The One Who Really Loves You

by Mary Wells

The One Who Really Loves You cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1962
  • Label: Motown
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 25:14
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking a massive breakthrough for both the artist and the burgeoning Motown label, 'The One Who Really Loves You' pairs Mary Wells's breathy, coy vocal delivery with Smokey Robinson's masterful songwriting. The album notably incorporates subtle calypso rhythms into the early Detroit soul template, creating a buoyant, deeply infectious sound. It effectively established Wells as Motown's first legitimate female superstar before the ascent of the girl groups.

Genres

Descriptors: soulful, vocal, harmonies, ballad, melodic

Tracklist

  1. The One Who Really Loves You - Single Version (2:27)
  2. Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right - Single Version (2:47)
  3. You Beat Me To The Punch (2:45)
  4. I've Got A Notion (2:32)
  5. The Day Will Come (2:19)
  6. Strange Love - Single Version (2:46)
  7. You're My Desire (2:18)
  8. I'll Still Be Around (2:15)
  9. She Don't Love You (2:32)
  10. Drifting Love (2:28)

Credits

  • Mary Wells - primary artist, written-by
  • The Love-Tones - backing vocals
  • Smokey Robinson - written-by
  • Berry Gordy - written-by
  • Ronald White - written-by
  • Brian Holland - written-by
  • George Fowler - written-by
  • Robert Bateman - written-by

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