| "Dear Lover" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Mary Wells | ||||
| from the album The Two Sides of Mary Wells | ||||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 2:08 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Carl Davis, Gerald Sims | |||
| Producer(s) | Carl Davis | |||
| Mary Wells singles chronology | ||||
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"Dear Lover" is a song produced by respected Chicago producer Carl Davis, and written by Davis, along with Gerald Sims [1] It was released as a single by R&B singer Mary Wells, released off her album, The Two Sides of Mary Wells, 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.