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She sang with a feeling which one can feel as you listen to her music. One of the greatest singers of the sixties. This album has all of her best songs on it. A fine piece to own. She wraps you in the sweet soul of her music.
Which I heard it in 1989. Mary had went on to heaven and will always be remembered forever. The one I do like alot is "You lost the sweetest boy". Her song "My Guy" is heard alot. This CD of the late Mary Wells is one to have in archives. We'll always love her songs from Motown forever. Of course in mid-summer 1992. Everyone was shocked.
Mary's legacy will go on. I know that Mary Wells was out in the 1960's. I always remember listening to Mary Wells on the radio as a kid back in the 1980's. I'll keep this CD for years to come. Awesome writers. Great singer and very beautiful person.I remember back in summer of 1990 that she had throat cancer. Even though she's up there watching us that are fans of her.
WHOA - Mary Wells really delivers and takes me back in time with all of her GREAT songs. I am really enjoying this great CD of Mary's all times favorites.Thanks
Mary Wells Motown songs are hard to find. I was pleased to find it here and pleased with the CD itself.
The 2-disc set "Looking Back 1961-1964," put out by Motown, would be the much better choice for her fans. With her soft voice, Mary Wells was a soul singer who could sound both shy and sexy at the same time.
Then there was Wells' decision to leave Motown for 20th Century Fox, after which her career was nowhere near the same. Given she was only 21 when "My Guy" hit the top of the charts, this "20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection" for Mary Wells cannot help but engender thoughts of what might have been.Mary Wells became a star when Barry Gordy signed her as a teenager and she had her first Motown hit, "Bye Bye Baby" (#45 on the Billboard Pop charts, although most of her songs always charted better on the R&B charts).
In 1964, the year the Beatles led the British Invasion Mary Wells was Motown's biggest star and had a #1 hit with the classic "My Guy." That would end up changing, not because of the Beatles, but because of Diana Ross and the Supremes, who would have three #1 hits at the end of the year and become the second biggest hit makers on the planet. "I Don't Want to Take a Chance" (#33), "Once Upon a Time" (#19) and "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" (#22) are also pretty good.
This collection includes three other Top 10 hits, all of which were written and produced by Smokey Robinson: "The One Who Really Loves You" (#8), "You Beat Me to the Punch" (#9), and "Two Lovers" (#7). In fact, Robinson wrote the first seven tracks on this album, which includes "Laughing Boy" (#15).
However, with only eleven tracks this is a less than satisfying collection, because it is missing some hits, such as "What's the Matter With You Baby" (#17). However, for the casual fan who would like to have more than "My Guy," this "Millennium Collection" certainly fulfills the minimum Mary Wells requirement.
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