Person

Mary Wells

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.

Along with the Supremes, the Miracles, the Temptations, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and the Four Tops, Wells was said to have been part of the charge in black music onto radio stations and record shelves of mainstream America, "bridging the color lines…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
United States
Born
May 13th, 1943
Died
July 26th, 1992
Genres
Labels
Rhino
ATCO Records
Motown
Charly Records
Tamla Motown
Last updated: April 2nd, 2022

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