Mary Wilson of The Supremes, then at the height of thier fame, met the band in 1965.
"We were in New York to tape Ed Sullivan's show and our publicity people and The Beatles' publicity representatives thought it would be great to get the world's number one and two pop groups together."
"When our limo pulled up in front ot The Warwick hotel, the crowds of screaming girls thinking we might be the Beatles, charged the car.
Onces we stepped out and they saw through our bodyguards taht we were only The Supremes they lost interest and went back to standing watch by the hotel door.
We entered The Beatles suite and the first thing I noticed was that the room reeked of maijuana smoke, but we kept on smiling through our introductions.
It was difficult to be friendly and gracious in the face of what we could only see as the coolest reception we'd ever received. We felt that we had interruped something.
Paul was nice, but there was an awkward silence most of the time.
Jown Lennon just sat in a corner and stared. After a few moments we wanted out
Years later I was visiting George Harrison at his home in England.
Recalling that first meeting he said, "We expected soulful, hip girls. We couldn't believe that three black girls from Detroit could be so square!"
