Martha Reeves, best known as the lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, turns 78 today. The Motown girl group was best known for hits like “Heat Wave,” “Nowhere To Run” and “Dancing in the Street.” ...

Recorded three of the 1960s classic Motown singles - "Nowhere to Run," "Dancing in the Streets" and "Heat Wave." Led by gritty Southern soul singer Martha Reeves, they were considered the toughest of ...

She is now welcomed in cities around the world, but in the beginning Martha Reeves faced the white man's gun. As lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, she participated in the first Motown Review in ...

Last week I was invited to attend a taping of a few songs performed by onetime Vandellas leader Martha Reeves and the Supremes’ Mary Wilson at Detroit Public TV’s studios in Wixom. Those songs will ...

A classic snare riff kicks it off—bah, bada bah-bah bah-bah bah-bah—and a chugging, urgent bass line propels the song forward. Three young women pop out from a wheel well, radiant in skirts and hair ...

Reeves, 77, the lead vocalist of 1960s group Martha and Vandellas, will be honored by the Alabama State Council on the Arts on May 22, AL.com reported. Reeves was the singer for the group's hits, ...

In 1967, the euphoric Motown group Martha And The Vandellas made it to #10 on the Hot 100 with their lovelorn-but-upbeat single “Jimmy Mack.” In their recent live shows, Animal Collective have been ...