You Lost the Sweetest Boy

"You Lost the Sweetest Boy"
Single by Mary Wells
from the album Mary Wells' Greatest Hits
A-side"What's Easy for Two Is So Hard for One"
Released1963 (1963)
Recorded1963
GenreRock[1]
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland
Mary Wells singles chronology
"What's So Easy for Two Is So Hard for One"
(1963) 		"You Lost the Sweetest Boy"
(1963) 		"My Guy"
(1964)

"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.[2]

  1. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 497. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
  2. ^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol 3: 1963 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.