"Two sides to a story".
Sure if there's a source...
You know what? I'm starting to think most of the stuff we get from Motown books about supposed drama was only halfway true. You know what it reminds me of? There is this YouTuber called Karceno and he has a channel called Karceno4Life.
If you look at his channel, some of his videos remind you of what has been spewed here on Soulful Detroit the last 16 years!!!
And mainly on many Motown forums since 2002 at least.
Gladys Horton, AFAIK, has never talked smack about Smokey in public. When the Marvelettes' name came into play, she blamed not Gordy or Smokey but LARRY MARSHAK!
That's the only guilty party. Any attempt to shame BG and Smokey for it is really lame, honestly.
Weird dynamics in Soulful Detroit that folks just accept gossip. Marv and Fran, y'all know better than that.
Folks here are easily persuaded to believe the worst out of the most successful Motown acts in some attempt to "humanize" them. It reminds me of Lipstick Alley's constant defaming of Marvin Gaye for example because of rumors that were never confirmed. So why would we even believe the stuff we hear about Smokey or Berry or Michael Jackson or Diana or Marvin or whatever when they're at best exaggerated.
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