Mary Wilson (March 6, 1944 – February 8, 2021) was a singer from the United States. She rose to international prominence as a founding member of The Supremes, the most successful Motown act of the 1960s and the best-charting female group in American chart history, as well as one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Twelve of the trio’s singles reached number one on Billboard’s Hot 100, ten of which feature Wilson on backing vocals.
Wilson stayed with the group after the departures of the other three original members, Barbara Martin (in 1962), Florence Ballard (in 1967), and Diana Ross (in 1970), though the group disbanded after Wilson’s departure in 1977. Wilson went on to become a New York Times best-selling author with the release of her first autobiography, Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme, in 1986, which set sales records in its genre, and later for the autobiography Supreme Faith: Someday We’ll Be Together.
Wilson continued his successful career as a concert performer in Las Vegas while also working in activism, fighting to pass Truth in Music Advertising bills and donating to various charities. Wilson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, along with Ross and Ballard (as members of the Supremes).
Is Mary Wilson related to Jackie Wilson?
They have no relationship with one another.
