Originally Posted by
TheMotownManiac
Mary told me that she wanted to go back to the groove, perhaps not permanently, but Pedro would be managing again, and the girls said no. And Pedro was calling the shots, so Mary did not go back. His ego was bigger than their need for money.
Motown didn’t lose interest in The Supremes, the public did. Let’s face it, if your first album is successful with a single that’s in the top 10 for one week, and the follow up is not successful and the single goes number one RMV as in the top 10 for six weeks, that’s not a sign of promotion or album cover, that is an indication the public is it not into the group. When they buy the singles and not the album, you need to face up to the fact that the act needs work Barry didn’t want to work with Jean, mary didn’t want to work without Jean, that was her call. If Motown lost interest in the Supremes, they wouldn’t have asked Smokie and Jimmy Webb to do albums with them. They were looking for signs of life. I do believe that Motown stopped thinking of the Supremes, as an A act, because they really weren’t anymore. For whatever reason they weren’t anymore. Once Jean left, Barry offered to work with the group again, that’s not lack of interest.
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