My Guy My Guy "My Guy" is a 1964 hit single recorded by Mary Wells for the Motown label. Written and produced by Smokey Robinson of The Miracles, the song is a woman's rejection of a sexual advance and affirmation of her fidelity to her boyfriend, who is her ideal and with whom she is happy, despite his ordinary physique and looks. "("There's not a man today who could take me away from my guy")". At the session for the "My Guy" backing track the studio musicians were having issues completing the intro: with the musicians having been playing all day and
The Tracks of My Tears magazine. In 1975, Linda Ronstadt recorded a cover version of "The Tracks of My Tears" for her studio album "Prisoner in Disguise" that became a pop Top 40 hit in the US. The single was produced by Peter Asher and issued on Asylum Records as that album's second single. Ronstadt's version of the song was a success peaking at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching number 11 on the "Billboard" C&W chart in tandem with its B-side: the Emmylou Harris duet "The Sweetest Gift", and number 42 in 1976 on the UK Singles Chart. Conversely, Ronstadt would