B.L.A.C. MAGAZINE CALLS "MARY WELLS: THE TUMULTUOUS LIFE OF MOTOWN'S FIRST SUPERSTAR" AN "INSIDE AND EXCLUSIVE" LOOK AT THIS MOTOWN GIANT

In the biography, "Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar," author Peter Benjaminson delivers an inside look at the life and career of Detroit-bred Motown singer Mary Wells.

Wells signed to the legendary Motown records at the young age of 17. She quickly climbed her way to the top, becoming Motown's first solo superstar. By crossing the color line with her hit song "My Guy," Wells became one of the labels's first artists to acheve mainstream attention. However, at age 21, the artist made the decision to leave the Motown label, a decision that not only revealed the corruption within the first major Black-owned music company but also left Wells struggling to get back to the top.

Through exclusive interviews with family and friends and four hours of previously unreleased deathbed interviews, Benjaminson pays tribute to the former Motown superstar and explores her life as a struggling singer and as a victim of throat cancer during her post-Motown days.