Mary Wells
Best Motown Songs: Essential Tracks To Get You Dancing In The Street
The best Motown songs are timeless soul classics that capture everything it means to be in love, to suffer heartbreak – and to want to dance with abandon.
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Features1 month ago12-Year-Old Genius At Work: Stevie Wonder Debuts By His ‘Fingertips’
His first singles chart appearance captured the improvised, call-and-response electricity between Stevie and a Chicago crowd.
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Features2 months ago
‘My Guy’: Mary Wells Makes Motown Gold
For all her other hits, Smokey Robinson's composition became the Detroit vocalist's defining song.
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Features3 months ago
Mary Wells: Motown Icon And Soul Music’s First Superstar
A pioneering and everlasting legend, Mary Wells was Motown’s first true icon, paving the way for an artistic freedom that others would come to follow.
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In-Depth3 months ago
The Great American Soulbook: An Awe-Inspiring Collection Of Songs
Motown’s great songwriters were the foundations of the Great American Soulbook, an imaginary, but nonetheless awe-inspiring collection of songs written in the name of soul. But it did not come easy.
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Features3 months ago
The Great American Songbook: Soul Covers
Soul covers of The Great American Songbook have added a gospel-derived power and dancefloor-driven sexiness to these timeless standards.
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Features4 months ago
How Sweet It Is: Marvin Gaye In 20 Songs
Our uDiscover Music playlist celebrates the Prince of Motown, and a legacy that remains as powerful as ever.
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Features5 months ago
‘When I’m Gone’: Brenda Holloway Plus Smokey Robinson Equals Pure Soul
When it came to a new song by Smokey Robinson, the departing Mary Wells' loss was Brenda's gain.
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Features6 months ago
Best Motown Love Songs: 20 Essential Songs For Soulmates
If you’re suffering from heartbreak, trying to get next to someone, or dreaming about the unattainable, the best Motown love songs will suit your mood.
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Features6 months ago
Barrett Strong: The Man Who Made Motown ‘Money’ And Much More
The young singer who recorded 'Money (That's What I Want)' went on, with Norman Whitfield, to co-write many of the most indelible songs in Motown history.
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Features6 months ago
Ace Of Bass: Funk Brother And Motown Bedrock James Jamerson
Alongside his fellow Funk Brothers, Jamerson helped weave the very fabric of Tamla Motown’s imposing and infectious sound.
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Features7 months ago
‘For Sentimental Reasons’: America Swoons To Sam Cooke
The much-covered '(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons' had its origins at the end of World War II.
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Features7 months ago
‘If Walls Could Talk’: Bluesman Little Milton Sees Out The 1960s
The blues singer-writer’s consistent success wasn’t going to be ending anytime soon.
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Features7 months ago
‘Bye Bye Baby’: R&B Chart Debut Of Motown Queen Mary Wells
Late in 1960, the first female star produced by the still-emerging company was making her R&B chart debut with 'Bye Bye Baby.'
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Features9 months ago
‘Two Lovers’: Mary Wells Lands Smokey Robinson’s One-Two Punch
The first queen of Motown followed her opening R&B No.1 with a second soul chart-topper in a row.
