Mary Wells - My Guy

su mayor exito, una buenisima cancion

[@SPOOKSTR]

My mom used to sing this to my dad back in the 70's....still together today.

[@raynersabino27]

😀

[@terrafirma91]

This isn't lip-synced, Mary is singing this live. Considering the quality of sound equipment available at this moment in time, everyone did a great job. This sounds great, and Mary is spot-on, too.

[@Janet-ws2go]

Da says go to hell.

[@torrencemonroe1233]

😊👍👏👏

[@UPBEATFOREVER]

Are you sure!?you don't sound legit.people do things that people not know like lip syncing.so convincing everybody believes she is actually singing.

[@simonramsay6080]

​​@@UPBEATFOREVER what do you mean they don't sound legit? Mary Wells is singing really clearly here, and it doesn't sound exactly the same as she does in the recording played by every DJ across the airwaves, and you can tell she's singing live in this video if you listen to her singing style; she's performing it a bit differently, but I think she sounds better except for 1 bit near the beginning where she went slightly off key. That all convinces me she is not lip syncing here. It's a live performance. I don't think lip syncing was done so much back then anyway. Listen properly to her singing here, and then listen to the recording which is always played on the radio; there's a difference to the sound and her performing. Maybe you don't believe it because it sounds too good to be real. Anyway, the comment you replied to was made 14 years ago!

[@AlwaysRight83]

This was written by Smokey Robinson. Smokey is amazing, he wrote so many great songs for so many other artists at motown. Not only did he write great hits for himself and his group the miracles, but he also helped everyone else at motown. He really played a huge role in making motown what it was.

[@MichaelBellJr81]

Yeah Smokey killed this, them lyrics are DOPE...

[@bradly2007]

Mary Wells was the first female Superstar at Motown Records and her songs were stunning and Mary was always great to see in concert over the years! Bravo Mary and you are missed!!!

[@wmpetroff2307]

How lucky was I to see her and others in concert over the years. The originalFabulous 4 Tops at ACY (Atlantic City to insiders, lol), and Diana Ross many times.

[@deep71483]

Her voice is so pure, so unique, nobody sings like her. I am serious. I love the way she enunciates her words in her songs. This and "You beat me to the punch" are my favorite songs.

[@karenpinner5913]

Mary was marvelous! "My Guy" a true classic!

[@williamrolls1147]

Hello friend, how're you doing today?

[@williamsfox8740]

Absolutely you’re right and how was your day Karen

[@elhaytemyet1272]

🔥2020🔥 in the corner, anybody?

[@bretkindell6887]

I'm sitting right beside you 2020

[@Jayybabby]

Me

[@ICgay4]

I wish I had a man so I can sing this song to.

[@wongtimothy3134]

i am

[@1408alan]

This is one of the catchiest melodies EVER. I defy anyone to keep their toes from tapping when they hear this. Such a happy, positive song. Wonderful.

[@BriantNixon]

Smokey robinson writes Number #1 Hits in his SLEEP!!! Thanks for everything smokey

[@design17]

With the "Blossoms" singing the background. Darlene Love, Fanita James, and Jean King. And Ms. Love is still singing for the people.

[@violetvalentine5040]

Ain't no smoke without FIRE

[@irismcooper]

Thank you for sharing that information, design 17.

[@juliebraun9425]

smokey

[@brayfentos5889]

The Smoke man has so many classics. The Tracks of My Tears is the last true love song ever written. God, what wasn't his?

[@user-xk7du1bx8c]

この曲は40年前に私が高校生の時に友達と湘南をドライブした時聞いた曲です💕懐かしくて涙が出ます😭

[@rephead]

"He may not be a movie star,but when comes to being happy we are." I love that part.

[@ikewilson7336]

In 1964 on today, this song hit #1. It was Motown Records first ever #1 hit.

[@nopenope2601]

Motowns first #1 hit was Please Mr. Postman

[@ikewilson7336]

nope nope I'm talking about "Motown Records" the label. You referring to Motown music the genre.

[@emmanuelmukendi9280]

+Ike Wilson Please Mr. Postman was from Motown Records. Search it up

[@ikewilson7336]

+Emmanuel Mukendi I took your advice and looked it up: www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6091979/motown-records-first-no-1-single-mary-wells

[@emmanuelmukendi9280]

+Ike Wilson Just like written on the link you sent me yourself, "My Guy" was Motown's first number one hit on the *Billboard Charts* in 1964, not their first number one hit EVER. "Please Mr. Potsman" was the first number one hit on the Motown Label in 1961. Wich proves my point.

[@ChasBeauregarde]

This song was a monster hit in 1964. Great feat considering the pop radio stations in the US were dominated by the British Invasion of the time. Very touching, even today. Sweet and pure.

[@thathawaiiandude787]

Love it when we’re treated to rare Live footage of the musical greats of the past….Mary had such smooth, beautiful vocals.
Being born in ‘68, I wasn’t aware of her original release until the early 80’s(1982) because I actually heard a cover of “My Guy” first done by the awesome, Sister Sledge. Then, it actually dawned on me that I heard this “My Guy”-tune somewhere before. After borrowing some books on Motown history, etc…(when we ACTUALLY had to go into a real library to research answers😂😆)…I put two and two together and realized it was Mary Wells’ original that I had heard as a little kid from the radio and my Mom playing her 45rpm record of this very song.
AND!…it was just a couple more years into the future from that moment in ‘82…that I figured out just WHY “My Guy” had such a familiar flow I thoroughly enjoyed, and would enjoy for a lifetime….because it was written by a HUGE favorite musical artist I loved since I was around 4 or 5….the GREAT, Smokey Robinson!
It was just the year prior, in ‘81…that I had bought the 45 of Smokey’s,”Being With You”, a tiny white Teddy Bear and drafted up a school boy crush Valentines Day letter for one of the prettiest girls in my 8th grade class at Ilima Intermediate here in Hawai'i🫣😍😀
🤭. Being the shy, introvert loser I was…(and, kinda still am😬😬😬😬🤦🏽😆and, yet, ALWAYS the Hopeless Romantic)…I had, eventually, chickened out and left the teddy bear tucked into her school desk where it stuck out a little bit, along with the 45 record and the note.
The note, being nervous and just BURSTING with full blown anxious energy, had been rolled into a tight 4-5 inch….”thing”, that NOW….embarrassingly, resembled an amazing replica of one of Cheech and Chong’s signature spliff’s from one of their iconic film masterpieces we’ve all come to know, and love😳😳😶‍🌫️
🤭🤘🏾
Before I knew it…..I saw the 45 rpm record, which was found by one of the male students(apparently, I did not put it far enough into her desk, and, unknowingly to myself, it fell onto her chair), being shown around to a few students…which, in my 12yr old “horror-nightmarish-stressed-out” little brain. …started to freak me out into panic mode🥸🥶😱🫥
So, to my during lunch recess…a handful of my amazingly compassionate compadres were flinging the 45rpm record back and forth to one another like a fresbie having a jolly ol’ good time😂🤣😁
But….I did see her walking off campus clutching the bear, which did ease some of the tightness that had been putting a constant bear hug around my chest up until that point😀

[@ronniebishop2496]

She had a mysterious life, and the way she sang was so different and we need a movie about her life.

[@Nestor123057]

What a monster hit this was on the streets of New York City. I remember starting second grade in September and hearing this song, EVERYWHERE!. It was a warm and sunny, end of summer, and life was good. This song made it even better.

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

Good Lord! I haven’t seen Shindig in a long long time. Used to love watching that show and others like it back in the day 👩🏻‍🏫👵🏻👏🏻🥰‼️

[@1950Grendel]

Back when a song appealed to everybody, not just a segmented audience. As many white kids as blacks bought Motown music.

[@noelmcmahon3407]

who is listening to this masterpiece in August 2020

[@jessalirio9832]

2021! (:

[@carltonpiercey9220]

Who listening to it in Feb 2021? Uh, I am!

[@spactick]

ah......."let me check the calendar" "yep it's 2021 good ol' Noel and I'm listening"

[@davidgilbertson858]

I’m listening to this (again) in August 2021, Noel. Fabulous Mary Wells - unfortunately, she signed with 20th Century & “the rest is history”.

[@rollerchickable]

I LOVE This Song Mary Wells At Her Best R I P You Are Gone But Never Forgotten.

[@Gman3thousand]

Quite rare that she sings live, especially in that era. Props to her.

[@vinsnan6259]

I cant imagine life without Mary Well's Oldies back in the late 70's playing on my 8 track in my 65 Impala in EMF, it just wouldn't have been the same. Love it!!

[@aliceconnolly5275]

The summer of '64 was a pivotal moment in my life, & this song was a huge part of it!! I was 12, a talent show in Morris Park, Philly. Bonnie, you won!!!

[@williamrolls1147]

Hello friend, how're you doing today?

[@imjustpassinthru]

I like the way she walks on stage. Wow, what self-confidence.

[@lawrencenoctor2703]

Fabulous Mary Wells, still sounds great after all these years.❤

[@karenpinner5913]

Loved Mary's Greatest Hits album....When I'm listening I turn back into a 1960s teenager!

[@SpeegBJ]

Still know every word of this tune; 50 years later. Mary, loved you all the way, from the very start. Hope all is well in your Celestial world of song.

[@williamrolls1147]

Hello friend, how're you doing today?

[@enriquetheprofessor]

love her!! she was always so classy, poised, and mature for her age!!!!! thank you mary for your gift.

[@FMHammyJ]

No auto tune, lip synching here.....just pure talent......don't make singers like this anymore.....or rather, the music industry doesn't want singers like this anymore.....

[@twain103]

Mary Wells WAS THE QUEEN OF MOTOWN.

[@1950Grendel]

The sad part is, I think most of them today probably could sing live but their promoters and managers wouldn't let them.

[@pavlegrebenarevic382]

Look at the lyrics, they're so simple, the production sounds soooo dated, and on top of that, whichever album this song is from, probably doesn't have a concept to it. See you're just full of nostalgia, but their musical skills were so inferior

[@auntshirl9493]

Well singers actually did lip sync but that was not very often

[@4cuttime]

@@pavlegrebenarevic382 this comment is laughable lol

[@RAJack]

One of my favorite songs by Mary Wells. ❤

[@elderhardaway5674]

**Mary Wells**
**UnSung** And **UnRecognized** She Had A Beautiful, Pure, Natural, GOD-GIVEN Voice That Man Could Not Imagine Nor Imitate!!!!** She Had Her "Highs And Lows" But Her Music Will **Forever Blend With The Test** Of **Time.**

[@Buttercuprunit]

I'm 18 years old and I LOVE Mart Wells. My Papa would always play her tapes when I was younger. 🙌☺️

[@bday121]

I love this song! So cute, good flow, happy simplicity.

[@kathymichael7224]

When this song was on and I was six, I used to sing along. I wanted to sing with Mary Wells whenI was in first grade.

[@MijuNasu]

Still listening in 2019? Anyone ? Love this song

[@normanmeitei4338]

I do

[@anacristinaoliveira4605]

Me too.

[@Muziekgenot]

Ofcourse, a day without Motown is unthinkable. And I do love the unforgettable Mary Wells, who so sadly left the label in 65 and died much too young in 92.

[@gregoryzago]

Me 2

[@julie-annehansen741]

2020

[@TheSunlitLeaf]

I grew up listening to all these great songs and it's amazing to me to be able to watch the original performances. Thanks for sharing!

[@williamrolls1147]

Hello friend, how're you doing today?

[@feeleffect1]

Crazy about this song as a child. Reminds me of the deeply emotional good feeling music of the unforgettable 60's.

[@UPBEATFOREVER]

Crazy at it sounds!!!sounds like she is singing "My God!" once you hear it,you can't unhear it!🤪

[@joaquinalva200]

Mary wells is THE QUEEN OF OLDIES!

[@LOVEFOREVERBLUE]

This is so true, love my guy.💖💖💖

[@fredjohnson6513]

My music era! Am really glad!

[@desert3347]

I loved her music! I saw an interview of her shortly before her death. She had lost most of her voice. She was very worried about her little girl!
RIP Mary...so missed

[@williamrolls1147]

Hello friend, how're you doing today?

[@singinjohnny]

Reminds me of around the time shortly before I turned 14, crushes on girls, the usual stuff at that age. 1964 was quite a year. How great it is to see this lady sing live for the first time. She was, and still is, my favorite female Motown artist.

[@user-is1ms7xy4s]

I could listen to Mary all day long

[@jerometrailer4121]

Mary did the damn thing!!!!!… Smokey Robinson, greatest story teller in recorded music history!!!!!

[@bradly2007]

It is well known that Mary Wells was kept off the radio after she exited Motown as she made many, many hit worthy recordings after...I know as I have them all and Mary sounded great on them & was great in concert over the years!

[@Allhoney33]

I left a comment under another video saying that I believed Gordy had her blacklisted for leaving Motown, so seeing your comment is refreshing.

[@sayanneogy3079]

One of the greatest music piece ever...

[@jerryj920]

May 13th: Happy birthday R&B-Soul Singer Mary Esther Wells, The Queen of Motown (1943-1992) Grammy Hall of Fame, Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Award; the song "My Guy" has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Thank you and God bless. RIP. Thanks for the upload, Dj Jazzy Bless. Blessings

[@FlexinGains]

Such a unique time in the music generation . You see kids... This here is when music was at its best, music had a msg in it. Loving and beauty

[@ruthbashford3176]

Love this record....Love this lady's voice...

[@floaton9865]

Amazing, AMAZINGGG❤ thanks ms wells for this beautiful masterpiece ..

[@alexondraasp7380]

I'm so glad I was raised on music like this. Thanks to my wonderful grandparents

[@davidgilbertson858]

Mary always presented herself in a very respectful way. She was one of the first true ladies of Motown❗️

[@ronniebishop2496]

So elegant and classy.

[@steveoliver2317]

What a star she was!!

[@Papi.Pharaoh]

You can tell by the movements of her face that she wasn’t lip-syncing, Mary was actually singing this live. Smokey was a fantastic writer and producer. He wrote so many great songs for so many acts at Motown, and this song fitted Mary Wells perfectly with her angelic voice.

[@larrywillard9316]

Lmfao. Born in 1969..and I can still remember this song when 🤔 😍 I was baby 👶 🎶 ❤

[@Thatsembarrassing2]

I love this song! Can't wait to sing it at a couple of events this summer!

[@geraldjohnson848]

May 13: Happy birthday Singer Mary Wells; Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Award; the song "My Guy" is in the Grammy Hall of Fame." (1943-1977) Thank you and God bless. Thanks for the upload / video Dj Jazz blues. RIP Mary Wells, Motown Queen. Blessings

[@waynesobolik4350]

What a singer and a half - truly awesome

[@PCBLOCKH1]

Complete and utter class!! An absolute master class in smooth, easy, cool vocals. From an era when the young were young and fun was fun (>10 years before my birth). Makes me wish I was there.

[@mariannereid-brown9387]

When I think of my college years in the 60's,Mary Wells "My Guy" is at the top of the list.Love!!Marianne

[@johnmurphy7316]

Great live performance

[@hollandjamess]

Why, thank you. :]
I'm only 23 & I adore this song.
Can't get more classic than this.

[@Montery12]

Just beautiful and what passion in the song. A great song for all the ages! You will always be missed...Thank you for sharing, DJ.

[@UPBEATFOREVER]

This is the first time i watched this video.back then i would hear this in my dad's car.

[@joseeugenio6831]

i love this song and Mary

[@Msredtulip1990]

This was my Mom's wedding song to my Dad. Love this song

[@TheyCallMeGroucho]

Great voice, wonderful presence. Glad that videos like this exist. Larry, Taiwan

[@martindewilde9478]

in 1964 a number 17 hit in Vlaanderen (Belgium)... great song... great composition... great performance...

[@janetlucero2473]

It was a pleasure meeting u in person MARY WELLS..

[@richardbarton7]

remember enjoying this while i was chilling in the back of our car on a family trip to Scotland in the 60 s ,still enjoy it now !

[@GGE47]

This brings back memories to me too,including watching her sing this on Shindig.It is exactly like I remember it.It is hard to forget Mary Wells.Always thought she was very attractive.A great singer too.

[@jeannettedodge5886]

I loved her growing up, couldn't crank her music up loud enough!!!! luckily my parents did too so I got away with it once in awhile. ❤❤❤❤ lots of love Mary Wells!!!

[@jeannettedodge5886]

in fact I'd always relate this song to my very first love.... many many good memories!!

[@mrshad544]

Jeannette Dodge y

[@glennondaly3052]

When I first heard this - I was amazed anyone could sound so Great - 1963 - back in the old country - She was Wow! at that time .

[@BOBBIE041957]

P.S. i loved Mary Wells, she came to Sacramento all the time she was great and such a nice woman. She looked beautiful up to the end. R.I.P. Mary you are still heard and remain in our hearts XOX God bless and much love.

[@williamrolls1147]

Hello friend, how're you doing today?

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

lol, this song is so fierce. "There's not a man today who can take me away from my guy..." Love how she sings it lower at the end. So timeless. God bless you, Mary.

[@TedDead1]

I still love her even though she's been dead for a long time.

[@muhmoudmakkawi2347]

I really loved this song ♥️
with no any editing her voice was so pure.

[@albrenza]

Love this song, first time i heard this! :D

[@williamrolls1147]

Hello friend, how're you doing today?

[@alb.fuctifino2974]

Beautiful singing voice! And she was taurus! :3

[@susannthomas5273]

I did not know the Beatles loved her and Ness whoever found it is absolutely wonderful it’s live

[@Alexi7666]

One of favs of all time. Back when music lifted you up.

[@balotelli2327]

this women singing style was slick. i truly think the way she pulled this off was ahead of her time. she is also stunning. she looks like a uniquely rare woman

[@irenekent4335]

Oh wow this song reminds of NZ I bought a radio and this is the popular song I heard at that time and I loved it still do
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[@all4mePope]

Love this song...Thanks for posting!!!

[@williamrolls1147]

Hello friend, how're you doing today?

[@ITPMark]

May 16, 1964 - Mary Wells started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with her signature hit, "My Guy". Written and produced by Smokey Robinson, it made No.5 in June of 1964 in the UK. Mary became recognized as "The Queen of Motown" until her departure from the company in 1964, at the height of her popularity. She was one of Motown's first singing superstars.

[@Gh0stthatwalks]

One day i was driving with my GF who liked R&B & Two lovers came on the radio. The song grabbed my attention and I fell in love instantly with Mary Wells' music. How ironic is it that the sweetest voice of all time, succumbed to throat cancer?

[@nwezetx1]

It's great that after almost 50 years it seems like yesterday to you and able to remember things like that, as I've met many people who can't. Hoping I'm always blessed with a tomorrow to able to do that one day. I only know this song, as I grew up on my father's Motown music in the '90s.

[@simba30]

I used to play this song all the time in a juke box in Bethesda Md at lunch time loved it

[@604bushbuildingmanager8]

Smokey wrote so many great Motown hits. Besides "My Guy" he penned "My Girl".

[@colinhughes916]

Iam sticking like glue to Mary Wells

[@madogblue]

Nice to see that she wasn't lip syncing like most of these old TV shows

[@homebuyerpartners9914]

RIP, you are beautiful and Diana has nothing on you, your voice us beutiful

[@mikestraw]

always enjoyed her singing.

[@threefour66]

One of the best all-time songs of the 60's.

[@cassundrawells8328]

Faaaam! She's as sweet and cool as her music.

[@plainjayne1981]

I have liked this for years.

[@lupitah1012]

Very beautiful songs 🎵🌷😍

[@Komet67]

Nothing u can say can tear me away from my guy ♫ (May 13, 1943 July 26, 1992)
Great footage.
Thanks for posting this

[@imjustpassinthru]

Wow, what confidence! See the way she walks on stage.

[@marcusulrich5948]

She very Beautiful may she rest In Peace I love u Mary wells can someone please tell me how old would Mary wells be today if she was with us

[@jackanthony976]

Why should she rest in peace? I hope her next life is super exciting with all the glitter and glamour that she deserves. Let's face it...an eternity of peace can be mind numbing and depressing.

[@CharlesBeaumont1961]

Mary would be 72

[@marcusulrich3482]

Gregory Beaumont thanks man