Mary Wilson is the self-titled debut solo album of founding Supremes

The Supremes

The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...

 member Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson (singer)

Mary Wilson is an American singer, formerlymember of the Motown female singing group The Supremes during the 1960s and 1970s. Wilson was the only singer to be a consistent member of the group in its eighteen-year tenure...

, released on the Motown label in 1979.

The album was Wilson's first solo album after the last Supremes lineup of Wilson, Scherrie Payne

Scherrie Payne

Scherrie Payne is an American singer. The younger sister of singer/actress Freda Payne, Scherrie Payne was the co-lead singer of The Supremes from 1973 to 1977, after Jean Terrell left the group in the fall of 1973...

 and Susaye Greene

Susaye Greene

Susaye Greene , is an African-American singer, best known for being the last official member to join Motown girl group The Supremes, remaining in the group during its final years of existence from 1976 to 1977.-Early life and career:...

 had broken up in 1977. Wilson had decided to begin a solo career after she, Payne and Greene couldn't agree on the Supremes' music direction, leaving Payne and Greene to try - unsuccessfully - to find a replacement for Wilson.Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....

 was scheduled
to produce Wilson's first LP.However, Gaye could not produce any tracks for the album because he was preoccupied with the process of getting divorced from Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy, Jr. is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.-Early years:...

's elder sister Anna Gordy

Anna Gordy Gaye

Anna Gordy Gaye is an American songwriter and composer, known as the elder sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy and the first wife of soul legend Marvin Gaye, who used their troubled marriage as the focal point of his critically acclaimed 1978 effort, Here, My Dear, an album from which Gordy...

.

The album's single, "Red Hot", peaked at #95 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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R&B singles chart. An extended version available as a 12-inch single earned the song a #85 spot on the disco charts in October 1979.

After the album's release, it would be over a decade later before Wilson released another studio album, this time with 1992's Walk the Line.

Track listing

1. "Red Hot" − 6:06
2. "I've Got What You Need" − 5:08
3. "You Make Me Feel So Good" − 5:51
4. "(I Love A) Warm Summer Night" − 4:07
5. "Pick Up the Pieces" − 5:01
6. "You're the Light That Guides My Way" − 3:18
7. "Midnight Dancer" − 3:08

Singles history

• "Red Hot" b/w "Midnight Dancer" (Sep 1979)
• "Pick Up the Pieces" b/w "You're the Light That Glides My Way" (Mar 1980)

Chart history

Name	Chart (1979)	Peak position
"Red Hot"	U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	95