The Beatles stated that Marry Wells was their favorite American singer, and soon she was given an invitation to open for the group during their tour of the United Kingdom, thus making her the first Motown star to perform in the UK
THE FIRST LADY OF MOTOWN CROSSES THE ATLANTIC: WHEN MARY WELLS MADE HISTORY IN THE U.K. In the early 1960s, when Motown’s sound was beginning to reshape the American airwaves,…