RBTEMPSFAN
08-22-2010, 12:08 PM
I was wondering how the groups divided the money.
BG always said that with the Supremes, everything was equally divided. Even after Mary and Cindy stopped recording, they were paid royalties.
But how about this - if a group had five members like the Temps and a group had 4 members like the Tops, wouldn't the tops have made out better since they were dividing by 4 rather than 5?
And for the Marvelettes, weren't they better off when they went from 5 to 4 to 3 people?
So does anyone have any information about how things were split?
Also, with Smokey, since he was really the leader, did the Miracles get an equal cut?
BG always said that with the Supremes, everything was equally divided. Even after Mary and Cindy stopped recording, they were paid royalties.
But how about this - if a group had five members like the Temps and a group had 4 members like the Tops, wouldn't the tops have made out better since they were dividing by 4 rather than 5?
And for the Marvelettes, weren't they better off when they went from 5 to 4 to 3 people?
So does anyone have any information about how things were split?
Also, with Smokey, since he was really the leader, did the Miracles get an equal cut?