Originally Posted by
RanRan79
Honestly, I don't think so. Not to downplay Cindy's contribution or suggest that it had no effect whatsoever on the group. I just think this was all a case of Motown losing focus. While I don't doubt that Motown wasn't involved in the idea to bring Jimmy on for the Supremes, as if they were brainstorming what to do with the group and brought the idea to them, Motown still had the final say, the option to be like "aww hell naw" when the idea was brought to the label. Jimmy would have had to have a contract with Motown to work for the group, recording music that he would, of course, be expecting to be paid for. So Motown may not have dreamed this up, but as the company that put out the Supremes' product, the buck stops with them. And I think that if the company was laser focused on music like they were in the 60s and while in Detroit, plans for the Supremes would have been better handled.
The behind the scenes shenanigans of Mary and Jean would obviously cause issues, but they were all still professional, and they wouldn't be the first or last group to have some inner issues and still produce success, so I don't think Cindy playing peacemaker would have had any bearing on the way Motown was dealing with the group. Had Cindy stayed, I suspect the JW album would have happened anyway, as long as Wayne what's his face was the manager, if indeed it was his suggestion.
It really was a bungled opportunity to put the group back on the map.
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