Soulful Detroit - Johnnie Mae Matthews

This website is dedicated to Detroit, Soul Music, 45 RPM, Northern Soul and the great Motown era of Detroit Musics. It covers Golden World, Berry Gordy, Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Edwin Starr, Funk Brothers, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Tamla, Wheelsville, Robert West, Darrell Banks, Johnnie Mae Matthews, Rose Battiste, Tera Shirma, Fred Bridges, Dennis Coffey, Bob Babbitt, James Jamerson, Twisted Wheel, Wiggan Casino and many more Detroit Souls topics.

The Johnnie Mae Matthews Story
Acknowledgements

Johnnie Mae Matthews; December 31^st 1922 - January 6^th 2002.
An irrepressible woman who helped to pioneer Detroit Soul.
She's missed by many.

I would like to thank the following for their great help and contributions; Robert Bateman, James "Pete" Crawford, Don Davis, Melvin Davis, Emry Franklin, Edward Hamilton, Joe Hunter, Willie Jones, Bettye Lavette, Artwell "Chuck" Matthews Jr., Audrey "Kaiya" Matthews, Cynthia Gurdy, Ron Murphy, Rick Pack, Joseph "Kingfish" Stribling, Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, and of course - the late Johnnie Mae Matthews.

The Michigan Chronicle newspaper clippings and the photographs are from the collection of Graham Finch. Additional label scans of rare 45 rpm records were kindly supplied by collectors; Carl Pellegrino at motorcitymusic, Eric Silvenis, Lars Nilsson and Nikki Gustafson.

Graham Finch
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Notes thanks to Graham Finch

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This website is dedicated to Detroit, Soul Music, 45 RPM, Northern Soul and the great Motown era of Detroit Musics. It covers Golden World, Tamla, Wheelsville, Robert West, Darrell Banks, Johnnie Mae Matthews, Rose Battiste, Tera Shirma, Fred Bridges, Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Edwin Starr, Funk Brothers, Dennis Coffey, Bob Babbitt, James Jamerson, Twisted Wheel, Wiggan Casino and many more Detroit Souls topics.