Mary Wilson (born March 6, 1944) is an American singer who gained fame as a founding member of the Motown female singing group The Supremes during the 1960s and '70s. Wilson was the only singer to be a consistent member of the group in its eighteen-year hit-making tenure. Today Wilson remains a strong advocate for the group's legacy and regularly performs concerts of their music, but has gone on to become a jazz & blues singer, humanitarian and s...
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Mary Wilson (born March 6, 1944) is an American singer who gained fame as a founding member of the Motown female singing group The Supremes during the 1960s and '70s. Wilson was the only singer to be a consistent member of the group in its eighteen-year hit-making tenure. Today Wilson remains a strong advocate for the group's legacy and regularly performs concerts of their music, but has gone on to become a jazz & blues singer, humanitarian and successful political advocate for artist's rights. Her autobiography, Dreamgirl: My Life As a Supreme is among the most popular ever released, prompting the follow up Supreme Faith: Someday We'll Be Together.
Mary Wilson was the first child born to Sam and Johnnie Mae Wilson in Greenville, Mississippi. The Wilsons later had a son (Roosevelt) and a daughter (Catherine "Cat"). As a baby, she moved first to St. Louis and then to Chicago before settling with her aunt and uncle, Ivory ("I.V.") and John L. Pippin, in Detroit. At the age of six, Mary...
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