Mary Wells

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 company’s first Top 50 hits in 1960. Gordy entrusted her career to Smokey Robinson, who masterminded all her... Read more

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Documentaries Jazz Music & Radio Books Music Videos & Concerts Pop / Rock Pop / Rock R&B / Soul R&B / Soul

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soul

motown

60s

female vocalists

oldies

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