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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mary Esther Wells |
| Also known as | Mary Wells Womack |
| Born | May 13, 1943 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | July 26, 1992 (aged 49) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1960–1990 |
| Labels | |
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s.[1]
Along with the Supremes, the Miracles, the Temptations, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and the Four Tops, Wells was said to have been part of the charge in black music onto radio stations and record shelves of mainstream America, "bridging the color lines in music at the time".[2]
With a string of hit singles composed mainly by Smokey Robinson, including "The One Who Really Loves You", "Two Lovers", and the Grammy-nominated "You Beat Me to the Punch", all in 1962, plus her signature hit, "My Guy" (1964), she became recognized as "The Queen of Motown" until her departure from the company in 1964, at the height of her success.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1244. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
- ^ "Mary Wells, 49, the Pop Singer Who Made 'My Guy' a 1960s Hit". The New York Times. July 27, 1992. Retrieved September 10, 2008.