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| name       = The Doctor
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| type       = single
| artist     = [[Mary Wells]]
| album      = [[Servin' Up Some Soul]]
| B-side     = Two Lovers' History
| released   = 1968
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| genre      = [[Soul music|Soul]]
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| label      = [[Jubilee Records|Jubilee]]
| writer     = Mary Wells Womack<br>[[Cecil Womack|Cecil D. Womack]]
| producer   = Mary Wells Womack<br>Cecil Womack
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'''"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|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and number twenty-two on the R&B chart.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mary-wells-mn0000384675/awards|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref><ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/86091-Mary-Wells?page=2 The Doctor] at [[Discogs]]</ref> 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
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