Welfare helped her family make ends meet; Wilson fell in love with the Detroit projects anyways.
When did she first realize that the Supremes had made it big?
“I remember that instead of going home on the bus, we flew.
That was our first plane ride.
We flew home,” Wilson recalled in 2014 toThe Associated Press.
Twelve of the Supremes' singles would hit No.
1 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 chart (viaBillboard).
The band’s global fame would rival that ofthe Beatles, who they would also meet.
Soon, Wilson could no longer walk down the street without being recognized.
She’d get so famous that she started denying her identity.
Indeed, because Mary Wilson had a lot of it.
Even well into her seventies, she was still racking in the change.
Remember her being part of 2019’sDancing with the Stars?
