"Dear Lover" is a song produced by respected Chicago producer Carl Davis, and written by Davis, along with Gerald Sims It was released as a single by R&B singer Mary Wells, released off her album, ''

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'', on the Atco label. Davis was working for the OKeh imprint of Columbia Records at the time, and was moonlighting to record Mary Wells, whom he was dating. The upshot, was he was fired from OKeh.

Background

"Dear Lover" returned Wells to the R&B top ten two years after her two

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singles entered the Cashbox R&B top five and three years after her Motown single, "

You Lost the Sweetest Boy "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" is a song written by Holland–Dozier–Holland and released as a single by Motown star Mary Wells. The song is most noted for the background vocals by The Supremes and The Temptations. Song information In this song, ...

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The song was Wells' last R&B top ten of her entire career, though she still had a succession of R&B hits throughout the remainder of her career.

Chart positions

References

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