- Mary Wells discography
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Mary Wells discography Releases ↙Studio albums 13 ↙Live albums 1 ↙Compilation albums 2 ↙Singles 44 This is a full discography of albums and singles released by Motown legend Mary Wells during a 30-year career that spanned a repertoire of doo-wop, R&B, pop, soul, disco, adult contemporary and dance. Throughout her career, she released a total of sixteen albums and twenty-seven singles that charted between 1960 and 1982. Among the singles, twelve of them reached the Top 40 with four reaching the top ten and one hitting number-one. On the R&B side, eighteen in total reached the top 40, thirteen reached the top ten and three reached the number-one spot.
Contents
Album discography
Year Album Title US Pop Albums* US Black Albums** Label 1961 Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance - - Motown 1962 The One Who Really Loves You 8 - 1963 Two Lovers and Other Great Hits 49 - 1963 Recorded Live On Stage - - 1964 Together (with Marvin Gaye) 42 - 1964 Greatest Hits 18 - 1964 Mary Wells Sings My Guy 6 - 1965 Mary Wells 145 - 20th Century 1965 Love Songs to the Beatles - - 1966 The Two Sides of Mary Wells - - Atco 1966 Vintage Stock - - Motown 1968 Servin' Up Some Soul - - Jubilee 1981 In and Out of Love - - Epic/CBS 1982 Easy Touch - - 51 West/CBS 1984 I'm a Lady: The Old, New & Best of Mary Wells - - Allegiance 1990 Keeping My Mind on Love - - Motorcity .*Eventually changed to The Billboard 200 in 1984. .**Eventually changed to the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 1984.
Singles discography
Motown (1960-1964)
All songs were released under the Motown label.
Year Song US Hot 100 US R&B UK singles 1960 "Bye Bye Baby"/
"Please Forgive Me"45 8 - 1961 "I Don't Want to Take a Chance"/
"I'm Sorry"33 9 - 1961 "Strange Love"/
"Come to Me"- - - 1962 "The One Who Really Loves You"/
"I'm Gonna Stay"8 2 - 1962 "You Beat Me to the Punch"/
"Old Love (Let's Try It Again)"9 1 - 1962 "Two Lovers"/
"Operator"7 1 - 1963 "Laughing Boy"/
"Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right"15/
1006 - 1963 "Your Old Standby"/
"What Love Has Joined Together"40 8 - 1963 "You Lost the Sweetest Boy"/
"What's Easy for Two Is So Hard for One"/22/
2910/
8- 1964 "My Guy"/
"Oh Little Boy (What Did You Do to Me)"1 1* 5 1964 "Once Upon a Time"/
"What's the Matter with You Baby"
(with Marvin Gaye)19/
173*/
2*50 1964 "When I'm Gone"/
"Guarantee for a Lifetime"
(canceled)- - - 1964 "Whisper You Love Me Boy"/
"I'll Be Available"
(canceled)- - - 1974 "My Guy" (reissue) - - 14 Other releases (1964-1982)
The following list are singles released on the 20th Century Fox, Atco, Jubilee, Reprise and Epic.
Year Song US Hot 100 US R&B US Dance US Disco 1964 "Ain't It the Truth"/
"Stop Takin' Me for Granted"45/
88- - - 1964 "Use Your Head"/
"Everlovin' Boy"34 13 - - 1965 "Never, Never Leave Me"/
"Why Don't You Let Yourself Go"54/
10715 - - 1965 "He's a Lover"/
"I'm Learnin'"74 - - - 1965 "Me Without You"/
"I'm Sorry"95 - - - 1965 "I Should Have Known Better"/
"Please Please Me"- - - - 1965 "Dear Lover"/
"Can't You See (You're Losing Me)"51/
946 - - 1966 "Keep Me In Suspense"/
"Such a Sweet Thing"-/
99- - - 1966 "Fancy Free"/
"Me And My Baby"- - - - 1967 "Coming Home"/
"(Hey You) Set My Soul on Fire"-/
122- - - 1968 "The Doctor"/
"Two Lovers' History"65 22 - - 1968 "Can't Get Away From Your Love"/
"A Woman in Love"- - - - 1968 "Don't Look Back"
"500 Miles"- - - - 1969 "Mind Reader"/
"Never Give a Man the World"- -/
38- - 1970 "Dig the Way I Feel"/
"Love-Shooting Bandit"115 35 - - 1970 "Sweet Love"/
"It Must Be"- - - - 1971 "Mr. Tough"/
"Never Give a Man the World"- - - - 1971 "I Found What I Wanted"/
"I See a Future in You"- - - - 1974 "If You Can't Give Her Love (Give Her Up)"/
"Cancel My Subscription"- 95 - - 1982 "Gigolo"/
"Let's Mix It Up"- 69 13 2 1982 "These Arms"/
"Spend the Nights With Me"- - - - - No R&B chart was published between November 1963 and January 1965. The following listed are from Cashbox's R&B chart.
Tamla Motown UK Releases
Including catalogue numbers.
- TML11006 My Baby Just Cares For Me LP
- TML11032 Greatest Hits LP
- STMS5057 Sings My Guy LP
- STMS5093 Greatest Hits LP
- TMG820 My Guy / You Lost the Sweetest Boy / Two Lovers 7"
- TME2007 Mary Wells EP
References
Categories:- Rhythm and blues discographies
- Discographies of American artists
- Pop music discographies
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