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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells and Della Reese. Those roots explain a lot about how Martha Reeves & The Vandellas arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Four Tops, The Supremes, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Contours, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Temptations and Eddie Kendricks, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, reaching back through Marvin Gaye and forward to Aretha Franklin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Martha and the Vandellas were an American girl group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s as a major act for Motown Records. Formed by friends Annette Beard, Rosalind Ashford and Gloria Williams, Martha Reeves eventually joined the group, and she became its lead vocalist after Williams's departure in 1962. The group signed with Gordy Records, a subsidiary of Motown.

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Martha Reeves & The VandellasMarvin GayeMary WellsDella ReeseAretha FranklinOtis ReddingGladys Knight & the …The TemptationsEddie KendricksJoe SimonVan MorrisonAl GreenThe Four TopsThe SupremesJr. Walker & The All…Diana Ross and the S…The ContoursEdwin StarrBetty EverettThe Spinners

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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas connections

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas grew out of Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells and Della Reese, shares an orbit with The Four Tops, The Supremes, Jr. Walker & The All Stars and Diana Ross and the Supremes, went on to shape Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Gladys Knight & the Pips and The Temptations. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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