Artist
Mary Wells
Mary Wells is a soul artist from Detroit, USA formed in 1960. 77 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Detroit, USA · Best soul albums
- 77
- Releases
- 1961–2026
- Active years
- 1960
- Formed
Artist
Mary Wells is a soul artist from Detroit, USA formed in 1960. 77 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Detroit, USA · Best soul albums
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Mary Wells Sings My Guy
1964
Something New: Motown Lost & Found
2012
Bye, Bye Baby, I Don't Want to Take a Chance
1961
Together
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American Portraits: Mary Wells
2026
60s Ladies of Song Revisited
2026
Soul Beginnings - Tribute to Motown's Golden Dawn (100 Hits) - Volume 2
2025
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Mary Wells
2025
Soul Beginnings - Tribute to Motown's Golden Dawn (100 Hits) - Volume 3
2025
Essential Classics, Vol. 492: Mary Wells
2025
I'm Gonna Stay: The Early Motown Years 1960-62
2024
The Old, the New and the Best of Mary Wells
2023
Shop Around
2022
Unbreakable (Soulful Rhythmic Collection)
2022
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right
2021
Strange Love
2021
My Guy and More Hits
2021
Anthology: Her Early Years (Remastered)
2020
Dear Lover: The Atco, Jubilee and Reprise Years 1965-1974
2020
You Beat Me to the Punch
2020
Soul Creators - Mary Wells
2020
Not Yet Baby
2020
Early & Rare Numbers
2020
Bye Bye Baby
2019
The Early Years: Complete Motown Releases 1960-62
2019
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Songs And Arias
2019
All the Best
2019
Greatest Hits
2018
The One Who Really Loves You & More Mary Wells Classics
2014
Soul Masters: Mary Wells
2014
Ladys Of Rock Vol 2
2014
Recorded Live On Stage
2014
The Queen of Motown
2013
Looking Back 1961-1964
2013
I'm Gonna Stay
2013
I Don't Want to Take a Chance
2013
Milestones of Rhythm and Blues - Motor Town Soul, Vol. 3: From Detroit (1958-1962)
2013
The Very Best of Mary Wells
2013
The Best of Mary Wells
2013
The First Lady of Motown
2013
I'm a Lady
2013
Mary Wells - Soul Legend (MP3 EP)
2013
Bad Boy
2012
The Golden Hits of The Miracles and Mary Wells
2012
I'm Gonna Stay - The Best of Mary Wells
2012
Guided By My Conscience
2012
Mary Wells: Greatest Hits
2012
Best Of The Early Years
2011
To Feel Your Love
2011
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Well, Well, It's Mary (Rerecorded Version) - [The Dave Cash Collection]
2011
Soul Pack - Mary Wells
2011
In And Out Of Love (Bonus Track Version)
2010
My Guy (Rerecorded Version)
2010
Mary Wells: Legends
2010
All-Time Greatest Hits
2009
The Best of Mary Wells (Rerecorded Version)
2009
Mary Wells: Studio 102 Essentials
2008
Living In The '80s
2008
The Definitive Collection
2008
Sweet Sweet Soul
2008
Make Up, Break Up
2007
Two Sides Of Mary Wells
2007
Mary Wells The Hits
2006
The Very Best of Mary Wells (Rerecorded Version)
2006
The Ultimate Collection
1998
22 Greatest Hits
1986
Two Lovers / My Guy
1986
Two Lovers
Single · 1963
Mary Wells
EP · 1965
Never, Never Leave Me
Single · 2026
Soul Classics
EP · 2026
20th Century Recordings, Vol. 1
Single · 2025
Mary Wells (Rerecorded)
EP · 2021
My Guy (Remastered)
EP · 2018
Her Very Best
EP · 2008
Mary Wells - In Concert at Little Darlin's Rock 'n' Roll Palace (Live)
EP · 1986
The One Who Really Loves You
Single · 1962
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 - July 26, 1992) was an American singer who defined the early sound of Motown Records in the early sixties. Along with The Miracles, The Temptations, The Supremes, andThe 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 mainly composed by Smokey Robinson including "Two Lovers" (1962), the Grammy-nominated "You Beat Me to the Punch" (1962) and 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 popularity. In other circles, she's referred to as the "The First Lady of Motown" and was one of Motown's first singing superstars. Mary Esther Wells was born near Detroit's Wayne State University on May 13, 1943 to a domestic mother and an absentee father. One of three children, she caught spinal meningitis at the age of two and struggled with partial blindness, deafness in one ear and temporary paralysis. During her early years, Wells' family grew up in a poor residential Detroit district. By age 12, …