Mary Wells
- MatchMary Wells
- 100%Brenda Holloway
- 57%The Marvelettes
- 43%Martha & The Vandellas
- 43%Martha Reeves
- 43%Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- 43%The Miracles
- 38%Four Tops
- 36%The Elgins
- 35%The Supremes
- 33%The Contours
Biography
13 May 1943, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 26 July 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA. At the age of 17, Mary Wells composed Bye Bye Baby, a song which she offered to R&B star Jackie Wilson. His producer, Berry Gordy, was sufficiently impressed to offer her a contract with the newly formed Motown Records label, and Wells rendition of her song became one of the companys first Top 50 hits in 1960. Gordy entrusted her career to Smokey Robinson, who masterminded all her... Read more