Career
After The Primettes dropped Betty McGlown from their lineup due to McGlown"s upcoming nuptials, Martin replaced her in the group in 1960. In between recording a handful of early singles, none of which became hits, Martin, Wilson, Ross, and Ballard worked as studio singers and hand clappers for other leading groups. In October 1961, Martin became pregnant.
Her husband supported her decision to stay in the group, but she left in the early spring of 1962 - leaving Ross, Wilson and Ballard a trio.
Although Martin sang on many of the group"s early singles, and most of the tracks on the group"s first album, Meet The Supremes, she is not pictured on the album cover, and never received any royalties from Motown after 1962. All of Martin"s recorded vocals appear under the name of The Supremes, while McGlown"s appear under The Primettes.
Martin"s only lead vocal for the group came in 1960 when the group recorded the Smokey Robinson ballad, "After All", singing the bridge to the song whereas Ross, Wilson and Ballard sang verses. The song was featured on the group"s 2000 box set The Supremes.
Martin also has a spoken interlude line during the song "(He"s) Seventeen", and has brief solos, but not leads, on two other songs.
