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In the late 1950s, Florence Greenberg was a housewife in Passaic, N.J., with an itch to get into the music business. A tip from her daughters led her to a quartet of young African-American singers. Under Greenberg\\u2019s tutelage, the women became the legendary Shirelles, the group behind such hits as \\u201cI Met Him on a Sunday\\u201d and \\u201cDedicated to the One I Love.\\u201d Greenberg\\u2019s name in the business was made. She formed three record labels\\u2014Tiara, Scepter, and Wand\\u2014and had a hand in the successes of talents including Dionne Warwick and the Isley Brothers.

As the curtain rises on Baby It\'s You, a new musical celebrating Greenberg\'s life and work, Vox Tablet host Sara Ivry speaks with Slate Magazine music critic Jody Rosen about the obstacles Greenberg might have faced as a pioneering woman, about her ability to identify voices and styles that others didn\\u2019t think America was quite ready for, and about the real meaning of the song \\u201cSay a Little...

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