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    Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) were an American vocal girl group formed in Detroit in 1957. The group...
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    This is a listing of the albums and singles released by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Twelve of their singles reached the Billboard Top 40 singles...
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    singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, which scored over a dozen hit singles, including "Come and Get These Memories", "Nowhere to...
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  • song recorded by the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. It was written by the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland and released as a single...
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  • song written by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team. It was first made popular by the Motown vocal group Martha and the Vandellas. Released as a...
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    Betty Kelly (category Martha and the Vandellas members)
    American singer most noted as being a member of the popular Motown singing group Martha and the Vandellas. Born in Attalla, Alabama, Kelly moved with her...
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    Annette Beard (category Martha and the Vandellas members)
    R&B and soul singer. Beard is best known for her work with Motown and as an original member of the singing group Martha and the Vandellas during the 1960s...
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    Rosalind Ashford (category Martha and the Vandellas members)
    American soprano R&B and soul singer, known for her work as an original member of the Motown singing group Martha and the Vandellas. Born Rosalind Ashford...
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  • recorded by Martha and the Vandellas whose version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. It is one...
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    Richard Martha and the Vandellas Curtis Mayfield Metallica The Miracles New Order Nirvana N.W.A Pink Floyd Public Enemy Queen Ramones Otis Redding The Revolution...
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    Lois Reeves (category Martha and the Vandellas members)
    members of the Vandellas sang on the recordings with Martha. It's confirmed, though, that Lois sang on Vandellas hits such as "I Should Be Proud" and "Bless...
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  • Heat Wave is the second studio album released by American Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Released in 1963 on Motown's Gordy imprint, intended...
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  • including 25 Number 1 hit singles, such as "Heat Wave" for Martha and the Vandellas and "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" for Marvin Gaye. In 1967...
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  • a 1965 song by Martha and the Vandellas for the Gordy (Motown) label and is one of the group's signature songs. The song, written and produced by Motown's...
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  • Jimmy Mack (category Martha and the Vandellas songs)
    pop/soul song that in 1967 became a hit single by Martha and the Vandellas for Motown's Gordy imprint. Written and produced by Motown's main creative team,...
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    personnel. The Four Tops were among a number of groups, including the Miracles, the Marvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas, the Temptations, and the Supremes...
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    of the mid-1960s when artists such as the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder and Martha and the Vandellas came to the fore...
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  • soul standard by Martha Reeves but released under Martha and The Vandellas. None of the Vandellas are featured in this song. Instead, the background is sung...
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  • group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy (Motown) label. The album was released during a troubling and downward time for the lead singer, Martha Reeves...
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  • double A-side with "Dancing in the Street" (a cover of the 1964 hit by Martha and the Vandellas) and charted at number 47 in the UK. After John Phillips discovered...
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  • Natural Resources (category Martha and the Vandellas albums)
    group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas on the Gordy (Motown) label. The album is significant for the Vietnam War ballad "I Should Be Proud" and the slow...
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  • of the Motown sound, and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, and The Isley Brothers. Holland...
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  • single released by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. The song was produced by Holland–Dozier–Holland under the same gospel-pop confection of their...
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  • Martha and the Vandellas Live! is a 1967 live album by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, recorded live at Detroit's Twenty Grand Club, and released...
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  • 1966 Heat Wave (Cal Tjader and Carmen McRae album), 1982 Heat Wave (Martha and the Vandellas album), 1963 Heat Wave (The Jazz Crusaders album), 1963...
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  • Made to Love Her", and "Never Had a Dream Come True"; and "Honey Chile" and "Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone" by Martha and the Vandellas. She also co-wrote...
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  • Gloria Williams (category Martha and the Vandellas members)
    American singer notable for being the original lead singer of an early incarnation of Martha and the Vandellas under the name The Del-Phis. Born Gloria Jean...
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  • Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy (Motown) label. This album featured the last Top 40 pop hits scored by the group during their...
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  • group Martha and the Vandellas. Written and produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter (two-thirds of the collaborators behind the group's...
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    the US. "Dancing in the Street", which had been a hit two years earlier for Martha and the Vandellas, struggled to No. 73. In the UK it was backed with...
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