Originally Posted by
jillfoster
Yeah, Marv... definately ageed. I also think Mary's career at Motown would have stayed around well into the 80's if she had dumped PEDRO in 1976, instead of Cindy. Mary, Scherrie and Cindy could have recorded and toured well into the 80's, because I don't think Motown would have had the NERVE to dump the Supremes while Diana was still around. After she had went to RCA, who knows... But Gordy dumping the Supremes would have a been a PR nightmare. If Mary had kept the group together, it would have been able to stand among the politics of Motown. And High Energy was a top 40 album with a top 40 hit on it just a year before the group disbanded, so there was still possibility there, Mary just gave up on the group too soon. I think most of it was Pedro was pushing her because going solo meant not having to split the money three ways, and he wanted more aorund to SPEND. He however, underestimated the earning power of the name SUPREMES, and the rest is history.
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