I met Mary yesterday at Book Expo in NYC. She looked stunning and was a delight to talk to. I told her that Nathan Jones was one of my favorite Supremes songs. She sang the title and we sang '"you've been gone too long " together. It was definitely a Supreme moment for me. New book Supreme Glamour out this fall.

@SupremesVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's so nice! Looking forward for that book, and Mary better put 'Nathan Jones' back on the setlist!!

just remember when you criticize or compare the Supremes to any other group in the history of popular music, remember these three girls couldn't even drink out of public water fountains..... this fact alone puts their success in such spectacular context and a different category.

@vic1101ful

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Most definitely. They broke color barriers and when they traveled, they felt the impact because their fans demanded that they be treated with dignity.

@100inthewind

3 жыл бұрын

Everything is racist. Stop already.

@13579hee

3 жыл бұрын

The Supremes are the GREATEST Girl Group of all. 3 Black American girls from a low income Detroit house complex build to give poor Black Americans homes in a city that only allowed Black Americans residents to live in the slums called the "Black Bottom". They brought GLITZ & GLAMOUR to pop music like NO OTHER girl group. Diana, Mary & Florence ❤

@dtrn254

3 жыл бұрын

@@13579hee Agreed. 1000%

@280Nox

2 жыл бұрын

@@100inthewind that's why everything is racist, YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.

I love you Mary! Thank you Wellsley!

Mary is wonderful and a great storyteller

She's fantastic!!

Mary looks great!

I absolutely LOVE Mary Wilson. This Supreme is still holding it down and representing the Dream. The Lovely Supreme Ambassador.

I ❤ the Supremettes Florence-Diana-Mary.

I love Mary's personality

It seems like they get younger and younger each time she tells the story of when they met

@sarnahudane4583

5 жыл бұрын

I've been following Mary since 1964 and I've always heard her say that she and Diana were 13 while Flo was 13 and 1/2 when they met. This is the first time I've ever heard her say 12 and 12 and 1/2 years. She misspoke this time, I see nothing to complain about.

@freddie3206

Жыл бұрын

@@sarnahudane4583 When you hit your late sixties, you forget things quite often.

No bitterness at all. Good for you, Mary.

@williammials6080

4 жыл бұрын

Lies! Check out her history before you make such a statement!

@cravendubose8179

2 жыл бұрын

@@williammials6080 so true she's bitter as hell,she's only saying what she was told to say,and yes she'd lying.

mary is a beautiful woman .

The greatest Supremes lady next to Flo

That was one of her best interviews

The Supremes were/are the best!

Stars before full citizens in USA. THIS SUPREME LADY MARY GIVES Detailed, POSITIVE ASPECTS OF SOME DIFFICULT Situations. RIP

I love that Mary reminds us of the not-so-distant past of segregation. Youth need to remember this so that we can be grateful for how far we've come, and continue to carry the torch forward! 💖

@tonyukkola5341

4 жыл бұрын

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@marytyus7232

2 жыл бұрын

You got that right

Around 3:03 when he asked her, were there any flirting going on - she said he would have to read her book to find out, but I've heard her say that Eddie Kendricks of the temptations was her crush..

@andrewthornhill7042

3 жыл бұрын

@Wisdom & Beauty And Duke Fakir?

Gm edagdwg thanks for sharing this story of what happens when you are a special someone to the world sooooooo blessed to hear this story god at work 🙏 changes everything and people linda j.peace 🌹🌹🌹🌹🦋🦋🦋☮️☮️☮️☮️🐻🐻🐻🐻💯❤️🌈

Great post! But might this have actually been 2014, because if the TAMI special didn’t air until 1964, its 50th anniversary wouldn’t have been until then?

Great repost

I was dumbfounded 5 years ago when I first heard they had no Grammies. This was racism at its best!

@andrewthornhill7042

3 жыл бұрын

Vision L I don't think it was anything to do with racism. Berry Gordy, the head of Motown, refused to let the IRS and associated groups look at the company books, so effectively ruled the girls out of being nominated.

@deborahharrison7348

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewthornhill7042 you heard what mary said they wasn't allow to go where the white went so what you call that racist at its best period and you know that

@deborahharrison7348

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewthornhill7042 and it had everything to do with racism this was in the sixties white people didn't want anything to do with black people at all so you coming up with this bs story about berry gordy not doing something with the IRS why wouldn't berry want something for those girls that he produced it had nothing to do with berry gordy like i said white people didn't want black people to get anything in those days and you know that racist in those days racism at its best

@andrewthornhill7042

2 жыл бұрын

@@deborahharrison7348 I stand corrected.

I like how Mary completely ignored the question about What was the impression of Diana Ross? Why do they always wanna pin together Diana and Mary?

@jolenesimon6123

Жыл бұрын

Because she wrote nasty things

Mary turned down the reunion in 2000. Mary said bad things about her. Ross finally told her to take a walk.

love how Florence got no stage lighting in the beginning clip, but still your eyes are drawn to her.

Wow she remembers blatant racism first hand.

@frankwhyte718

3 жыл бұрын

This stood out to me too, can you imagine? She said the Group became famous even before they were acknowledged as citizens. Wow.

@I-AM-BELIEVER

Жыл бұрын

@@frankwhyte718 It was in the past. Many of you never lived through it. Get over it and stop being a victim

@jolenesimon6123

Жыл бұрын

​@@I-AM-BELIEVERWe will when your ancestors stop .

@I-AM-BELIEVER

Жыл бұрын

@@jolenesimon6123 I’m Black and like I said. Get over it and stop living in the past. Also ancestors have already stop. I think you mean descendants. Learn the difference. We are all human, not subhuman. We all are guilty of doing the same thing of which we accuse. Stop living in the past

@jolenesimon6123

Жыл бұрын

@@I-AM-BELIEVER you've just confirmed your status as a true idiot. I can't believe people like you exist. I do not believe you are Black.

🙏

To me this proves one thing.....mary needed the supremes more than they needed her. She talks about how the other girls made her complete. She's hanging on to what she had. She's a smooth talker....non stop.

Has told alot of different stories bout Diane and Flo over the years. Not all the same when told. RIP MARY

Billy Bush, in typical supremacist fashion; Does Dick Clark get credit for the success of the Supremes? Mary Wilson: No.

Why are Mary Wilson's interviews so short and rushed? If she was being interviewed by Dick Cavett there would be many questions and adequate time to answer each in a thoughtful manner without feeling rushed.

I don’t like how the male interviewer tried to insinuate that Dick Clark was responsible for their first hit! That’s NOT true! And I’m glad Mary shut that down!! “Did Dick Clark ever get any credit for that” Yes, Dick might’ve allowed them on the tour, but the that was not the reason that Baby Love became their first hit!!

Diana tried to do a tour but Mary wanted more money. Diana has said she's never doing it again.

@grey2868

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dion_Mustard That's just normal business. I'm sure Diana wanted to make as much as she usually makes doing tours. Mary told her that she makes about $1 mil per year so that's probably why Diana offered her a figure around there. It's just business. Mary said that Diana wanted to do the business first and Mary wanted to talk personally first. So right there should have been a red flag since they weren't on the same page from the start.

@kentallen3857

3 жыл бұрын

Mary was correct, 10m for Diana and 1m for the other girls, and having to pay for gowns, hotels, air travel, etc etc. They were the Supremes not a Diana Ross show. What the Supremes achieved is American history. Diana success is built off of the Supremes success. Three black chanteuse that will never be repeated.

@kentallen3857

3 жыл бұрын

Only because the public wasn't buying what Diana was throwing down, especially the gay community. She had to pick her face off the floor because the tour FLOPPED!

@davidmoody1235

3 жыл бұрын

@@kentallen3857 Diana Ross is a legend. Mary Wilson was a background singer. Diana Ross also sold out venues on the Supremes return to love tour. Mary Wilson couldn't even get anyone to sing with her or form a Supreme group but she could tour pretending she was singing lead on all those number 1 hits though.

@vic1101ful

3 жыл бұрын

@@kentallen3857 Diana paid for everything upfront so that the tour could start. Maybe Diana should have split the cost of starting 3 ways. Then , if neither Mary or Cindy had the start up money, that should have ended the tour. I don't see Mary as the keeper of the Supremes' legacy. She's a destroyer. All she does is attack Diana. RIP Ms. Wilson

Beautiful interview but somehow Mary gets their ages messed up. When they did the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1967 just before Flo was fired the ages Flo or Mary gave was Mary and Diana were 14 and Flo was 15. Betty might’ve been 17 at the time now that’s true. They signed to Motown when they were 16 in January 1961 they were turning 17 within that year and this includes Barbara Martin who took Betty’s place while Flo would turn 18 in June. Love Mary but she would always screw up their ages when they started singing.

Barry was influenced by who? The reason he would not let them go?

I love Mary, I love her story telling, I love her demeanor, her personality her delivery. She is a real class act. But in this interview she kept doing this smacking sound while talking and it was very distracting and annoying. I’m not saying Mary herself is annoying just that action. She’s done it far more and worse in other interviews but it just distracts me from the story. Not attacking Mary or anything like I said so please don’t come for me. We all have opinions

I usually love Mary’s interviews but that smacking before she speaks is really annoying.

I love Mary but she interviews terrible :(

@Dion_Mustard

4 жыл бұрын

she is hilarious and amazing. i love her interviews more than dianas.

@pianoman551000

4 жыл бұрын

Not much content to Mary's interviews......been saying the same shit for the last 30 years.

@Dion_Mustard

4 жыл бұрын

@@pianoman551000 actually she hasn't..and her interviews are positive..she is a breath of fresh air even at 75.

@yeracmitchell9971

4 жыл бұрын

Her interviews are always a teachable moment. She is a great storyteller

@andrewthornhill7042

Жыл бұрын

@@pianoman551000 There's only so much to say, and only so many ways to say it. And Mary's being telling her narrative since around 1978. What's private is private and doesn't serve any purpose being in the public forum.

Mary Wilson over anticipates the questions and doesn't properly pause to give genuine answers. That shows me she is narrow minded. She repeats the same recounts over. She is phony and has underlying bitterness about the group dynamic. She is still jealous of the success of the lead singer Diana Ross. This was my subject analysis finding for my course.