Biography
Martha Rose Reeves (born July 18, 1941) is an American R&B and pop singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, which scored several major Hot 100 hits such as "Nowhere to Run", "Heat Wave", "Jimmy Mack", and "Dancing in the Street" among others. From 2005 until 2009, Reeves served as an elected councilwoman in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Reeves at number 151 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Ringo
1973
Greatest Hits
1966
The Motown Story: The First Decade
1970
The Motown Story (The First Twenty-Five Years)
1983
Shaolin Soul (Episode 4)
2018
Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo
2007
The Rest Of My Life
1976
Martha Reeves
1974
Willie Dynamite (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1974
Dance Party
1965
That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
1963
Heat Wave
1963
Credited work
305 releases · 45 albums · active 1962–2024
- Performance · 352
- Other credits · 80
- Production · 1
Studios: Apple Studios · Sound Labs, Hollywood · Producers Workshop · Sunset Sound
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
- Ringo Starr
- Martha And The Vandellas
- Marvin Gaye
- José Feliciano
- Morty
- Teddy Pendergrass