taking the lead vocal on ‘I’ll Have To Let Him Go’ when Mary Wells did not show in 1963. Taking their name from raunchy gospel singer Della Reese, The Vandellas were the earthy alternative to Motown’s girl-group sophisticates The Supremes, making pop and R&B Top 10s with Holland-Dozier-Holland belters like ‘Heatwave’, ‘Dancing In The Streets’ and ‘Jimmy Mack’. By ...
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, using one of the most successful songwriting teams ever in Holland-Dozier-Holland, created worldwide hits for the likes of The Supremes, Four Tops, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Marvin Gaye and The Temptations. Another name, Stevie Wonder, would mature from teen sensation to mature genius over the years to come and would remain with Motown ...
January Inducted Into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In the same year as Neil Young, Frank Zappa, Al Green, Janis Joplin, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and The Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on 12 January 1995. Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Steven Tyler inducted the ...
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