Yes, I hadn’t thought of that but maybe that’s how they got attention at home as kids - by whining and complaining and bemoaning “that’s not fair!” Honestly, BG did eberything for her and all she could do complain. Before they went to Motown, they were a premiere, but struggling R&B act. I never saw them pre-Motown, but my buds who gave said they were great then and The Pips’ moves were the best in the business. Motown got them into while folk’s homes and venues like The Copa - yet they could still play The HowZrd and The Apollo. There’s thousands of singers who would have killed for the shitty records like Grapevine, If I Were Your Woman and Neither One Of Us and never griped for their first Grammy and “gold” records. Yeah, she got it tough.
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