missfee said:

and we don't feel bad when we do

babybugz said:

Ya'll are terrible.

Raynoma Gordy makes the following allegations in her book, "Berry, Me and Motown."

"When Marvin Gaye and Harvey Fuqua came to Motown, they had a plan. One day, while talking on my front porch, Marvin confessed the plan to me."

"I listened to Marvin tell me of Harvey's plot. After moving to town, each would take one of the Gordy sisters. Harvey's original plan was that he would take Anna and Marvin would take Gwen but a switch was made and Marvin ended up pursing Anna, while Harvey set his sights on Gwen."

"There were to be differing stories about how the switch was made. The most popular theory was that Anna made the big push for Marvin but I happen to know otherwise."

"Marvin Gaye was probably the most desired man at Motown. He was lovable, romantic, charismatic, sensuous and brilliantly talented. Whereas the girls swooned over Harvey, they died over Marvin.

"The plan worked because I attended both weddings."

Go back to page 1 and scroll down, I put some Tammi Terrell info to start off.

The Supremes, the Miracles and Holland, Dozier Holland accompanied Berry Gordy to Stevie Wonder's Motown audition.

Earlier, Gordy had heard Stevie sing and play the harmonica in his office. He kept a poker face but he thought the kid was fabulous.

At the audition, Stevie found the piano and played a couple of gospel tunes with a flourish. Gordy grinned. What about the drums, Stevie?

Stevie made his way over to the big drum kit, grabbed the sticks and practically detonated the room. Okay then, Gordy said. What else can you play, Stevie?

Stevie went around the studio. He spent a little time with each of the instruments, including the trumpet, a saxophone, percussion instruments, even a xylophone and he went around the block a few times with each piece. Gordy and the others watched with growing amazement.

The kid, Gordy whispered to the Supremes, is truly some kind of young musical genius. The Supremes nodded in agreement.

Source: "Blind Faith," by Dennis Love & Stacy Brown

Raynoma Gordy (Berry Gordy's ex-wife) reveals the following in her book, "Berry, Me, and Motown."

"On April 1, 1984, I received a call from my friend Cliff. I immediately heard something strange in his voice. He said, "Marvin Gaye has just been shot and killed." I reeled from shock and disbelief.

Cliff asked, where is little Marvin?" "Oh, no," I said, with a renewed bolt of anguish. "He and Eddie went out to eat." I was heartsick. Marvin III had spent the night at our place and had left a few hours ago with Eddie. Any minute now the news would be blasting on the stereo in Eddie's car. The boys had even talked of dropping by and saying hello to Marvin's father.

I made my first phone call. "Anna, is what I heard true?" She sounded solemn, almost sedated, answering, "Yes, it is."

For an excruciating hour, I stood at the window, praying that Marvin III would be spared the unspeakable devastation of hearing it on the radio. At last, I held my breath as Eddie's car pulled up. Music was pouring out the windows and when the two got out they were dancing and laughing.

I met them at the door. "Marvin, go in the bedroom and call your mother. I watched him trot off to the phone. I took Eddie into the other bedroom. On hearing the news, Eddie's knees buckled.

It was a long time before Marvin III emerged from the bedroom, moving very slowly, fighting to hold back his sorrow, only one tear glistened his cheek. We stood together silently, lending our presence, we were unable to speak. We were quiet for a long time and then little Marvin bit his lip and said, "You know my father told me not to cry. He told me when I saw him last week, that if anything happened to him, not to cry. To just go ahead and really do great in school and get ahead in life.

'Just don't cry for me,' he said."

Raynoma (Ray) Gordy (ex-wife of Berry Gordy) reveals the following allegations in her book, "Berry, Me & Motown."

"One day I received a call from my ex-husband, Berry Gordy. He said, "I can't handle being on the road with Diana Ross, "I would like you to go in and work with her. She opens tomorrow at the Cocoanut Grove and she's expecting you." After we agreed to financial terms, I accepted the job." This was before Diana got me fired.

"Amazingly, I thought, a lot of water had passed under the bridge since those days in 1960 when skinny little Diane and her group, the Primettes, came forward hoping to be part of Motown. Sweet, polite and respectful, Diane then knew me only as Miss Ray, her employer and her other employer's wife. Now, a decade later, she was an international star and she was a different person."

I greeted Diana in her dressing room, "Hello, Diana." Although she responded, there was no acknowledgement of our history or the dramatic reversal of our roles.

After the show, Diana asked to speak to me. Before I got a word out, Diana said, "Look, I know tonight was your first night but from now on, I would prefer that you refer to me as 'Miss Ross." I know that you have known me for some time but in my position I need to be treated with respect."

"My reaction was a strong mix of nausea and pity for her. In molding Diana into a superstar, Berry was shaping a monster."

I'd played some rough chess games in the past but this one took the cake. There was Diana, queen of Motown yet still playing to be Berry's queen-to be his wife and have his child. There was me, the ex-queen, the previous wife and already a mother of one of his children. It was an absurd game, brilliantly devised by Berry.

One night Berry showed up without notice. He gazed at me and said, "Ray, you look fabulous!" As Berry spoke those loving words of praise, I turned to see Diana, a woman who spent hours on makeup, standing in the wings with a look of horrified resentment.

When Diana opened at the Waldorf, Berry showed up again, unannounced. Diana had on a four thousand dollar Bob Mackie gown. Berry did his little tongue-in-cheek, cocked head look and said, "You know, you look just like a chicken in that thing." Diana ran into the dressing room in tears and I felt sorry for her.

Rick James makes the following allegations in his book, "Memoirs Of A Super Freak."

"I became aware of the importance of publishing and royalty rights." James knew that publishing rights were an artist's lifeline, and that you had to hold on to them no matter what.

James made the following bombshell allegation on page 127: "A few members of the Temptations (unnamed) turned to pimping their women out despite the fact they were Number One artists and were only seeing a 'low' weekly salary despite being huge stars."

In 1990, "Motown" songstress Mary Wells (My Guy, Two Lovers) was diagnosed with cancer of the larynx. She immediately began treatment and was forced to sell her house, possessions, and eventually could not afford health insurance. The treatments ravaged her voice, which forced Wells to quit touring. With no way to continue treatment, Wells' friends Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Martha Reeves financially supported her, with the help of many artists who looked up to Wells, including Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, and Bonnie Raitt. Martha Reeves also got in contact with people she knew at the "Rhythm and Blues Foundation." The foundation gave Wells an additional $125,000 to help pay her medical bills and get her set up in an apartment. Mary Wells died in 1992.

After David Ruffin's death, his daughter Nedra told Tony Turner (godson) that she was unable to raise enough money for Ruffin's funeral. "We're going to have to hold a press conference tonight and let the public know that we need money to bury him."

Tony told her, "That would be too embarrassing to your father's memory."

When the word got out that the family was unable to cover the funeral costs: A casket company in Atlanta, the same company that had made Martin Luther King, Jr.'s casket, offered to donate a very expensive one for David and Michael Jackson agreed to cover the funeral costs.

"MOTOWN" HARD LUCK CASES:

According to author, J. Randy Taraborrelli: Before the Supremes had a hit, Diana Ross allegedly told Berry Gordy in no uncertain terms that she wanted Holland-Dozier-Holland to come up with a winning formula for her, just as they had for Martha Reeves & The Vandellas.

As Berry tried to make up his mind, Diana allegedly decided to take matters into her own hands. She began to pursue Brian Holland hoping to convince him he should produce her group with his partners. Brian was interested. Soon he was writing notes to Diana and trying to be discreet asking a Motown employee to deliver them.

Before long, Brian's wife Sharon, a small but very tough and determined woman threatened to kick Diana Ross's ass if she didn't stop messing with her husband.

Nevertheless, Holland-Dozier-Holland were in the studio with the Supremes by May 1963.

The Supremes seemed to be off to a new start but their future was threatened when Sharon Holland accosted Diana in the Twenty Grand nightclub where she was partying with Florence Ballard.

According to witnesses, Sharon Holland shouted obscenities and screamed at Diana, "If you don't stay away from my man, you're a dead woman."

Diana wasn't one to run from a challenge. She was ready to fight Sharon Holland if she had to. In fact, she seemed eager to. But her friends managed to get her out of the club just in time.

"Well, he likes me, Diana allegedly explained to Mary and Florence on the way home."

Source: "Call Her Miss Ross," by J. Randy Taraborrelli

Raynoma Gordy Singleton reveals in her book, "Berry, Me and Motown."

In 1959, Raynoma was Berry Gordy's girlfriend, pictured above. She was also a Motown songwriter, background singer, arranger and producer and she helped start Motown records.

Books credit her with convincing Gordy to open up a publishing company so they could publish their songs. Gordy selected the name "Jobete," for the publishing company.

In January of 1959, Raynoma went downtown (Detroit) to establish their publishing partnership.

About a week later, Raynoma was shocked when Berry asked her to go back downtown to change the paperwork, he wanted everything in his name, only.

She was stunned, she tried to respond but no words came out. Reluctantly, she did as she was told. This move caused her to miss out on untold millions over the years

On their wedding night, Raynoma prepared for her honeymoon by soaking in a luxurious long hot bath. After she finished bathing, she waited for Berry in the bedroom. Instead, Berry entered the bedroom, walked right past her on the bed, ignoring her.

Berry changed into a expensive suit. She asked him, "You're not going out, are you? He replied, "Yes, I am."

She said, we just got married, this is our wedding night. He said, "So? What's the big deal?" and proceeded to leave.

Later, she found out that he had spent their wedding night with a mistress.

According to Raynoma, Barrett Strong's sister informed her that the mistress was a girl named Margaret who worked in the "Hitsville," office. Raynoma claims, she started receiving hundreds of calls from Margaret bragging about her affair with her husband and Margaret also informed her that she was pregnant with Berry's child. Raynoma adds, Margaret even started referring to herself as Mrs. Gordy.

One evening, Smokey Robinson's then wife Claudette called Raynoma and invited her to go bowling. Like Raynoma, Claudette couldn't stand Margaret either.

When they entered the bowling alley, they see Berry, Smokey and Margaret. Raynoma storms over to Margaret and says, "Listen bitch, what are you doing here with my husband?" Margaret became nervous when she sees the gleam of the pearl-handled .25 in Raynoma's pocket. Raynoma told her, "Get up now bitch, and walk out. Make one whimper and I'm going to blow you away."

They walked outside. Raynoma planned to bash the handle of her gun into Margaret's face, she raised her hand to strike but a pair of strong arms locked around her from behind. It was Smokey. I screamed "let me go," as Margaret ran down the street for her life. Meanwhile, Berry glared at me from a distance.

Shortly after this incident, Berry and Raynoma divorced.

Source: "Berry, Me and Motown," by Raynoma Gordy Singleton

missfee said:

I know but I still love Jermaine even if he is a greasy-looking mothafucka with a tattooed flattop.

Diana's fling with Brian Holland exposed:

Raynoma recounts the moment she confronted Berry's (and Smokey's?) mistress:

Timmy84 said:

timmy..no one does it better. I want to let you know I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart. Thanks for putting all this together

Timmy didn' t Smokey come to drugs ("hard drugs")
late in life?

Timmy didn' t Smokey come to drugs ("hard drugs")
late in life?