Mary Wells
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Birth Name: Mary Esther Wells
Born: 13 May 1943 Died: 26 July 1992
Country of origin: United States
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
(420 items)list by Onion Jack
Published 2 years, 3 months ago
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Now This Is What We Call Beauty in Music - Vol. 1
(100 items)list by Onion Jack
Published 2 years, 5 months ago
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Mary Esther Wells) was an American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s.
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."
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
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1. Today (1952)
Rating: | 94 Watched |
4. The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Rating: | 20 Watched |
5. Ready, Steady, Go! (1963)
Rating: | 2 Watched |
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Onion Jack added this to a list 2 years, 3 months ago
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (420 music items)
"TIMES NOMINATEDโบ 2 โ1986 - 1987MARY WELLSโ R&B โ POP โ SOUL โ DANCE โ DISCO โKEY SONGSMy Guy (1964)- selected for 'The 660 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll'- selected for the 'Grammy Hall of Fame'"
Onion Jack added this to a list 2 years, 5 months ago
Now This Is What We Call Beauty in Music - Vol. 1 (100 person items)
" MARY ESTHER WELLSBorn: 13 May 1943Died: 26 July 1992Grammies: 0 1Top 10s: 4 (1) 1 (0) The One Who Really Loves You (1962) - 8You Beat Me to the Punch (1962) - 9Two Lovers (1962) - 7My Guy (1964) - 1 ... 5"