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03-02-2012, 03:18 AM
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March 01, 2012 The original Dreamgirl, Mary Wilson from the Supremes, joins the musicians who created the Motown sound, The Funk Brothers, at Britt at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 24.
You know Wilson’s story from Jennifer Hudson’s Oscar-winning turn in “Dreamgirls” last year. [[And from her best-selling autobiography and her stint on the lecture circuit in the 1970s and ‘80s.) Learn more at her Web site, www.marywilson.com .
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March 01, 2012 The original Dreamgirl, Mary Wilson from the Supremes, joins the musicians who created the Motown sound, The Funk Brothers, at Britt at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 24.
You know Wilson’s story from Jennifer Hudson’s Oscar-winning turn in “Dreamgirls” last year. [[And from her best-selling autobiography and her stint on the lecture circuit in the 1970s and ‘80s.) Learn more at her Web site, www.marywilson.com .
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