Motown Treasures

Also post-Motown, I see that Mary was one of a cast of background singers on the first two Womack & Womack albums, alongside Bobby Womack. I really enjoyed these.

Does that mean Mary was also singing background for Bobby's own albums?

SWI

Thanks, John.

I had this 45 as a re-release on Atlantic Records and it's been a favourite of mine since then:-



SWI

Eric, in my openion, Mary had her best post Motown recordings on the Atco lable. Dear Lover was a big local hit for her hear in Chicago. I recall it being #1 on the charts. It was the closest that she came to revisiting that Fabulous cha- cha Motown sound she had. All of the teens did the bop off of that record. The Bop was a popular dance step back then. I recall buying some other 45s by her on that lable that were really good but didnt become hits. I think the song that followed Dear Lover was "Hey you( you set my soul on fire) . The flip side was also nice. "Coming Home". Both tracks had a Motown sound to them with nice tamborines, percusion and bass. One of these days I'll figire out how to download music snipits to back up my post.

Both very good tracks Michael (thanks Eric). Mary's material post Motown was not bad although perhaps a bit under produced. It was very sad to see her career go into an nose dive from which it never recovered.