Martha and the Vandellas

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American girl group Motown artist vocal group

Martha and the Vandellas were a prominent 1960s American Motown girl group known for classic soul hits like "Dancing in the Street" and "Heat Wave."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Martha and the Vandellas canonical	51
The Vandellas	6

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American girl group ⓘ Motown artist ⓘ vocal group ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1972 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1957 ⓘ
associatedAct	Holland–Dozier–Holland ⓘ Marvin Gaye ⓘ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ surface form: The Miracles The Supremes ⓘ The Temptations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalImpact	key contributors to the Motown sound of the 1960s ⓘ songs associated with the civil rights era and urban unrest ⓘ
era	1960s ⓘ early 1970s ⓘ
formerName	The Del-Phis ⓘ
genre	Motown sound ⓘ R&B ⓘ pop ⓘ soul ⓘ
hallOfFame	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear	1995 ⓘ
labelImprint	Gordy ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
member	Annette Beard ⓘ Betty Kelly ⓘ Lois Reeves ⓘ Martha Reeves ⓘ Rosalind Ashford ⓘ Sandra Tilley ⓘ
notableRecognition	inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
notableSongwriterProducer	Holland–Dozier–Holland ⓘ Mickey Stevenson ⓘ William Stevenson ⓘ
notableWork	(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave ⓘ Come and Get These Memories ⓘ Dancing in the Street ⓘ Honey Chile ⓘ Jimmy Mack ⓘ My Baby Loves Me ⓘ Nowhere to Run ⓘ Quicksand ⓘ
originCity	Detroit ⓘ
originState	Michigan ⓘ
recordLabel	Gordy Records ⓘ Motown ⓘ
signatureSong	(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave ⓘ Dancing in the Street ⓘ
vocalArrangement	lead and backing vocals trio ⓘ
vocalType	female vocal group ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Motown → launchedCareerOf → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Gordy Records → associatedWith → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Escapade → influencedBy → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Hitsville U.S.A. → associatedWith → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Studio A → associatedWithArtist → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

The Funk Brothers → backedArtist → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Heat Wave → originallyPerformedBy → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

subject surface form: Heat Wave (Linda Ronstadt song)

Martha Reeves → memberOf → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Martha Reeves → associatedAct → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Vandellas

Motown: The Musical → featuresMusicBy → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan → associatedWith → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

subject surface form: Hitsville U.S.A.

The Marvelettes → associatedAct → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Holland–Dozier–Holland → wroteSongsFor → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Brian Holland → wroteSongsFor → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

The Contours → associatedAct → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Dancing in the Street → performer → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Dancing in the Street → originalArtist → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Dancing in the Street → backingVocalists → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Vandellas

(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave → performer → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave → artist → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave → isBreakthroughHitFor → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Nowhere to Run → performer → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Jimmy Mack → performer → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Jimmy Mack → vocalGroup → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Jimmy Mack → backingVocals → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Vandellas

Come and Get These Memories → artist → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Come and Get These Memories → performer → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Quicksand → performer → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Quicksand → isEarlyHitOf → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

My Baby Loves Me → performer → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

My Baby Loves Me → musicalArtist → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Honey Chile → artist → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Honey Chile → performer → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

The Del-Phis → evolvedInto → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

The Del-Phis → associatedAct → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

The Del-Phis → predecessorOf → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Gordy → recordLabelOf → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Gordy → notableArtist → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

William Stevenson → wroteFor → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

subject surface form: William "Mickey" Stevenson

Lamont Dozier → wroteSongsFor → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Eddie Holland → wroteLyricsFor → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Eddie Holland → associatedMusicalArtist → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Lois Reeves → memberOf → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Lois Reeves → associatedAct → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Mickey Stevenson → associatedWith → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Sylvia Moy → coWroteFor → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

The Andantes → associatedWith → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Sandra Tilley → memberOf → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Betty Kelly → memberOf → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

Betty Kelly → associatedAct → Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Vandellas