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Martha and the Vandellas Live!

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Released
  
September 1967

Producer
  
none given

Artist
  
Martha and the Vandellas

Label
  
Master Classics

Length
  
N/A

Martha and the Vandellas Live! (1967)
  
Ridin' High (1968)

Release date
  
September 1967

Genre
  
Soul music

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Recorded
  
The Twenty Grand, Detroit, Michigan, 1967

Martha and the Vandellas albums
  
Ridin' High, Sugar 'n' Spice, Watchout!, Greatest Hits, Black Magic

Martha and the Vandellas Live! is a live album by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, recorded live at Detroit's Twenty Grand Club, and released on the Gordy label in 1967. Among their legion of hits including "(Love is Like a) Heat Wave", "Jimmy Mack", "Nowhere to Run", "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" and "Dancing in the Street", the group also covered a bit of Aretha Franklin in the medley of "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" and "Respect" and the Temptations' version of the standard "For Once in My Life".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Introduction/"I'm Ready for Love"
  2. "Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone"
  3. "For Once in My Life"
  4. "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave"
  5. "Nowhere to Run"
  6. "My Baby Loves Me"
  7. "I Found a Love"
  8. "Jimmy Mack"
  9. "You've Been in Love Too Long"
  10. "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)"
  11. "Do Right Woman"/"Respect"
  12. "Medley: "Dancing in the Street"/"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"/"Sweet Soul Music"/"Uptight (Everything's Alright)"

Personnel

  • Martha Reeves - lead vocals
  • Rosalind Ashford - background vocals
  • Betty Kelly - background vocals
  • Dave Van DePitte - arranger, conductor
  • Earl Van Dyke - keyboards

    • Songs

    1Introduction0:08
    2I'm Ready for Love2:46
    3Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone2:44

    References

    Martha and the Vandellas Live! Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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