Greatest Hits (Mary Wells album) explained

Mary Wells Greatest Hits
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Mary Wells
Cover:	Mary Wells' Greatest Hits.jpg
Released:	April 15, 1964
Recorded:	1960–1964
Genre:	Soul
Label:	Motown
Producer:	Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Mickey Stevenson
Prev Title:	Recorded Live On Stage
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Mary Wells Sings My Guy
Next Year:	1964

Mary Wells Greatest Hits is a greatest-hits compilation album released by Motown singer Mary Wells in 1964 on the Motown label. As the standout early star of Motown Records, Wells, thanks to producers such as Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson, rose to prominence as Motown's first crossover star for a brief period between 1961 and 1964 before she left the label that year for 20th Century Fox Records. This collection collected the best of Wells' hits with the label.

Track listing

Side one

1. "The One Who Really Loves You"
2. "You Beat Me to the Punch"
3. "Two Lovers"
4. "Your Old Standby"
5. "What's Easy for Two Is So Hard for One"
6. "My Guy"

Side two

1. "Laughing Boy"
2. "What Love Has Joined Together"
3. "Oh Little Boy (What Did You Do to Me)"
4. "Old Love (Let's Try Again)"
5. "You Lost the Sweetest Boy"
6. "Bye Bye Baby"

Personnel

• Mary Wells - lead vocals
• Liz Lands - background vocals
• The Rayber Voices - background vocals
• The Love Tones - background vocals
• The Andantes - background vocals
• The Supremes - background vocals
• The Temptations - background vocals
• The Funk Brothers - instrumentation