Originally Posted by
milven
This segment of her career remains confusing to me. If she left the Supremes to go solo, why was she using the Supremes name and in some places being billed as Mary Wilson and the Supremes, thus Kaaren being billed as a Supreme?
If she was a soloist, what legal troubles would there be if she booked herself as a soloist in the states?
If the group had bookings overseas after she left the group, why wouldn't Motown, who owned the name, be responsible and have Mary sign over her Supremes Inc management to Motown, since she no longer wanted to be part of the group? Then Motown would send their reformated Supremes to those bookings.
It seems to me that Mary wanted to leave the group but either had second thoughts after the break or wanted to keep the door open in case she failed.
My opinion is that she held on to the Supremes name and billing too long and it made it difficult for her to identify herself as Mary Wilson.
Nevertheless, she is still performing all these years later, and has carved out a nice niche in the industry for herself doing Supremes oldies shows, inimate cabaret shows, theater, books, tours with her Supremes gowns and is a spokesman in interviews for the Supremes.
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