Mary Wells discography
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| 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, fourteen in total reached the top 40, ten reached the top ten and two reached the number-one spot.
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[edit] Album discography
| Year | Album Title | US Pop Albums* | US Black Albums** |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance | - | - |
| 1962 | The One Who Really Loves You | 8 | - |
| 1963 | Two Lovers and Other Great Hits | 49 | - |
| 1963 | Recorded Live On Stage | 111 | - |
| 1964 | Together | 42 | - |
| 1964 | Greatest Hits | 18 | - |
| 1964 | Mary Wells Sings My Guy | 6 | - |
| 1965 | Mary Wells | 145 | - |
| 1965 | Love Songs to the Beatles | - | - |
| 1966 | The Two Sides of Mary Wells | - | - |
| 1966 | Vintage Stock | - | - |
| 1968 | Servin' Up Some Soul | - | - |
| 1981 | In and Out of Love | - | - |
| 1982 | Easy Touch | - | - |
| 1983 | I'm a Lady: The Old, New & Best of Mary Wells | - | - |
| 1990 | Keeping My Mind on Love | - | - |
- Eventually changed to The Billboard 200 in 1984.
- Eventually changed to the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 1984.
[edit] Singles discography
[edit] Motown (1960-1964)
All songs were released under the Motown label.
| Year | Song | U.S. Hot 100 | U.S R&B | UK singles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | "Bye Bye Baby" | 45 | 8 | - |
| 1961 | "I Don't Want to Take a Chance" | 33 | 9 | - |
| 1961 | "Strange Love" | - | - | - |
| 1962 | "The One Who Really Loves You" | 8 | 2 | - |
| 1962 | "You Beat Me to the Punch" | 9 | 1 | - |
| 1962 | "Two Lovers" | 7 | 1 | - |
| 1963 | "Laughing Boy" | 15 | 6 | - |
| 1963 | "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" (B-side to "Laughing Boy") |
100 | - | - |
| 1963 | "Your Old Standby" | 40 | 8 | - |
| 1963 | "What's So Easy for Two Is So Hard for One" | 29 | 8 | - |
| 1963 | "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" (B-side of "What's So Easy for Two Is So Hard for One") |
22 | 10 | - |
| 1964 | "My Guy" | 1 | 1* | 5 |
| 1964 | "Once Upon a Time" (with Marvin Gaye) |
19 | 3* | 50 |
| 1964 | "What's the Matter With You Baby" (with Marvin Gaye) |
17 | 2* | - |
| 1964 | "When I'm Gone" (canceled) |
- | - | - |
| 1964 | "Whisper You Love Me Boy" (canceled) |
- | - | - |
[edit] Other releases (1964-1990)
The following list are singles released on the 20th Century Fox, Atco, Jubilee, Reprise, Epic and Motorcity.
| Year | Song | U.S. Hot 100 | U.S R&B | U.S. Dance | U.S. Disco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | "Ain't It the Truth" | 45 | - | - | - |
| 1964 | "Stop Taking Me for Granted" | 88 | - | - | - |
| 1964 | "Use Your Head" | 34 | 13 | - | - |
| 1965 | "Never, Never Leave Me" | 54 | 15 | - | - |
| 1965 | "He's a Lover" | 74 | - | - | - |
| 1965 | "Me Without You" | 95 | - | - | - |
| 1965 | "Dear Lover" | 51 | 6 | - | - |
| 1966 | "Can't You See (You're Losing Me)" | 94 | - | - | - |
| 1966 | "Keep Me In Suspense" | - | - | - | - |
| 1966 | "Such a Sweet Thing" | 99 | - | - | - |
| 1966 | "Me And My Baby" | - | - | - | - |
| 1967 | "(Hey You) Set My Soul on Fire" | - | - | - | - |
| 1968 | "The Doctor" | 65 | 22 | - | - |
| 1968 | "Can't Get Away From Love" | - | - | - | - |
| 1968 | "Don't Look Back" | - | - | - | - |
| 1969 | "Mind Reader" | - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | "Dig the Way I Feel" | - | 35 | - | - |
| 1970 | "Sweet Love" | - | - | - | - |
| 1971 | "Mr. Tough" | - | - | - | - |
| 1971 | "I Found What I Wanted" | - | - | - | - |
| 1974 | "If You Can't Give Her Love (Give Her Up)" | - | - | - | - |
| 1982 | "Gigolo" | - | 69 | 13 | 2 |
| 1982 | "These Arms" | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | "You're the Answer to My Dreams" | - | - | - | - |
- No R&B chart was published between November 1963 and January 1965. The following listed are from Cashbox's R&B chart.
[edit] 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
