Martha and the Vandellas

...for bribery. Councilwoman Martha Reeves, a former Motown recording star and lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, failed to make it past the August primary in which she received less than 1 percent of the vote. </p><p>Two other...

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...Saunteel Jenkins, Andre Spivey and James Tate. Incumbent Martha Reeves, former lead singer of Motown's Martha and the Vandellas, received less than 1 percent of the vote in August's primary. Two other councilwomen decided not to seek...

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...a beauty. DC The Marvelettes: Forever: The Complete Motown Albums Vol 1 (UMC) The Marvelettes are, to an extent, the forgotten girl group of Motown, overshadowed by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and the Supremes. But it was the...

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Interspersed throughout are vintage spoken-word "Season's Greetings" from more than a dozen artists, including the Supremes, the Commodores, the Temptations, Four Tops, Martha & the Vandellas, and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. The...

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...Go. During the years in the doldrums, Ross borrowed dance moves and costume ideas from Motown's other more successful girl groups (Martha and the Vandellas and the Marvelettes), safe in the knowledge that Gordy would always support her. On...

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...News. This week, Motown luminaries including Duke Fakir of the Four Tops, Rosalind Holmes of the Vandellas and musicians Uriel Jones and Dennis Coffee will be stationed around the museum telling stories about their Motown years. Martha...

In this article: Motown, Detroit, Berry Gordy, Vandellas, Martha Reeves, Uriel Jones, Duke Fakir, and Four Tops

...and the Jet Sets, the house band at Boston's popular Sugar Shack. The group opened for a roster of classic Motown artists, including Stevie Wonder and Martha and the Vandellas. The acts often tapped Mr. Carter as the stand-in drummer for their...

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...now the only original member. Martha and the Vandellas feature the original Martha Reeves, but founding Vandellas Annette Beard and Rosalind Ashford have been replaced by Reeves' sisters Lois and Delphine. The Miracles started with five...

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Martha Reeves Martha Reeves (born Martha Rose Reeves, July 18, 1941, Eufaula , Alabama) is an American R&B and soul singer and former politician, and was the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. During her tenure...

In this article: Martha Rose Reeves, Motown, Detroit, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Annette Beard, Rosalind Ashford, and Gloria Williams