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Biography. Founder of the world famous "Motown Sound," Mary Wells is considered not only one of the best female singers in the music industry, but also a vital part of the success of the prestigious label. Wells' early years were not easy. As a small child, she suffered a bout of spinal meningitis, which left her temporarily paralyzed, with ...
Aug 24, 2020 · Mary Wells. Mary has been called Motown’s first superstar, even as she owed her popularity to Smokey Robinson, the alchemist who wrote and produced ‘Two Lovers,’ ‘You Beat Me To The Punch ...
Jun 11, 2018 · Mary Wells. Singer. The first star to bring consistent sales and recognition to Detroit's Motown label in the 1960s, Mary Wells was also the first of many Motown stars to break away from that label acrimoniously. Her signature hit, "My Guy," is known to virtually all Americans who came of age in the 1960s, and she notched a string of other hits ...
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Wells started to regain her health when her cancer went into remission, but it returned by the summer of 1991 and quickly ravaged her body. She was just 49 years-old when she died on July 26, 1992. Mary Wells' love life was as tumultuous and complicated as her singing career. In 1960, when she was just 17, she married a fellow Motown musician ...
Mary Wells. Signed in 1960. Mary Wells was one of the first artists to sign onto the Motown label in 1960. Fresh out of high school, inspired by the success of other Detroit artists like Jackie Wilson and the Miracles, she began to pursue a career in the music industry. One of the first songs she wrote, “Bye Bye Baby” was with the singer ...
Mary Wells. This is the voice which gives Motown its first three consecutive Top 10 pop hits by one single artist, and the vehicle for the compelling early songs of Smokey Robinson. Mary Wells will always be Berry Gordy’s first solo superstar, and “My Guy,” in particular, will endure as one of his company’s most endearing anthems.
