![]() ![]() Before long, with Gordy serving as her pianist and mentor, John joined the Detroit nightclub circuit. It did not take long for him to recognize the vocal power of the woman behind the wheel. John was an aspiring blues singer working for a Detroit insurance company owned by Gordys mother, Bertha, in the 1950s when she found herself serving as the de facto chauffeur for the future music mogul, a former Lincoln-Mercury assembly line worker who had sky-high ambitions as a songwriter and music impresario and was hustling around town looking to conjure hits. ![]() Beyond her many other accomplishments collaborating on a hit single with Isaac Hayes, singing backup for Ray Charles Mable John earned a place in the music pantheon as one of the first female artists signed to the Motown Records empire, which altered the face of pop music in the 1960s.īut none of it might have happened if Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records, had not needed a ride. ![]()
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