Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
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Essay by Michael Lydon, Yale Daily News, 20 February 1964
NOTE: When the Beatles hit America in the winter of 1964, the event created a tidal wave in pop music that swept all before it. ...
A Great Visit To Hitsville U.S.A.
Interview by Dave Godin, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 4 September 1964
by DAVE GODIN as told to Norman Jopling ...
Top Tunes: Martha and the Vandellas
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 17 October 1964
MARTHA AND the Vandellas decided it was time for a change in pace. All their records were beginning to sound alike. ...
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: Martha's Mad On Fashion
Profile and Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 14 November 1964
NEXT TO music, probably the most important thing to Martha, of the Vandellas, is fashion. When I saw her in her room at the Strand ...
A Warning To The Tamla-Motown Visitors From Their Biggest Fan!
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 19 March 1965
BRITAIN'S Mr. Tamla-Motown — he's Dave Godin, organiser of the Tamla-Motown Appreciation Society — was walking around warning the Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, the ...
Martha & the Vandellas, the Rising Sons: The Trip, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 12 March 1966
Martha and Vandellas True to Motown Sound ...
Martha & the Vandellas: Town Hall, Farnborough
Live Review by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 16 April 1966
MARTHA AND the Vandellas performed a minor miracle last week. They almost — but not quite — evoked a big response from a dead audience ...
Hit Parader's Letter From London
Column by Miranda Ward, Hit Parader, October 1966
A FEW WEEKS ago when I met the KINKS for a drink, PETE QUAIFE ruined my stockings! The pub was crowded and in the crush ...
On the Pop Scene in Detroit: Brenda Lee
Report and Interview by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 24 March 1967
BRENDA LEE, who at age 22 has been in show business for a dozen years, is in town at the Roostertail where there'll be a ...
Martha Turns Reporter and Interviews Fellow Vandellas
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 17 June 1967
ONE OF THE top female recording groups in the country today is Martha and the Vandellas, currently riding high on the national record charts with ...
Live Review by John Mendelssohn, Los Angeles Times, 9 September 1969
Smokey Robinson Crew Performs in Inglewood ...
Martha Reeves & the Vandellas: Martha's 10 years at Motown...
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, August 1970
THIS YEAR is the tenth anniversary of Motown Records and to celebrate it in London, Martha Reeves and her Vandellas spent one week meeting the ...
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: No Place Like England Says Martha
Interview by Mark Plummer, Melody Maker, 30 January 1971
"I WANT you to tell everybody what a beautiful audience we had tonight. We haven't been over here in four years. We're professional but I ...
Stevie Wonder, Martha & the Vandellas: Finsbury Park Astoria, London
Live Review by James Johnson, New Musical Express, 30 January 1971
THE MAGIC Motown formula, an amalgam of glamour, professionalism and good, driving music brought excitement to dark and dreary Finsbury Park last week when the ...
Live Review by Dave Marsh, Creem, September 1971
The Motown Variations ...
Report and Interview by Phil Symes, Disc, 8 July 1972
MARTHA REEVES is going solo. After 10 years fronting one of Motown's most successful groups, Martha and the Vandellas, Miss Reeves is stepping out alone. ...
Martha Reeves: A Lady With A Big Future
Report and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, February 1973
IT WOULD surely be true to say that every fan must have one or two records that they will always treasure – the special one ...
Martha Reeves: Martha's Moving On
Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 17 February 1973
A FEW WEEKS AGO Martha Reeves cleared out her apartment in Detroit, piled her possessions into a U-Haul trailer, and set off along Route 66 ...
Richard Perry: It's not difficult to record both Captain Beefheart and Andy Williams
Interview by Rob Partridge, Melody Maker, 18 May 1974
Producer Richard Perry talks to Robert Partridge ...
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: Anthology/Junior Walker & The All Stars: Anthology
Review by Ian MacDonald, New Musical Express, 5 October 1974
MARTHA AND The Vandellas never really made the grade. ...
Martha Reeves: Our Martha Aims Higher And Higher
Interview by Kevin Allen, Record Mirror, 6 December 1975
"IF I won any fans over here on my first trip I still have them. They're so much more devoted than the people back home, ...
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: Anthology
Review by Paul Rambali, New Musical Express, 25 June 1977
IF MARTHA and the Vandellas had never made another record 'Dancing In The Street' would still have assured them of a hallowed place in pop ...
Martha Reeves: Martha's Happier Than Ever Before
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 4 July 1978
WE MEET AGAIN is the apt title for Martha Reeves stunning debut album for Fantasy Records because it reunites her with one of the men ...
Cheltenham Jazz Festival, review
Live Review by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 6 May 2015
Even in jazz, sometimes the simplest pleasures are best ...
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