Great Lives
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Mary Wells
May 13, 1943 - July 26, 1992
"I've had a lot of nicknames," Mary Wells giggled when she sat down for an interview with Record Mirror in 1964. "I've been called 'The First Lady of Motown'. Now Motown's referring to me as 'The Girl Who Beat The Beatles'!"
Promotional hyperbole of course, but Motown boss Berry Gordy's sensational boa…
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