Being a singer myself, I know how heartbreaking it is to lose your voice, especially when your life isn't working out. The voice is often the singer's only joy and comfort. Poor Mary couldn't even make a joyful noise toward the end. Well hopefully, God repaired her voice, and she sings for Him.
Please people give folks their Flowers while they are alive and can see appreciate them. Flowers meaning anything and everything beautiful, meaningful, of value. May Almighty God who created us all, this world and everything in it have mercy on us and save us from everything and everyone not like him. Amen.
I loved Mary Wells, and I am so grateful that we still have her wonderful early hits to enjoy. She left Motown because she wanted to appeal to a broader audience, never imagining the success that would come to the company. Her battle with cancer was tragic and should be a lesson for smokers everywhere. It is wonderful that Berry Gordy, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen and others gave her money to live in dignity.
@Kenneth Hamlett: Mary was Motown's FIRST LADY! She was the headliner on the tours...I wish she would have trusted a budding black company...her songwriters (Smokey, HDH, etc) were putting out the hits. She got bad advice. Mr. Gordy offered her 50 percent of Motown stock...she refused !
MARY WELLS will always be the FIRST LADY of MOTOWN - without her, that record company might have NEVER been known- She is a greatly admired lady, mostly because she was one of the first artists to ever go on tour with the Beatles!
She left with good reason! Motown was notorious for cheating its artists out of their royalties. Teena Marie was cheated out of her money and artistic freedom and won the case. She even had legislation passed called the Teena Marie Law which prevents record companies from keeping anyone under contract without releasing new material from them.
This was my generation's Teen Idol. I experienced her in person at the Regal and followed her post Motown days. Actually, Mary, to many of us in Chicago WAS the reason for Motown for the most part. We simply waited for her next "jam" because we knew that she would nail it everything. I mourned this woman's death and it's been about 22 years now. We did throw a Memorial of a sort with nothing but her music, just amongst family. RIP, much appreciation Mary for enriching us musically.
She singed very well. I never would know of this. She died but, the Máry Wells'voice is alive today. Here in Brazil, everyone like her musics, specially Gigolo.
To:Mary wells (rest in peace), I still bump your songs in my low rider cruising the streets of pasadena ca !!! your music lives through me and many others here in the Los Angeles area god bless your soul !!!your gone but never forgotten !!!!
@@AntonioJLee Mines as well along with Bye Bye Baby, I Don't Wanna Take a Chance, Two Lovers, My Guy, The One Who Really Loves You, Never, Never Leave Me and Gigolo.
when she talks with that voice, i just cant help but think of the happy time she once had. This breaks my heart... what is a singer without a voice. :(
Mary Wells' 3 oldest children did form a singing/Hip Hop group that was signed to MCA Records, but they were dropped due to the label's politics. Her oldest daughter is married to a famous chef and her sons are Hip Hop/R&B producers and songwriters. Her daughter Sugar has a child of her own and is honoring their mother's legacy.
This is so beautiful..I was born in 54..I love Mary. She put Motown on the map. Sad Gordy fell for Ross. That guy was cut throat..he did so many artist wrong. I listen to Mary music a lot..it brings back happy memories for me. I was young and just waiting to be a teenager to take a walk in the park..lol. Oakland Ca was a great city..it went bad when the Black Panthers popped up. Violence disrespect for the Police but thank God we had Pimps and Players..
Mary, Flo, David, Paul & Eddie, & All The Other Artists From Motown Who Got The Sh^tty End Of The Stick, Who Has Passed On, May You All Rest In Eternal Peace, Berry Gordy & Diane Ross Day Is Coming!!!!!
I met this legend in nov, 81 in fresno ca at the rainbow ballroom .i was 19 years old she signed her autograph on the servin up soul album for me i was on cloud 9!!
I loved her singing My Guy and all her many hits I wish you would have quit smoking two packs of cigarettes a day I never smoked and I'm 88 now and she would have been 79 she would have still been here God bless her😍😍😍😍
Love and miss you Mary....you were the best...wish I could of helped you after giving me so many years of that wonderful voice. I hope to visit your reesting place one day when I find out where you are.
@CharlesThomsonVideos Sorry, but when You Tube has had my video up for over 2 years without any problems or loss of audio, then obviously the problem is with You Tube or possibly the computer settings for those viewing it. There isn't anything I can do about it - sorry.
KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK WHEN SHE ATTENDED MARY WILSONS SHOW AT THE "ROCKY NIGHTCLUB IN1987. IN L.A. SHE SAID TO ME " OOH I LIKE THAT". 🙏 RIP MARY WELLS.
Mary Wells entertained Scunthorpe in the UK...which got us all into Northern Soul and I love all she did...and will think of her every time they play "My Guy" at the odd 40th, 50th celebration.
I was crazy about Mary wells that was my girl prating her songs to perfection never tiring and thank the rest of my stars for coming through thank so much bless you all
mary ruggiero: Yea, but considering the fact that he didn't have to, nor was he at all obligated to give anything, the expression "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" is aptly apparent. The fact is that others were giving her funds and, in that context, it's not how much a person is worth but, rather, how much they feel another may need. Your point of view is what is shameful if you really think about it.
@@lazurm hahahaha!! when a person is worth 345 MILLION DOLLARS, and he gives a $25,000 donation to someone he made million of those dollars on, he's cheap. no, hon, you putting a multi, multi, multi millionaire in the same category as the homeless, you should be ashamed!! what does the Bible say about giving? what is shameful is your lack of respect for my religion. i'm offended by your lack of intelligence, too.
Mary was a true icon love her songs the shady management at Motown should be ashamed of themselves leaving one of their big money makers homeless and broke.
I love her music and her attitude...I just look at the best things that have happened in my life and I tell Satan to get behind me, and ask God to get in front of me...
No, I live in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, but I'm a huge Motown fan and actually run a Yahoo Motown group that is devoted to the female singers/groups who recorded for Motown.
OMG! I didn't know she died with a hole in her throat i knew she had cancer thats all omg im shocked this is so sad i just loved her voice and to not be able to talk or sing must have just killed her wow. She looks so beautiful here so young she doesnt look sick. God bless you Mary you are missed but your voice lives on XOX PEACE
AWWW I MISS HER AND LOVE HER VOICE AND SONGS I CAN'T BELIEVE MOTOWN DID THIS TO HER THEY TOOK HER FOR GRANTED SHAME ON THEM FOR DOING THAT TO A BEAUTIFUL TALENTED LADY.
I agree ,she had the most beautiful voice ,and I loved her song (my guy) it can still make me cry after all these years of young love ,I miss those lovely moments of being in love !!
Norma Corella So let me Get this she Quit Motown smoking 2 packs of cigarettes married a deadbeat husband AND develop cancer and that was ALL Motown fault?; Go back to sleep 😪
jennifer23ish you agree?.Then your and idiot! Smoking 2packs of cigarettes a day quitting your job married a deadbeat husband AND develop cancer and that's your employer's fault? Take a nap 😪
How is it Motown's fault she smoked two packs a day? Her record sales went down after she left the company also. 20th Century Fox convinced her to break her contract, they were going to make her a movie star! She couldn't take her writers and producers with her. I love Mary Wells but this Motown bashing is ridiculous!
@@kenj280 The companies she went to didn't know how to develop artists like her...they didn't have R&B divisions...but she did make a fine post-Motown album! The songs were great!
Now This Story Is A Real Tear Jerker Because Mary Wells can really sing her heart out when it came to that top single My Guy which topped the charts & all but all of that cigarette smoking really cut her life short & she will always be remembered for her singing talent .
Oh how could I forget you beat me to the punch my memories not as good as it should be but at 88 I do pretty good the doctor said I'm taking good care of myself he's never said that before I see him every month
God Bless those friends that supported her at the end of her life!
Absolutely100 % now back then those trust singers was in each strength and support system.Its a shame nobody tried to stop her cigarette habit.
Being a singer myself, I know how heartbreaking it is to lose your voice, especially when your life isn't working out. The voice is often the singer's only joy and comfort. Poor Mary couldn't even make a joyful noise toward the end. Well hopefully, God repaired her voice, and she sings for Him.
I attended Mary Wells funeral. Mary was a real sweet kind lady. She was my friend.
Yes, I recall your online magazine, etc. It was a great read. I still go there to see what musical acts are playing in our state of CA.
Please people give folks their Flowers while they are alive and can see appreciate them. Flowers meaning anything and everything beautiful, meaningful, of value. May Almighty God who created us all, this world and everything in it have mercy on us and save us from everything and everyone not like him. Amen.
@Nevin Reid
Yes I did as a mattet of fact I didn't realise Berry and Smokey standing there 2.
Mary looked so beautiful she had eye lashes on.
@@wally1435
Your talking about Chicano Magazine or Mary Wells fanclub?
@Nevin Reid
Yes it was big ... KRLA radio broadcasted it live
Wow that's crazy she was one of the best female singers of all times ,R.I.P Mary Wells
I love you Mary Wells and Florence Ballard....RIP love you Gladys Horton
July 26th 1992....25 long years .....God brought you home.... your fans still love and miss you.Rest in Peace
She's as sweet and cool as her music! That's my FAM. I miss her, too!
RIP BEATUIFUL CLASS ACT MARY ESTHER WELLS WOMACK GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN
I loved Mary Wells, and I am so grateful that we still have her wonderful early hits to enjoy. She left Motown because she wanted to appeal to a broader audience, never imagining the success that would come to the company. Her battle with cancer was tragic and should be a lesson for smokers everywhere. It is wonderful that Berry Gordy, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen and others gave her money to live in dignity.
Kenneth Hamlett. Finally someone said it right.
Yeah smoking is not good she suffered from depression & abusive relationships very very sad Godbless her 🙏🙏🇬🇧❤🤎
@Kenneth Hamlett: Mary was Motown's FIRST LADY! She was the headliner on the tours...I wish she would have trusted a budding black company...her songwriters (Smokey, HDH, etc) were putting out the hits. She got bad advice. Mr. Gordy offered her 50 percent of Motown stock...she refused !
I don't understand because she had very big hits that were crossover hits it don't get bigger than that. I need to read the book
MARY WELLS will always be the FIRST LADY of MOTOWN - without her, that record company might have NEVER been known- She is a greatly admired lady, mostly because she was one of the first artists to ever go on tour with the Beatles!
Please...the company was going to be recognized whether she existed or not...there was and is many Motown greatness....
@kicla3447 yea no doubt but mary wells was her I mean the Beatles said she was one of there favorite American singers
Mary left us with a musical legacy most singers never achieve. Her understated vocal style was magical. RIP MARY xx
Thank God for the friends that stepped up to help this wonderful lady during her hard times! God Bless You Mary!!!
She left with good reason! Motown was notorious for cheating its artists out of their royalties. Teena Marie was cheated out of her money and artistic freedom and won the case. She even had legislation passed called the Teena Marie Law which prevents record companies from keeping anyone under contract without releasing new material from them.
It was actually called “The Brockert Initiative”
Mary Well is still one of my favorite singers, I remember when she came out with Bye Bye Baby!
This was my generation's Teen Idol. I experienced her in person at the Regal and followed her post Motown days. Actually, Mary, to many of us in Chicago WAS the reason for Motown for the most part. We simply waited for her next "jam" because we knew that she would nail it everything. I mourned this woman's death and it's been about 22 years now. We did throw a Memorial of a sort with nothing but her music, just amongst family. RIP, much appreciation Mary for enriching us musically.
What a amazing talent Mary Wells was her legacy will live on through her music. Rest In Peace Mary Wells
She singed very well. I never would know of this. She died but, the Máry Wells'voice is alive today. Here in Brazil, everyone like her musics, specially Gigolo.
Rest In Peace Mary Wells and Mary Wilson.
To:Mary wells (rest in peace), I still bump your songs in my low rider cruising the streets of pasadena ca !!! your music lives through me and many others here in the Los Angeles area god bless your soul !!!your gone but never forgotten !!!!
"You beat me to the punch" is my favorite!
trump H8R mines too!
@@AntonioJLee Mines as well along with Bye Bye Baby, I Don't Wanna Take a Chance, Two Lovers, My Guy, The One Who Really Loves You, Never, Never Leave Me and Gigolo.
You both beat me to the punch!
I prefer the Temptations version but to each their own.
That's exactly what brought me here
Rest In Peace 😰😰 Mary Wells😰😰
I use to love it when people would tell me that I look like Mary Wells. Every time I play her music, it reminds me of my brother.
Mary Wells, The Best, FOREVER.....
Eternal Mother Mary Wells...gone but never forgotten !!!!! You are eternal dear SISTER !!!
Anita Baker,the Lady has Class
when she talks with that voice, i just cant help but think of the happy time she once had. This breaks my heart... what is a singer without a voice. :(
Mary Wells' 3 oldest children did form a singing/Hip Hop group that was signed to MCA Records, but they were dropped due to the label's politics. Her oldest daughter is married to a famous chef and her sons are Hip Hop/R&B producers and songwriters. Her daughter Sugar has a child of her own and is honoring their mother's legacy.
rest in peace "Mary Wells" 😢😢😢
I still love her.
She had some very good friends continue to RIH Mary ❤ your voice is truly missed ❤
Wow! I never knew the story of her later years. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Her voice is one of the greatest!
We miss you Mary Wells.
This is so beautiful..I was born in 54..I love Mary. She put Motown on the map. Sad Gordy fell for Ross. That guy was cut throat..he did so many artist wrong. I listen to Mary music a lot..it brings back happy memories for me. I was young and just waiting to be a teenager to take a walk in the park..lol. Oakland Ca was a great city..it went bad when the Black Panthers popped up. Violence disrespect for the Police but thank God we had Pimps and Players..
I remember seeing this as a kid when she died. I was like wow even then. That was just so sad.
Mary, You had it all and we loved you very much!
Beautiful Ms. Mary RIH. Thank you for thr music.😇🥰❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
rest in peace, great lady
I also think Gordy could have given a bit more, considering the money she raked in for him while she was with Motown.
It breaks my heart to see her suffering. I love you beautiful sister and rest in peace ☮️
Mary Wells Was Among My Favorites, She Had A Unique Sound And Presence! I Hate She Died So Young, And Pray She's Singing Up Yonder!
Thanks for commenting. By all accounts, Diana always had a good relationship with Mary & learned from her.
I loved this song!! I use to sing My- guy at the ripe age of 6yrs. What a beautiful woman. She will be missed
Mary, Flo, David, Paul & Eddie, & All The Other Artists From Motown Who Got The Sh^tty End Of The Stick, Who Has Passed On, May You All Rest In Eternal Peace, Berry Gordy & Diane Ross Day Is Coming!!!!!
I met this legend in nov, 81 in fresno ca at the rainbow ballroom .i was 19 years old she signed her autograph on the servin up soul album for me i was on cloud 9!!
She sounded like a real talent & had a lot to give. I might not have known too much about her but she sounded amazing
Mary Wells music live in my house every family members of mine is always playing her music...may her beautiful soul rest in heaven 🙏
I wish I could have known her. I am so glad I've got her music to remember her by.
Thanks for sharing this...I NEVER knew Miss Wells was so young when she left us...
...I celebrate her most beautiful voice, and her wonderful spirit. She will always live on. Motown's greed will be dealt with in time.
I loved her singing My Guy and all her many hits I wish you would have quit smoking two packs of cigarettes a day I never smoked and I'm 88 now and she would have been 79 she would have still been here God bless her😍😍😍😍
I was previlaged to see Mary Wells @ the Hollywood paladium back in 1980/81..... She's my favorite still....
Thank you Mary Wells for sharing your talent with the world as Michael Jackson once said "Gone Too Soon."
I know Mary sings in Heaven. Bless you!
That roll in her voice was crazy 🤯I've never heard a voice like that even today from another singer and I'm 28, her voice was one of a kind.
This is so sad R.I.P Mary Wells
Been listening to Mary Wells today. I miss her voice. Are any of her children singers, somebody has to carry on her legacy?
Yes.all 4
Love and miss you Mary....you were the best...wish I could of helped you after giving me so many years of that wonderful voice. I hope to visit your reesting place one day when I find out where you are.
@CharlesThomsonVideos Sorry, but when You Tube has had my video up for over 2 years without any problems or loss of audio, then obviously the problem is with You Tube or possibly the computer settings for those viewing it. There isn't anything I can do about it - sorry.
Always a class act
Til this day I still jam Mary wells 😘
Me too....
RIP MARY>>and thank God for Anita Baker.. the loss of a wonderful Voice...Marys...... to hell with Gordy...
She was the bestests rip Mary wells
KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK WHEN SHE ATTENDED MARY WILSONS SHOW AT THE "ROCKY NIGHTCLUB IN1987. IN L.A. SHE SAID TO ME " OOH I LIKE THAT". 🙏 RIP MARY WELLS.
oh, gosh...that made me cry. Sure, life sucks, but the way Berry Gordy treated his artists sucks even harder. I think he is a very sadistic person.
Mary was so young when she passed! How sad, cigarettes are awful awful things.
God bless 🙏 MARY WELLS...
Mary Wells entertained Scunthorpe in the UK...which got us all into Northern Soul and I love all she did...and will think of her every time they play "My Guy" at the odd 40th, 50th celebration.
I'll bet you were; I also met her once and she was very sweet & endearing.
I was crazy about Mary wells that was my girl prating her songs to perfection never tiring and thank the rest of my stars for coming through thank so much bless you all
The original Queen of Motown
$25,000 to Berry Gordy is like pocket change. he's worth $400million...smh! shame on him!
mary ruggiero: Yea, but considering the fact that he didn't have to, nor was he at all obligated to give anything, the expression "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" is aptly apparent.
The fact is that others were giving her funds and, in that context, it's not how much a person is worth but, rather, how much they feel another may need.
Your point of view is what is shameful if you really think about it.
@@lazurm hahahaha!! when a person is worth 345 MILLION DOLLARS, and he gives a $25,000 donation to someone he made million of those dollars on, he's cheap. no, hon, you putting a multi, multi, multi millionaire in the same category as the homeless, you should be ashamed!! what does the Bible say about giving? what is shameful is your lack of respect for my religion. i'm offended by your lack of intelligence, too.
@@lazurm he ripped off artists like mary wells, he should at least pay more
@@maryruggiero2884 Amen
beautiful bird.
Cigarettes are garbage
The Devils joint.
rip you beautiful lady.
May Mary wells rest in peace
Contracts may be binding, but so is our conscience, especially if we beleive we have a Contract too with God.
Mary was a true icon love her songs the shady management at Motown should be ashamed of themselves leaving one of their big money makers homeless and broke.
Seen her perform at Knotts Berry Farm Amusement park in 1978. Anaheim California.
I love her music and her attitude...I just look at the best things that have happened in my life and I tell Satan to get behind me, and ask God to get in front of me...
she's one of the Angels singing in Heaven for the Lord!!!
So sad! Rest in peace!
No, I live in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, but I'm a huge Motown fan and actually run a Yahoo Motown group that is devoted to the female singers/groups who recorded for Motown.
Wonderful woman.
God Bless Mary Wells
WOW...THANKS WALLY IVE ALWAYS LOVED MARY WELLS MUSIC,THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VIDIO...MARY WELLS 4EVA...GUS SERRANO(LAUGHING BOY) DUARTE,CA
Sad what happened to her, but such great music.
RIP mary wells
wow this is so sad. i really want to cry right now.
OMG! I didn't know she died with a hole in her throat i knew she had cancer thats all omg im shocked this is so sad i just loved her voice and to not be able to talk or sing must have just killed her wow. She looks so beautiful here so young she doesnt look sick. God bless you Mary you are missed but your voice lives on XOX PEACE
R.I.P. Mary Wells. We L:ove You.
AWWW I MISS HER AND LOVE HER VOICE AND SONGS I CAN'T BELIEVE MOTOWN DID THIS TO HER THEY TOOK HER FOR GRANTED SHAME ON THEM FOR DOING THAT TO A BEAUTIFUL TALENTED LADY.
I agree ,she had the most beautiful voice ,and I loved her song (my guy) it can still make me cry after all these years of young love ,I miss those lovely moments of being in love !!
Norma Corella So let me Get this she Quit Motown smoking 2 packs of cigarettes married a deadbeat husband AND develop cancer and that was ALL Motown fault?; Go back to sleep 😪
jennifer23ish you agree?.Then your and idiot! Smoking 2packs of cigarettes a day quitting your job married a deadbeat husband AND develop cancer and that's your employer's fault? Take a nap 😪
How is it Motown's fault she smoked two packs a day? Her record sales went down after she left the company also. 20th Century Fox convinced her to break her contract, they were going to make her a movie star! She couldn't take her writers and producers with her. I love Mary Wells but this Motown bashing is ridiculous!
@@kenj280 The companies she went to didn't know how to develop artists like her...they didn't have R&B divisions...but she did make a fine post-Motown album! The songs were great!
SO SAD :( RIP MARY.
my oldest sister Ruth introducing two Mary Wells music
You sister had great taste !
Sure did!
Mary. Well s. G00d singer
Don't Smoke Please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A ENDING OF SADNESS.. HOPE HER BABY DAUGHTER WAS RAISED WELL..RIP
Now This Story Is A Real Tear Jerker Because Mary Wells can really sing her heart out when it came to that top single My Guy which topped the charts & all but all of that cigarette smoking really cut her life short & she will always be remembered for her singing talent .
thanks for this,
R.I.P. Mary
Oh how could I forget you beat me to the punch my memories not as good as it should be but at 88 I do pretty good the doctor said I'm taking good care of myself he's never said that before I see him every month