Peter Benjaminson: 3 books
The Lost Supreme
The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
In the months before she died, Florence Ballard, the spunky teenager who founded the most successful female vocal group in history-the Supremes-told her own side of the story. Recorded on tape, Flo shed light on all areas of her life, including the surprising identity of the man by whom she was raped...
Mary Wells
The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Complete with never-before-revealed details about the sex, violence, and drugs in her life, this biography reveals the incredibly turbulent life of Motown artist Mary Wells. Based in part on four hours of previously unreleased and unpublicized deathbed interviews with Wells, this account delves deeply...
Super Freak
The Life of Rick James
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Rick James played with Neil Young, self-produced his first album (later picked up by Motown), crossed rock and funk to come up with one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s, became one of the biggest pop stars of the era, turned a young white woman named Teena Marie into an R&B superstar, displayed...