13 years old, we were sisters,” Wilson said.
Fellow songstress Martha Reeves also shared her heartfelt praise for Wilson.
“I could hardly believe it when I heard the news,” an emotional Reeves tells Rolling Stone. “My phone has been ringing off the hook since 6 a.m. I’m holding on and trying to stay strong for everyone that wants to speak with me. A lot of them wanted to know if we were competitors. We were not. We were lifelong friends.” Here is the lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas in her own words, as she looks back at her friendship with Wilson and the incredible legacy of Motown.
Wilson left an incredible legacy.
She was also instrumental in passing the Music Modernization Act (MMA) in 2018, which aimed to modernize copyright-related issues for new music and audio recordings in the face of new technology like digital streaming which did not protect music recorded before February 15th.