Mary Wells discography
| 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, eighteen in total reached the top 40, thirteen reached the top ten and three reached the number-one spot.
Album discography
| Year | Album Title | US Pop Albums* | US Black Albums** | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance | - | - | Motown |
| 1962 | The One Who Really Loves You | - | - | |
| 1963 | Two Lovers and Other Great Hits | 49 | - | |
| 1963 | Recorded Live On Stage | - | - | |
| 1964 | Together (with Marvin Gaye) | 42 | - | |
| 1964 | Greatest Hits | 18 | - | |
| 1964 | Mary Wells Sings My Guy | 111 | - | |
| 1965 | Mary Wells | 145 | - | 20th Century |
| 1965 | Love Songs to the Beatles | - | - | |
| 1966 | The Two Sides of Mary Wells | - | - | Atco |
| 1966 | Vintage Stock | - | - | Motown |
| 1968 | Servin' Up Some Soul | - | - | Jubilee |
| 1981 | In and Out of Love | - | - | Epic/CBS |
| 1982 | Easy Touch | - | - | 51 West/CBS |
| 1983 | The Old, The New & The Best of Mary Wells | - | - | Allegiance |
| 1990 | Keeping My Mind on Love | - | - | Motorcity |
.*Eventually changed to The Billboard 200 in 1984. .**Eventually changed to the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 1984.
Singles discography
Motown (1960-1964)
All songs were released under the Motown label.
| Year | Song | US Hot 100 | US R&B | UK singles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | "Bye Bye Baby"/ "Please Forgive Me" |
45 | 8 | - |
| 1961 | "I Don't Want to Take a Chance"/ "I'm Sorry" |
33 | 9 | - |
| 1961 | "Strange Love"/ "Come to Me" |
- | - | - |
| 1962 | "The One Who Really Loves You"/ "I'm Gonna Stay" |
8 | 2 | - |
| 1962 | "You Beat Me to the Punch"/ "Old Love (Let's Try It Again)" |
9 | 1 | - |
| 1962 | "Two Lovers"/ "Operator" |
7 | 1 | - |
| 1963 | "Laughing Boy"/ "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" |
15/ 100 |
6 | - |
| 1963 | "Your Old Standby"/ "What Love Has Joined Together" |
40 | 8 | - |
| 1963 | "You Lost the Sweetest Boy"/ "What's Easy for Two Is So Hard for One"/ |
22/ 29 |
10/ 8 |
- |
| 1964 | "My Guy"/ "Oh Little Boy (What Did You Do to Me)" |
1 | 1* | 5 |
| 1964 | "Once Upon a Time"/ "What's the Matter with You Baby" (with Marvin Gaye) |
19/ 17 |
3*/ 2* |
50 |
| 1964 | "When I'm Gone"/ "Guarantee for a Lifetime" (canceled) |
- | - | - |
| 1964 | "Whisper You Love Me Boy"/ "I'll Be Available" (canceled) |
- | - | - |
| 1974 | "My Guy" (reissue) | - | - | 14 |
20th Century Fox (1965)
The following list are singles released on 20th Century Fox.
| Year | Song | US Hot 100 | US R&B | US Dance | US Disco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | "Ain't It the Truth"/ "Stop Takin' Me for Granted" |
45/ 88 |
6 | - | - |
| 1964 | "Use Your Head"/ "Everlovin' Boy" |
34 | 13 | - | - |
| 1965 | "Never, Never Leave Me"/ "Why Don't You Let Yourself Go" |
54/ 107 |
15 | - | - |
| 1965 | "He's a Lover"/ "I'm Learnin'" |
74 | - | - | - |
| 1965 | "Me Without You"/ "I'm Sorry" |
95 | - | - | - |
| 1965 | "I Should Have Known Better"/ "Please Please Me" |
- | - | - | - |
Atco (1965-1967)
The following list are singles released on Atco.
| Year | Song | US Hot 100 | US R&B | US Dance | US Disco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | "Dear Lover"/ "Can't You See (You're Losing Me)" |
51/ 94 |
6 | - | - |
| 1966 | "Keep Me In Suspense"/ "Such a Sweet Thing" |
-/ 99 |
- | - | - |
| 1966 | "Fancy Free"/ "Me And My Baby" |
- | - | - | - |
| 1967 | "Coming Home"/ "(Hey You) Set My Soul on Fire" |
-/ 122 |
- | - | - |
Jubilee (1968-1971)
The following list are singles released on Jubilee.
| Year | Song | US Hot 100 | US R&B | US Dance | US Disco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | "The Doctor"/ "Two Lovers' History" |
65 | 22 | - | - |
| 1968 | "Can't Get Away From Your Love"/ "A Woman in Love" |
- | - | - | - |
| 1968 | "Don't Look Back" "500 Miles" |
- | - | - | - |
| 1969 | "Mind Reader"/ "Never Give a Man the World" |
- | -/ 38 |
- | - |
| 1970 | "Dig the Way I Feel"/ "Love-Shooting Bandit" |
115 | 35 | - | - |
| 1970 | "Sweet Love"/ "It Must Be" |
- | - | - | - |
| 1971 | "Mr. Tough"/ "Never Give a Man the World" |
- | - | - | - |
Reprise (1971; 1974)
The following list are singles released on Reprise.
| Year | Song | US Hot 100 | US R&B | US Dance | US Disco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | "I Found What I Wanted"/ "I See a Future in You" |
- | - | - | - |
| 1974 | "If You Can't Give Her Love (Give Her Up)"/ "Cancel My Subscription" |
- | 95 | - | - |
Epic (1981)
The following list are singles released on Epic.
| Year | Song | US Hot 100 | US R&B | US Dance | US Disco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Gigolo"/ "Let's Mix It Up" |
- | 69 | 13 | 2 |
| 1981 | "These Arms"/ "Spend the Nights With Me" |
- | - | - | - |
Allegiance (1983)
| Year | Song | US Hot 100 | US R&B | US Dance | US Disco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | "My Guy" (rerecording)/ "(Instrumental)" |
- | - | - | - |
Nightmare (1987-1989)
| Year | Song | US Hot 100 | US R&B | US Dance | US Disco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | "Don't Burn Your Bridges"/ "(Nightmare Dub Mix)" |
- | - | - | - |
| 1989 | "You're The Answer To My Dreams"/ "(Motor-Town Dub Mix)" |
- | - | - | - |
- No R&B chart was published between November 1963 and January 1965. The following listed are from Cashbox's R&B chart.
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" Single
- TME2007 Mary Wells EP
References
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