On a sweltering evening in July 1967, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas were about to perform their new single, “Jimmy Mack,” at a hometown show at Detroit’s Fox Theatre. The group was on a roll, with a ...

Singer, leader of the Vandellas, Motown crossover diva. hierarchy from secretary to star. Backed Marvin Gaye on “Stubborn Kind of Fellow,” stepped into Mary Wells’ shoes for lead vocals on “I’ll Have ...

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 ...

When Martha Reeves bypassed an audition line in front of Berry Gordy’s Motown Records in 1960, it was by mistake. Wielding a business card given to her the night before by Motown’s A&R director Mickey ...

Bob Dylan does it, of course, but that’s intentional. Martha Reeves clearly doesn’t realise how terrible she sounds and no one has had the courage to tell her. What are sisters for? Her younger ...

When Marvin Gaye needed backing vocals on “Stubborn Kind of Fellow,” the song that would be Gaye’s break-though hit, Martha Reeves and her friends were there. Select an option below to continue ...

Sixty years after hopping into an early Ford Mustang to promote her latest hit song, Martha Reeves will be back in the car seat to lead the Woodward Dream Cruise. The Motown star will be greeting ...

The Motown artist reveals why she had a crush on the legendary R&B singer during an appearance on the latest episode of SiriusXM’s Fierce: Women In Music Stuart C. Wilson/Getty; Kypros/Getty Martha ...

“All we need is music, sweet music.” Motown legend Martha Reeves, longtime leader of Martha And The Vandellas, sang that song on her group’s immortal 1964 hit “Dancing In The Street.” That’s a great ...

ONE of the true legends of soul will be heading to Manchester next month for the ultimate celebration of some of the greatest songs ever to come out Motown. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas are to ...