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Martha Rose Reevesis an American R&B and pop singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, which scored over a dozen hit singles, including “Come and Get These Memories”, “Nowhere to Run”, “Heat Wave”, “Jimmy Mack”, and their signature “Dancing in the Street”.
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Martha Rose Reevesis an American R&B and pop singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, which scored over a dozen hit singles, including “Come and Get These Memories”, “Nowhere to Run”, “Heat Wave”, “Jimmy Mack”, and their signature “Dancing in the Street”. From 2005 until 2009, Reeves served as an elected councilwoman in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Reeves at number 151 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
25 Quotes by Martha Reeves
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Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we’re famous all over the world.
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A song has to become as much a part of you as a tailored suit.
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Going on with life, it only gets more and more intense as time goes by – and the challenges only multiply.
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I still marvel at how God turns dreams into reality.
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A large family makes you accept sharing your parents.
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I have always thought music as a way out of the ordinary mundane obligations of life.
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Disco music in the ’70s was just a call to go wild and party and dance with no thought or conscience or regard for tomorrow.
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I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from some wonderful people.
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I pray for miracles. I have always found prayer to bring quick results.
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The world I was born into was one filled with music.
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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner.
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You can’t very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.
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I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true.
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Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit.
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Good and bad – this is the story of my life.
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Divas need their furs!
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There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can’t find any work.
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I will always dance in the street.
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Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members.
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After years of making wrong decisions in my life, in 1977 I found out that it was all right to be square, simple, and sober.
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I don’t worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time.
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Detroit is full of talent.
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I was stranded in Disco. I went to dozens of darkened places with enough flashing lights to drive the average person mad. I felt lost in the pulse of sheer panic.
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God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful.
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If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.
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