Mable John, the first female solo artist signed to Motown (then Tamla) Records, a Stax singer and longtime Ray Charles collaborator, has died at the age of 91. John died Thursday at her home in Los ...

Mable John, the first ever female solo singer signed to Motown Records, has died aged 91. John was the first woman who record executive Berry Gordy signed at Motown. She later moved to Stax Records in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the first women signed by Motown, Mable John, shown in 1966, later became a minister and an advocate for homeless people in ...

Motown veteran, Mable John passed away Thursday (Aug. 25) at the age of 91. She was the first solo female artist signed by Berry Gordy to Tamla Records, a label that would later become Motown. From ...

She sounded too sultry and adult for Motown, where she was the first solo female artist Berry Gordy signed, but Mable John fit in just fine at Stax Records in Memphis, where she parlayed her ...

She was one of the first female acts signed to Motown, and her career later intersected with Isaac Hayes and Ray Charles. But she eventually heeded a higher calling. By Alex Williams Beyond her many ...

Mable John, the beloved Motown trailblazer and Stax legend passed away at 91. The Detroit News reported that John’s nephew, Kevin John, confirmed that she died Thursday, Aug. 25, at her home in Los ...

In one of the final chapters of Mable John’s whirlwind life, people enduring hardship on the streets of Los Angeles turned to her and the charity she ran for food and salvation. Late in life she had ...

The first female solo artist signed to Motown (at the time then Tamla) Records, Ray Charles collaborator and a Stax singer Mable John has died. She was 91 years old. John died Thursday, Aug. 25, at ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The first woman signed by legendary producer Berry Gordy, John was also a longtime collaborator of Ray Charles’, spending several years as one of his ...

Mable John, who recorded for Motown and Stax and later worked with Ray Charles, died Aug. 25 at her home in Los Angeles. Her nephew, Kevin John, confirmed the death, but did not give a cause. She was ...