The Andantes: The Motown Girl groups gave them some serious problems

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As far as some of the girl group members staying out of the recording sessions or all of the guy members participating in their own sessions, we have to wonder what special arrangements were made to pay for the travel expenses to Detroit while on the road. We do know that many different expenses were charged against the artists, including the recording sessions. This could account for some group members being comfortable with the Andantes replacing them on the records.

After all, the Andantes were a professional house backup group [[not an act on the road). So they could create harmonies and arrangements more efficiently than, say, The Vandellas or Supremes. I think everyone was okay with this at the time, as Motown was a well-oiled machine. Everyone made consistent money at the time.

All these ladies were very young and immature in some regard. But the ones on the road who were so much in demand came back with a certain edge over the others. The stakes were much higher for Martha and Diana's groups than for The Andantes. I wonder if their seriousness and focus in the studio was generally perceived by The Andantes as snobbery and that there wasn't much "dirt" to tell in The Andantes' book specifically.