The One Who Really Loves You
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Studio album by Mary Wells | ||||
Released | June 1962[1] | |||
Recorded | 1961–62 | |||
Studio | Hitsville USA | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Producer | Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Mickey Stevenson | |||
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Singles from The One Who Really Loves You | ||||
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The One Who Really Loves You is the second album recorded by R&B singer and Motown recording artist Mary Wells, released in 1962 on the Motown label. The album featured the hits, "The One Who Really Loves You" and "You Beat Me to the Punch" and other singles such as the ballads "Strange Love" and "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right".
Track listing
Side one
- "The One Who Really Loves You" (William "Smokey" Robinson)
- "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" (Berry Gordy, Jr., William "Smokey" Robinson)
- "You Beat Me to the Punch" (Ronald White, William "Smokey" Robinson)
- "I've Got a Notion" (Brian Holland, George Fowler, Robert Bateman)
- "The Day Will Come" (Brian Holland, Robert Bateman)
Side two
- "Strange Love" (Mickey Stevenson, George Gordy)
- "You're My Desire" (Rex Robertson, William "Smokey" Robinson)
- "I'll Still Be Around" (Janie Bradford, Richard "Popcorn" Wylie)
- "She Don't Love You" (William "Smokey" Robinson)
- "Drifting Love" (Mary Wells)
Personnel
- Mary Wells - lead vocals
- The Love Tones - backing vocals (on "The One Who Really Loves You", "You Beat Me to the Punch", "Strange Love" and "You're My Desire")
- The Andantes - backing vocals (on "The Day Will Come", "Strange Love" and "She Don't Love You")
- Robert Bateman - backing vocals (on "She Don't Love You")
- The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
References
- ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-one-who-really-loves-you-mw0000198996 [bare URL]
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8 – via Google Books.
- v
- t
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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