Mary Wells, at one stage, was Tamla Motown's biggest Soul Singer.As a child, she had suffered from spinal meningitis, an illness that paralyzed her for a while, which led to partial blindness and a slight loss of hearing.At the age of 10, Mary began singing in local clubs and talent contests.When she was 17 years of age Berry Gordy had taken her under his Motown umbrella.Mary was then paired with Smokey Robinson in a singing and songwriting partnership, which was to be very fruitful in the following years.She then left Motown moving to 20th Century Fox, who had offered her some movie work to go alongside her recording chores. 20th Century had, allegedly, offered her several hundred thousand dollars to move to the label. During her short stint at 20th Century Fox Records she recorded this very smooth track titled "He's A Lover." By the 1980's Mary was then, tragically, diagnosed with larynx cancer, however, she continued touring during the late 80's and appeared at several cancer fund raising events.Following a fight with pneumonia, Mary became hospitalized and spent her last days at the Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital.Mary Wells lost her battle against her illness on 28th July 1992 in California. She was 49.
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