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US superstar dead: singer Mary Wilson dies at the age of only 76 - hits from her band went around the world

2021-02-10T13:19:31.811Z


As a founding member of "The Supremes", Mary Wilson wrote music history in the 1960s and 1970s. Now the singer has died at the age of 76.


As a founding member of "The Supremes", Mary Wilson wrote music history in the 1960s and 1970s.

Now the singer has died at the age of 76.

Las Vegas - your

music

shaped the 60s and the cult label

Motown

like no other.

On Monday, the American

singer Mary Wilson died

unexpectedly at the age of 76.

As a founding member of the US girl group

"The Supremes"

, the

American

wrote

music history between 1959 and 1977 and made R&B music

socially acceptable

in the

USA

.

Mary Wilson from "The Supremes" is dead - her hits are still world famous today

With a changing line-up,

“The Supremes”

reached first place in the US

Billboard charts

with a total of twelve singles

and are thus on a level with superstar Madonna and ahead of Whitney Houston with eleven number 1 hits.

Songs like

“Baby Love”

,

“Stop!

In the Name of Love ”

or

“ You Can't Hurry Love ”

are still known worldwide today and enjoy great popularity.

The latter was created in 1982 by British superstar

Phil Collins

covered and thus reached number one in the UK

charts

16 years after its first release

.

“The Supremes”

had their most successful period

in the mid-1960s with

Diana Ross

as the front woman and lead singer.

Mary Wilson

took over

the backing vocals

with

Florence Ballard

and, after Ross retired, the role as front woman.

During this time, the three singers were the best known and most successful group of the Detroit

record label

Motown Records

and were only surpassed by the Beatles in terms of international fame.

Mary Wilson dies: singer and best-selling author

"The Supremes"

broke up in 1977 when

Mary Wilson

left the band to pursue her solo career.

The

US singer released

two solo albums and wrote her autobiography "Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme", which became a bestseller in the US.

In 1988

Mary Wilson was

inducted

into the

Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame.

The

world star

continued to appear on stage in

recent years

and took part in the US show

"Dancing with the Stars"

in

2019

.

+

Mary Wilson at a concert in Los Angeles in the mid-1980s.

© Peter Borsari / imago-images

Mary Wilson dies unexpectedly - Motown founder is "extremely shocked"

Mary Wilson

died

in Las Vegas

on February 8, 2021

at the age of 76.

Two days earlier, the singer had announced in a YouTube video that she was currently working on the release of previously unreleased solo material.

"Hopefully some of this will come out on my March 6th birthday," said

Wilson

.

The cause

of

Mary Wilson's

death

is not yet known.

Motown

founder

Berry Gordy

told

Variety magazine that he was

surprised by

Wilson's

sudden

death

.

"I am extremely shocked and saddened to learn of the death of a member of the Motown family."

Mary Wilson has

two children and ten grandchildren.

(fd)

List of rubric lists: © Peter Borsari / imago-images

Source: merkur

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