Originally Posted by
Jimi LaLumia
Ross had 'white appeal' let's face it; her persona, demeanor and style distanced her from all the others,and nobody thought 'rock and roll' was gonna last back then, anyway[[and the media always lumped Motown into the overall rock and roll scene which it was, indeed, part of)..
so Ross became Gordy's main project from 1965, according to some of the other artists, Ross became his ONLY project from 1965 on, and most folks, including the 13 year old version of me, didn't mind it at all;
it was years later that all the other 'stuff' started to surface,and the attendant 'drama' that came with it
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