ABSTRACT
1473. Abbott, Kingsley, ed. Calling Out around the World: A Motown Reader. With a foreword by Martha Reeves. London: Helter Skelter, 2001. 256 pp. ISBN 1-900924-14-5. A historical compilation of articles and interviews with people involved in Motown, including an interview with Carol Kaye, remembrances of Mary Wells, articles on the Marvelettes, Brenda Holloway, the Velvettes, Kim Weston, and the Supremes, an interview with Martha Reeves, remembrances of Cindy Birdsong, and an interview with Florence Ballard. Abbott includes a discography, a list of best-selling singles and some rare singles, and the Motor City Fan Club Top 100. Quotations by artists are interspersed among the articles. SH
