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Calling out around the world – the Martha Reeves interview
It was 10.30am local time in Detroit, Michigan, when I got through to soul legend Martha Reeves, and she still had a little packing to organise before heading to the UK. Within a couple of days she’d be thrilling crowds … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat-Herder, Dancing in the Street, Detroit, Dusty Springfield, George Harrison, Heat Wave, Holland Dozier Holland, Jimmy Mack, Liverpool, Martha and the Vandellas, Martha reeves, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Northern Soul, Nowhere To Run, Stevie Wonder
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Martha inspires 53 Degrees in a December Heat Wave
I’ve just re-read the chapter dedicated to Martha Reeves in Gerri Hirschey’s excellent 1984 biography Nowhere to Run – The Story of Soul Music. It includes a description of the Alabama-born, Detroit-raised chanteuse warming up for a post-Vandellas era show … Continue reading
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