Together is the first and only studio album released by the duo team of American Motown artists Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells. It was released on the Motown label on April 15, 1964. The album brought together the rising star Gaye with Wells, an established star with a number-one pop hit to her name (1964's "My Guy"), singing mostly standards and show tunes, in the hopes that Gaye would benefit from the exposure.[1]

Together
Studio album by Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells
Released	April 15, 1964
Recorded	February – April 1963
Studio	Hitsville U.S.A. (Detroit, Michigan)
Genre	Soul
Length	28.25
Label	Motown
Producer	William "Mickey" Stevenson; Clarence Paul on "Once Upon a Time"
Marvin Gaye chronology
Greatest Hits (1963) Together (1964) Hello Broadway (1964)
Mary Wells chronology
Greatest Hits (1964) Together (1964) Mary Wells (1965)
Singles from Together
"Once Upon a Time" / "What's the Matter with You Baby" Released: April 14, 1964

This album became the first charted album credited to Gaye, peaking at number 42 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart and yielding two top 20 singles, "Once Upon a Time" and "What's the Matter with You Baby". Shortly afterwards, Wells, who received bad advice from her former husband and manager, left Motown upon reaching 21. The label had to find another duet partner for Gaye, enlisting Kim Weston for one album, Take Two, also consisting of similar material, but later yielding a longer-lasting pairing of Gaye with Tammi Terrell, with more contemporary material.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Record Mirror	[2]

Track listing

Personnel

• Marvin Gaye – lead vocals
• Mary Wells – lead and additional vocals
• The Love Tones – background vocals
• The Andantes – background vocals
• The Funk Brothers – instrumentation

References