The Doctor (Mary Wells song)

"The Doctor" is a 1968 single recorded and released by singer Mary Wells, released on the Jubilee Records label. The single was the first to be issued on Wells' debut Jubilee album, Servin' Up Some Soul. This was notable as the first released collaboration by Wells and then-husband, The Valentinos' backup singer Cecil Womack. Wells had married Womack in 1966 and as a result credits for the single were for "Mary Wells Womack" and "Cecil Womack". The single became a modest charter for Wells when released. Though Wells was given only scant promotion for the single, it peaked at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number twenty-two on the R&B chart.^[1][2] The b-side of the single, the soulful ballad "Two Lovers' History", was later sampled by J Dilla for the instrumental, "History".

Credits

• Lead vocal by Mary Wells
• Background vocals by Cecil Womack
• Produced by Cecil Womack and Mary Wells Womack

References

Mary Wells
Studio albums	Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance (1961) The One Who Really Loves You (1962) Two Lovers and Other Great Hits (1963) Mary Wells Sings My Guy (1964) Mary Wells (1965) The Two Sides of Mary Wells (1966) Servin' Up Some Soul (1968) In and Out of Love (1981) Keeping My Mind on Love (1990)
Other albums	Recorded Live On Stage (1963) Together (1964) Love Songs to the Beatles (1965) Greatest Hits (1966) Vintage Stock (1966) Easy Touch (1982) The Old, The New & The Best of Mary Wells (1983)
Singles (US Top 40)	"I Don't Want to Take a Chance" "The One Who Really Loves You" "You Beat Me to the Punch" "Two Lovers" "Laughing Boy" "Your Old Standby" "What's Easy for Two Is Hard for One"/ "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" "My Guy" "Once Upon a Time" "What's the Matter with You Baby" "Use Your Head"
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