Mary Wells discography

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	8	-
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	6	-
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
1984	I'm a Lady: The Old, New & 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

Other releases (1964-1982)

The following list are singles released on the 20th Century Fox, Atco, Jubilee, Reprise and Epic.

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	-	-	-
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"	-	-	-	-
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	-	-	-
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"	-	-	-	-
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	-	-
1982	"Gigolo"/ "Let's Mix It Up"	-	69	13	2
1982	"These Arms"/ "Spend the Nights With Me"	-	-	-	-

• 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 7"
• TME2007 Mary Wells EP

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References

1. ^ http://www.vinylnet.co.uk/record-label-discographies.asp link