With his new book, "Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar" (Chicago Review Press, $26.95), author Peter Benjaminson, a former reporter at the Detroit Free Press, now has three ...

(The Root) — In the biography Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar, author Peter Benjaminson unravels the turbulent life and career of one of Motown’s greatest vocalists.

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Mary Wells, Motown Records' first female star who paved the way for the success of Diana Ross and The Supremes, shot to fame in the early 1960s only to fade away as a footnote of ...