Together (Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells album)

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Together
Studio album by Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells
Released	April 15, 1964
Recorded	February-April 1963, Hitsville, USA, Detroit, Michigan
Genre	Soul
Length	24:38
Label	Motown MT-613
Producer	William "Mickey" Stevenson Clarence Paul
Professional reviews
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Marvin Gaye chronology
Greatest Hits (1963) Together (1964) Hello Broadway (1964)
Mary Wells chronology
Greatest Hits (1964) Together (1964) Mary Wells (1965)

Together was the first and only album released by the duo team of American Motown artists Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells. It was released on Motown's Tamla label on April 15th, 1964. The album brought together the rising star Gaye with Wells, an established star with a number-one pop hit to her name (1964's "My Guy"), in hopes that Gaye would benefit from the exposure.

This album became the first charted album credited to Gaye, peaking at #42 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart and yielding two Top 20 singles, "Once Upon a Time" and "What's the Matter With You Baby". Shortly afterwards, Wells, who was frustrated with the direction the label wanted her to go, left Motown. The label had to find another duet partner for Gaye, enlisting Kim Weston for one album, (Take Two), but later yielding a longer-lasting paring of Gaye with Tammi Terrell.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Once Upon a Time" (Ales/Hamilton/Paul/Stevenson) 2:32
2. "'Deed I Do" (Hirsch/Rose) 2:53
3. "Until I Met You" (Greene/Wolf) 3:21
4. "Together" (DeSylva/Brown/Henderson) 2:42
5. "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (Best/Watson) 2:35
6. "The Late, Late Show" (Alfred/Berlin) 2:42
7. "After the Lights Go Down Low" (Belmonte/Lovett/White) 2:53
8. "Just Squeeze Me (Don't Tease Me)" (Ellington/Gaines) 2:32
9. "What's the Matter With You Baby?" (Ales/Paul/Stevenson) 2:24
10. "You Come a Long Way from St. Louis" (Brooks/Russel) 2:52