AMG Review:
'Mary Wells wasn't yet a polished vocalist when she first signed with Motown in the early '60s, and she later became the first performer to score a Number One single and Top Ten pop hit for the label. But that didn't happen with these songs, although they have an edge, toughness, and spark, that wasn't always evident in the slicker hits that Wells made. '
As I've said, it was the grit that was polished out of her........Motown wanted their singers to be above old stereotypes of Black blues and soul shouters so they did a lot of work. But I do love her pre-polished stuff.
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