The One Who Really Loves You/You Beat Me To The Punch/Two Lovers/Your Old Stand By/What’s Easy For Two Is So Hard For One/My Guy/Laughing Boy/What Love Has Joined Together/Oh Little Boy/Old Love/You Lost The Sweetest Boy/Bye Bye Baby
Mary Wells was Motown's most popular vocalist during the label's early days. She left the company at about this time, a serious career mistake as her subsequent singles were much less successful. (US:18)
"Mary Wells was a Motown artist in the early 1960s. She had some great hit tunes for the label. Then she got too big for her britches and left the label for 20th Century. After one mediocre hit she flopped and never hit the top 40 again. This LP is a reflection of her big hits at Motown. If she had stayed at Motown she could have been one of the best recording vocalists ever and probably the best artist to come out of Detroit."
"One of the foremost singers of the early Motown era, Wells had the best voice of them all. This collection is impressive and fun to listen to." "One of the greatest singers of the sixties. This album has all of her best songs on it. She sang with a feeling which one can feel as you listen to her music. A fine piece to own. She wraps you in the sweet soul of her music."
"Mary will be forever remembered for My Guy, but there was much more to her music than that. This collection encapsulates the best of it. She was a very soulful singer, able to wring every ounce of emotion from a song."
"Mary Wells built Motown in the crucial early years and was their first superstar. Listen to all these classics and weep that somehow her later work didn't make it."
"She is the girl with the X factor in her voice. Listen: you'll hear it, and it's cool, sensual water and absolutely gorgeous. Don't forget her timeless legacy, she put Motown on the map. She was their first killer artist. Without her there might not have been a Motown at all. A lot of times you get a Greatest Hits album and there are holes that make them less than great. It is not the case with Mary Wells Greatest Hits. You will enjoy it from beginning to end. No filler."
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