Motown Marriages

[marybrewster]

Other than Mom and Pops Gordy, was there ANYONE at Motown that had a successful marriage, or, a marriage that lasted? Everyone that I can think of ended in divorce. Surely there must be some couple that made it.....

[reese]

Ashford and Simpson.

[pshark]

Does Joe & Katherine Jackson count?

[midnightman]

^ No. Even though they're still "married" in the technical sense despite rumors that Katherine has recently filed for divorce after 61 years, Katherine and Joseph have been living separately since the early 1980s.

[topdiva1]

Motowners have a bad marriage record, but lots of sex appeal.

[positivesoul]

Reese... thank you for A&S!!! I was sadly thinking that there might actually be NONE. I recall hanging out one night in '79 with Smokey & Claudette at a party & concert thrown by Columbia Records for EWF & the Emotions. They looked PERFECT together and were definitely friendly. Didn't see that breakup coming, but I never knew them well.

[topdiva1]

Motown did not foster happy wedded bliss at all.