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Product Summary
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Universal Music Group
Buy.com Sku: 209027484
UPC: 602517773356
UPC 14: 00602517773356
Release Date: 9/23/2008
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. My Guy ~ Mary Wells
2. You Beat Me To The Punch ~ Mary Wells
3. Two Lovers ~ Mary Wells
4. Your Old Stand By ~ Mary Wells
5. What's Easy For Two Is Hard For One ~ Mary Wells
6. Operator ~ Mary Wells
7. Laughing Boy ~ Mary Wells
8. Once Upon A Time ~ Mary Wells
9. I Don't Want To Take A Chance ~ Mary Wells
10. One Who Really Loves You, The ~ Mary Wells
11. You Lost The Sweetest Boy ~ Mary Wells
12. Old Love ( Let's Try Again) ~ Mary Wells
13. Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right ~ Mary Wells
14. What Love Has Joined Together ~ Mary Wells
15. Oh Little Boy ( What Did You Do To Me) ~ Mary Wells
16. What's The Matter With You Baby - (featuring Marvin Gaye) ~ Mary Wells
17. Whisper You Love Me Boy ~ Mary Wells
18. Bye Bye Bye ~ Mary Wells
Album Notes and Credits
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Mary Wells' greatest success came with Motown Records, climaxing in her enduring 1964 hit "My Guy," and for most, the story ends there. Wells left Motown after "My Guy" and signed with 20th Century, which by all accounts was a disaster, and she left 20th Century in 1965 for Atlantic subsidiary Atco Records, where she remained until 1967. She released four singles for Atco -- the first of which, "Dear Lover," did fairly well -- and one LP before parting company with the label. But the fact remains that Wells, who was Motown's first big star, will forever be linked with the Detroit label. This set, which features the best sides Wells did for Motown, including, of course, "My Guy," as well as other Top 40 hits like Wells' own "Bye Bye Baby" (Wells wrote it when she was only 17 and had her first hit with it in 1961) and the Smokey Robinson-penned (and produced) "You Beat Me to the Punch" and "The One Who Really Loves You," sets the stage pretty well. Blessed with a singing voice that could somehow be sweet and sincere even as it was sexy and sassy (and sometimes all of that at once), Wells, in a fair and equitable world, really should have been able to sustain her career at the top of the charts longer than she did. Life (and the music business) goes where it goes, though, and this anthology really does have her best stuff. ~ Steve Leggett |
Musical Guests | |
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Marvin Gaye |
Compilation Appearances
Associated Artists and Works
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Gaye, Marvin |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 01/26/2009 |
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Original Release Date : 2008 |
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Catalog ID : 1777335 |
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Label : Motown |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00602517773356 |
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