Mary Wells
USA
Born: 13 May 1943
Died: 26 July 1992
Styles: Motown, R&B/Soul, Soul, Pop/Rock, Pop-Soul, Girl Groups, Early Pop/Rock, Early R&B
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Time and legions of other soul superstars have obscured the fact that for a brief moment, Mary Wells was Motown's biggest star. She came to the attention of Berry Gordy as a 17-year-old, hawking a song she'd written for Jackie Wilson; that song, "Bye Bye Baby," became her first Motown hit in 1961. The full-throated approach of that single was quickly toned down in favor of a pop-soul sound. Few other soul singers managed to be as shy and sexy at the same time as Wells (Barbara Lewis is the only other that springs to mind), and the soft-voiced s...
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