Person · Open Library
- Works
- 26
Top works
- [A] divine poem written by Mary Wells, who recommends it as a fit token for all young men and maids, instead of profane songs and ballads
- Adventures in Boyhood and Beyond
- Lose Pounds Easily
- Memoir of Mrs. Joanna Turner, as exemplified in her life, death, and spiritual experience
- AS MY SOUL SOARS (Color)
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Film & TV
Known for
- Soul Divas — Self2007
- Motown Returns to the Apollo1985
- Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever — Self1983
- Hullabaloo — Self1965
- Shindig! — Self - Singer1964
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943-05-13
- Active to
- 1992-07-26
motownpop soulr&brock and indiesoul
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 507,223
- Total plays
- 2,761,507
Tags
soulmotownfemale vocalists60soldies
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer who defined the early sound of Motown Records in the early sixties. Along with The Miracles, The Temptations, The Supremes, 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 in music at the time." With a string of hit singles mainly composed by Smokey Robinson including "Two Lovers" (1962) <a href="https://
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Esther
- Family name
- Wells
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Cecil Womack
- Child
- Joseph Priestley
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Mary Wells 1964.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Voice type
- contralto
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of death
- 1992-07-26
- cause of death
- laryngeal cancer
- date of birth
- 1943-05-13
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Mary Wells (singer)
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- birth name
- Mary Esther Wells
- name in native language
- Mary Wells
- pseudonym
- Mary Wells Womack
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