Two Lovers and Other Great Hits
1963 studio album by Mary Wells
Two Lovers and Other Great Hits | ||||
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Studio album by Mary Wells | ||||
Released | January 31, 1963 | |||
Recorded | 1962 | |||
Studio | Hitsville USA | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Producer | Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy | |||
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Singles from Two Lovers | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Two Lovers and Other Great Hits is an album released by Motown singer Mary Wells, the third album she released while recording for the label. It debuted on the Billboard album chart March 16, 1963 reaching #49, remaining on the chart for eight weeks. The album composed of Wells' third top ten hit, "Two Lovers", the follow-up hit, "Laughing Boy" and the b-side to the "Two Lovers" single, "Operator", the latter song later re-recorded as a minor hit for fellow Motown female crooner, Brenda Holloway.
Track listing
Side one
- "Two Lovers" (Smokey Robinson)
- "Guess Who" (Jo Anne Belvin)
- "My 2 Arms - You = Tears" (Clarence Paul, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Marvin Gaye)
- "Goody Goody" (Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer)
- "Stop Right Here" (Mary Wells, Melvin Franklin)
Side two
- "Laughing Boy" (Smokey Robinson)
- "Looking Back" (Belford Hendricks, Brook Benton, Clyde Otis)
- "(I Guess There's) No Love" (Berry Gordy)
- "Was It Worth It?" (Berry Gordy)
- "Operator" (Smokey Robinson)
Personnel
- Lead vocal by Mary Wells
- Background vocals by:
- The Love Tones (on "Two Lovers", "Guess Who", "Laughing Boy" and "Operator")
- The Andantes (on "Guess Who", "Stop Right Here" and "Laughing Boy")
- Martha and the Vandellas (on "My 2 Arms - You = Tears")
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
References
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- Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance (1961)
- The One Who Really Loves You (1962)
- Two Lovers and Other Great Hits (1963)
- Mary Wells Sings My Guy (1964)
- Mary Wells (1965)
- The Two Sides of Mary Wells (1966)
- Servin' Up Some Soul (1968)
- In and Out of Love (1981)
- Keeping My Mind on Love (1990)
- Recorded Live On Stage (1963)
- Together (1964)
- Love Songs to the Beatles (1965)
- Greatest Hits (1966)
- Vintage Stock (1966)
- Easy Touch (1982)
- The Old, The New & The Best of Mary Wells (1983)
(US Top 40)
- "I Don't Want to Take a Chance"
- "The One Who Really Loves You"
- "You Beat Me to the Punch"
- "Two Lovers"
- "Laughing Boy"
- "Your Old Standby"
- "What's Easy for Two Is Hard for One"/
- "You Lost the Sweetest Boy"
- "My Guy"
- "Once Upon a Time"
- "What's the Matter with You Baby"
- "Use Your Head"
- Discography
- Albums
- Songs
- Smokey Robinson
- Marvin Gaye
- Cecil Womack
- Meech Wells