of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. It's also bookended by Mary's retelling of the legendary story of the phenomenal group.

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Fri 20 Sep 2019 03:00
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Music Played

  • The Supremes

    Up The Ladder To The Roof

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Little Richard

    Tutti Frutti

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Sam Cooke

    You Send Me

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.

  • Etta James

    At Last

    • Etta James- The Genuine Article.
    • Mca/Chess.

  • Marvin Gaye

    What's Going On

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Joni Mitchell

    Both Sides Now

    • Hits.
    • Reprise.

  • The Temptations

    The Way You Do The Things You Do

    • The Temptations - The Ultimate Collec.
    • Motown.

  • Donna Summer

    Last Dance

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Mercury.
    • 16.

  • Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

    The Twist

  • Doris Day

    Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

    • Housewives Choice (Various Artists).
    • Music & Memories.

  • Jennifer Hudson

    I Am Changing

    • Music From The Motion Picture Dreamgirls.
    • Columbia.
    • 13.

  • The Alan Parsons Project

    Eye in the Sky

    • Top Hits: 1982 (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Sep 2019 03:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2