Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance

Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance is the debut album by Motown recording artist Mary Wells, released on Motown in 1961. The album didn't chart but yielded two hit singles for the teenaged Wells including "Bye Bye Baby", issued in late 1960 (which she had originally written as a demo for Jackie Wilson), and "I Don't Want to Take a Chance", a song written for her by Berry Gordy and Mickey Stevenson. Wells' follow-up album, The One Who Really Loves You, was released in 1962.

Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1961
Recorded1960–61
StudioHitsville USA
GenreSoul
LabelMotown
ProducerBerry Gordy, Mickey Stevenson
Mary Wells chronology
Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance
(1961)
The One Who Really Loves You
(1962)
Singles from Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance
  1. "Bye Bye Baby"
    Released: September 1960
  2. "I Don't Want to Take a Chance"
    Released: June 3, 1961

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "Come to Me" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Marv Johnson)
  2. "I Don't Want to Take a Chance" (Gordy, William "Mickey" Stevenson)
  3. "Bye Bye Baby" (Mary Wells)
  4. "Shop Around" (Smokey Robinson, Gordy)
  5. "I Love the Way You Love" (Gordy, John Oden, Stanley Mike Ossman)

Side two

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  1. "I'm Gonna Stay" (Gordy)
  2. "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide" (Gordy)
  3. "Bad Boy" (Robinson, Gordy)
  4. "I'm So Sorry" (Gordy, Earl Brooks)
  5. "Please Forgive Me" (Gordy)

Personnel

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