interesting idea about her taking those mid-60s Marvelettes songs. hadn't thought of that but the sound and style of "sophisticated soul" would have worked perfectly with Mary.

She also had big support from the Beatles. so had she stayed and had more hits with Motown [[a label the beatles greatly admired) it's easy to think that she would have continued to occasionally tour and appear with them.

what was she like live? i've seen a few minor clips [[like the motown at apollo). do you think she would have been able to do Vegas and Copa? I adore her unreleased MOR tracks and the Second Time Around material. she certainly had a great voice for that, even though she wasn't the most powerful singer or one with the largest range.

And i wonder how she would have done on more "traditional motown sound" songs like what HDH really became known for. more upbeat and harder driving material