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The Butterfield Blues Band

Mary Mary

1966 · via Run-D.M.C.

The Butterfield Blues Band’s 1966 recording of “Mary Mary” is the earliest release on file. Michael Nesmith is credited as its writer. Also recorded by The Monkees (released 1967), Run‐D.M.C. (released 1988) and Los Ovnis (released 1967), among 46 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Run-D.M.C.’s “Mary Mary” (1988) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Everybody hears The Monkees in that one, and they did have it, but The Butterfield Blues Band put Nesmith's song out first, a year ahead of them. Play theirs, then play Run-D.M.C. and listen to how far it traveled.

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Credited writer: Michael Nesmith.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1966.

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Run-D.M.C.’s “Mary Mary” (1988) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

46 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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