Vocalist started out as a secretary at motown until she and her back-up group had the opportunity to sing on two marvin gaye sessions. by the 1980s, artists such as david bowie, mick jagger, and eddie van halen had covered her group's biggest motown hit.

Helen tells her nephew, bernard, that she will pay him $100 if he will stop smoking for six months. helen was hopeful that if bernard stopped smoking for six months, he would stop altogether. bernard stops smoking for six months but then resumes his smoking. helen will not pay him. she says that the type of promise she made cannot constitute a binding contract and that, furthermore, it was at least implied that he would stop smoking for good. can bernard legally collect $100 from helen