Obviously, with the recent passing of Wanda Young, I’ve been playing my copy of “Forever More” in my car the past couple of days. And I’m noticing some similarities between her and Mary Wells on most of the Smokey Robinson produced cuts. I can easily imagine “Don’t Mess With Bill” and “ The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game” being recorded on Mary had she’d not abruptly left the company. While Brenda Holloway was the one who was supposed to be her successor, IMHO, Wanda Young came the closest to filling the void left by Mary Wells’s departure.

What do you guys think? Did the Marvelettes get a major boost because of Mary Wells leaving Motown?