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Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s.
Sep 26, 2020 · Mary Wells, the woman who kicked off Motown's all-encompassing success as the go-to label for soul and R & B was no exception. Per History of Rock, Wells was born in Detroit in 1943 and had a difficult childhood — an absent father and a mother who worked as a domestic to support herself and her three children.
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 -- July 26, 1992) was an American singer who defined the emerging sound of Motown in the early sixties. Along with The Miracles, The Temptations, The Supremes,...
Jan 5, 2011 · Mary Wells - You Beat Me To The Punch. Time and legions of other soul superstars have obscured the fact that for a brief moment, Mary Wells was Motown's biggest star. She came to the...
May 13, 2024 · Mary Wells was soul from first to last, the pioneering and everlasting legend of this remarkable black American music. She was nothing short of amazing. Don’t take her for granted.
Detroit-born (in 1943) Mary Wells was one of the first stars of the soon-to-be-legendary Motown Records, and while she became one of the label's superstars, she had very, very difficult early years that many other people would not have been able to overcome.
Jul 27, 1992 · Mary Wells, who brought a perky optimism to the pop and soul charts in the early 1960's with hits like "My Guy" and "You Beat Me to the Punch," died today at the Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Center...
Aug 24, 2020 · Mary Wells. Mary has been called Motown’s first superstar, even as she owed her popularity to Smokey Robinson, the alchemist who wrote and produced ‘Two Lovers,’ ‘You Beat Me To The Punch,’...
Wells, Mary (1943–1992) African-American singer, known as the Queen of Motown, who was the first woman to become a major R&B star on the Motown label. Born Mary Esther Wells on May 13, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan; died of throat cancer in Los Angeles on July 26, 1992; married Herman Griffin, in 1960 (divorced 1962); married Cecil Womack, in ...
Jul 27, 1992 · Mary Wells, a black rhythm and blues singer who was part of the 1960s Motown explosion that broke the color barrier in American music, died Sunday of cancer at the age of 49.
