◇ image via WikipediaMartha Reeves
Martha Reeves is a House act. Their sound grew out of Mary Wells, The Four Tops, Hoyt Axton, Four Tops and Lena Horne. Those roots explain a lot about how Martha Reeves arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jr. Walker & The All Stars, The Four Tops, The Contours, The Supremes and Martha Reeves And The Vandellas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Dusty Springfield, Billy Preston and Joe Sample, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Martha Reeves, reaching back through Mary Wells and forward to Smokey Robinson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Martha Reeves connections
Martha Reeves grew out of Mary Wells, The Four Tops, Hoyt Axton and Four Tops, shares an orbit with Jr. Walker & The All Stars, The Four Tops, The Contours and The Supremes, went on to shape Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Dusty Springfield and Billy Preston. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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Artists similar to Martha Reeves
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- The Contoursartist
- The Supremesartist
- Martha Reeves And The Vandellasartist
- Diana Ross and the Supremesartist
- The Driftersartist
- Martha Reeves & The Vandellasartist
- Percy Sledgeartist
- Shirley Ellisartist
- The Originalsartist
- Herman's Hermitsartist
- Edwin Starrartist
- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrellartist
- Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheelsartist
- Smokey Robinsonartist
- Little Anthony & the Imperialsartist
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