The Famous Soul Groups Torn Apart by Rivalries, Bad Management, and Royalty Feuds

They gave us the greatest music of the 20th century. Then the paperwork destroyed them. In this episode we count down 10 legendary soul and R&B groups torn apart by rivalries, criminal management and royalty feuds that outlived the people who started them. A disc jockey who put his name on a song he never wrote. A manager who fired an entire group in one afternoon and hired strangers to replace them. A trust fund that turned out to be empty. A founding member who died on welfare at 32. And a 13 year old boy whose song made millions for men who buried him with nothing. These are the stories the oldies stations never tell you. Featured in this countdown: The Moonglows, "Sincerely," 1954 The Impressions, "For Your Precious Love," 1958 The Shirelles, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," 1960 The Platters, "The Great Pretender," 1955 The Drifters, "There Goes My Baby," 1959 Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, "If You Don't Know Me by Now," 1972 The Temptations, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," 1966 The Marvelettes, "Please Mr. Postman," 1961 The Supremes, "Where Did Our Love Go," 1964 Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," 1956 Every group here was broken by the same thing. Not talent. Not the audience. Ownership. Who held the name, who held the copyright, who held the money that was never there. Which of these groups do you think got robbed the worst? Tell me in the comments, because a name said out loud is the only royalty some of these people will ever collect. Subscribe to R&B Wonders for cinematic documentaries on the soul and R&B legends history tried to forget. New stories every week. #RnBWonders #SoulMusic #ClassicRnB #MusicHistory #Motown #FrankieLymon #TheSupremes #FlorenceBallard #TheTemptations #DavidRuffin #TheDrifters #ThePlatters #TeddyPendergrass #PhillySoul #DooWop #MusicDocumentary