Martha & The Vandellas | Rivalry With Diana Ross?, Was Martha a Diva?, Lawsuit Against Motown

Martha, Annette and Rosalind, better known as Martha and The Vandellas, were there nearly from the start. They were witnesses as well as participants experiencing the growth and success of a record label that would become home to some of the most legendary American R&B artists during the 1960s and 1970s.
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[@Regreviews]

A story that needs to be told

[@siedahholmes5031]

I don't remember when I first learned of the song Honey Chile. However, I remember how smitten I was when I heard it. Sounds like a mama scolding her child. I think some women need to hear that song and take it to heart. It's still relevant to this day. Love that song💛🌻

[@danavixen6274]

I had the pleasure of meeting the legendary Martha Reeves as well as the late great fellow Motown pioneer Mary Wilson. It was an honor to meet them both. I even told Ms. Reeves I honestly liked her version of Dancing in the Street with the Vandellas even more so than the 80s Bowie/Jagger version. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@calvinguile1315]

That version paled in comparison to the Motown sound, and Martha and the Vandellas vocals ❤

[@Miketendo93]

Martha & The Vandellas *Really* needs an Unsung episode! ASAP.

[@williammials6080]

That's what I was looking for but saw this!

[@michellekirkendall818]

@Hoopz Neal: Martha and The Vandellas were never "unsung" and "underrated."

[@Miketendo93]

@@michellekirkendall818 Oh I know, but some artists/groups that have been on there weren't really "Unsung" but it would be a good way to get there story out.

[@michellekirkendall818]

@@Miketendo93 Those BORN in the era know Martha and The Vandellas. And, surely, those who don't know about the group, can find out about them through historical footage (example, Motortown Revues, 1962, 1963 or 1964). They were second to The Marvelettes with the first hits of "The Detroit Sound." However, NEVER "unsung."

[@michellekirkendall818]

@@Miketendo93 And, they did background vocals on Marvin Gaye's early hits.

[@SANDYMILLER23]

Thank you so much for this video. So much drama happened at Motown. It's enough for several videos. l love Martha and the Vandellas.

[@caseybell5442]

Oh, I'm ready to see that biopic!

[@Miketendo93]

Martha Reeves is one of the ones really forgotten or not mentioned in often during conversations of the Great Soul Divas 😧😤

[@Miketendo93]

I'm really glad you did this. I am a huge Motown fan. And someone once said that Martha Reeves & The Vandellas were a 'One Hit Wonder' and I said Nooo they had a Lot of hits Come And Get These Memories, Heatwave, Dancing In the Street, Quicksand, Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things, Nowhere To Run, Honey Chile, My Baby Loves Me etc... So no they were not a one hit group At All! Also Martha's albums post Motown were good too!

[@jamesrobiscoe1174]

So glad you could educate someone on the illustrious and very rockin' tuneful hit songs of Martha and The Vandellas. I was a young kid then working in a downtown Detroit record store, and their records sold out (and were restocked) quickly. It was a glorious time only a few short years before "The Troubles" came to Detroit. Always rely on the music, though; always the music. Once it's in you, it never leaves--and you don't want it to.

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[@beaniegee5129]

Love these stories so much

[@beaniegee5129]

Great story on them

[@drudafuture2]

This should be a movie

[@NellieKAdaba]

Yes

[@manuelesparza1081]

Congratulations Miss Martha Reeves on your star on Hollywood Boulevard. I was there it was extra exciting!

[@thegoldenseatlife]

Love this! Could you consider doing Keith Washington? His voice is EVERYTHING!!

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

Yes! He's on my list. 😉

[@thegoldenseatlife]

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[@taureanmay7480]

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[@nicolesherman8974]

Not Juicy Pop taking it all the way back 👀👀. Detroit legends! I like Diana Ross and she is a legend, but her younger years?? Sis really was beefing and had her problematic ways… yikes.

[@Maatization]

What you said about Diana is not true. People always say stuff like that but they don't say specifically what they are accusing her of.

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[@shawnbaldwin3589]

A lot if their hits were left out Like Love Makes me do Foolish Things ,I'm Ready For Love,Girl You been in love Too long and Bless You,In my Lonely Room and others

[@taureanmay1411]

Martha & The Vandelas.

[@taureanmay1411]

First 🥇🏆 Ladies of Motown.

[@pianoman551000]

This video was very well narrated: You defiitely have refined vocal skills for rhetorical narration. The bio material was on point: nothing more or less than what is needed to present an overall viewl of Martha Reeves' career.

[@househead67]

'Dancing In The Streets' was banned, because it was blamed for encouraging riots. 🤔🙄

[@thegworlsarefighting]

David Ruffin & The Temptations 😭

[@johnfulton4061]

That's not how it went down!

[@xtopheralanfoster3964]

not just r&b greatest of artists ~ THE GREATEST MUSICAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME !

[@powerbadpowerbad]

I REALLY enjoyed this video on this GREAT singing group.WELL DONE.Keep up the GREAT work.Had to watch it 3 times to let the info ingess my mind.Trying to be please the-IN-CROWD is a waste of time,just say no !!! LOL. It was the same thing for me in the military ( served 4 yrs-navy & 7 yrs-army )quite a few people tried to pester/bully me into drinking and taking drugs,I said-NO.Stop pestering me about it in a very-MEAN-annoying tone. LOL.

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. More to come! 😉

[@powerbadpowerbad]

@@JuicyPopEntertainment I LOOK forward to it.

[@nataliemscrzysxycoolharris]

Barry Gordy was ‘dancing in the sheets’ with Diana Ross that’s why Martha & The Vandellas were pushed out. In my opinion, it is Martha & The Vandellas for me. Back thrn folks could sing. White folks were jammln too. Thank you for kickin it ol school. I wasn’t born yet when these groups came out. I’m a 60s baby but I grew to sing & dance to a lot of Motown.

[@martinpensom5103]

Berry was always infatuated with Diana Ross and put her above every other Motown artist even the Supremes! They were just backing singers Diana was the one Berry pushed forward all the time eg allowing her to sing lead vocals!

[@markbarret6836]

I have heard all the Supremes LPs, Martha and the Vandellas, and Gladys Knight's LPs on Motown. Martha and Gladys throughout had what can only be described as "soul". Diana and the Supremes were pop. Room for both of course.

[@Maatization]

When Berry and Diana got together the supremes had 5 number one singles...Martha had zero number ones on the pop charts. Berry fell in love with Diana and knew she had what it took to take him and his company to next level and she did. She made him millions...

[@Maatization]

@@martinpensom5103 How do you explain the fact that Diana had 12 # one hits...the public favored her. Why would Berry change the formula by letting someone else take the lead? Come on now...He didn't push her forward the public did and he followed what the public wanted and they wanted Diana...who ended up with a grand total of 18 # ones. 12 with the Supremes and 6 in her solo career. I repeat the public chose Diana by making the song she sang on number one. Why would Berry change the formula?

[@brucescott4261]

​@@Maatization ...You weren't even born then. You're just another Diane Ross fan, that all!

[@asmartdumba55]

Can you do TROOP as well? 👀

[@sheilapalmer224]

You are sososo sososo sososo underrated

[@neftaliortizares5059]

Jimmy Mack was a good son in the pop list,,oye of my best song ❤❤❤

[@a.c-Jukebox]

Your speaking voice is lovely

[@sheilapalmer224]

You are the greatest

[@shaylah2725]

interesting how if an older group breaks up they always end up touring under multiple names

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Martha and the Vandellas were more popular in England but Berry sabotaged them to promote the Supremes instead. Why couldn’t he let both perform? He had to have Diana become the star no matter what.

[@markbarret6836]

Dusty put Berry in his place. Dios mio, Martha and Dusty ROCKED.

[@aintnothingliketheoldskool]

I agree with you on that. That's what some people can't handle especially Diana's obsessed fans.

[@sheilapalmer224]

I am a big fan of yours

[@remixdiamond2276]

love the video but it so many typos the Supremes in the beginning were only know as that until flo got kick out

[@atomcraft4067]

If I'm asked if I had to choose between Martha And The Vandellas or Diana Ross and The Supremes, I have to say Martha. Nowhere To Run is in my top 3 songs ever written next to Louis Armstrongs' It's A Wonderful World and Proco Harum's A Whiter Shade Of Pale.

[@househead67]

saying that someone has "large nostrils" is a total diss...even if that person does. 🤔🙄

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

Yes! I don't know what that person was thinking saying that.

[@househead67]

@@JuicyPopEntertainment i only hope no one ever said that to Brock Peters though...The outcome would have been dangerous.

[@taureanmay1411]

@@JuicyPopEntertainment yes.

[@scotttaylor6184]

Actually Martha said that about herself on the 20/20 tv program years ago

[@staciewilliams4085]

🙏🏽

[@Misterkennedy04]

It's not a surprise considering Diana was dating Berry of course he favored her

[@markbarret6836]

Freaky Motown leader, everyone followed his lead.

[@Leatherbro]

Diana Ross made it to the top at Motown by being on her back and not her talents.

[@Maatization]

The public favored Diana first with 12 number-one hits. Martha had zero number-one hits. So why wouldn't Berry back a winner? Diana's success had nothing to do with who she was sleeping with. Berry looked at her and saw he had a gold mine. He said he fell in love with her just like the public did.

[@lyndavy1997]

Need a video about Karyn white

[@NellieKAdaba]

True

[@manuelesparza1081]

Quicksand is my favorite

[@Taytay-ow7tg]

Can u do a video on Jennifer lewis

[@MsFirestar21]

Please cover Silk if you haven't already ❤! Still holding out for an Alana Davis video 😊.

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Can you do the marvettles ?

[@sexymama1966]

I would like to see the story of Wanda Young!

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

Yes!

[@taureanmay7480]

@@JuicyPopEntertainment of course.

[@michellekirkendall818]

@MIZZJACQUETTAXx: THE MARVELETTES.....

[@jackjules7552]

You don't talk about what Betty Kelly did after she was dismissed from the Vandellas. After all, Betty was in the Vandellas when they had most of their hits including Dancing in the Street and Betty is included in the footage for most of their major TV appearances in the 1960's. It is the Martha, Rosalind, and Betty lineup that most people recognize as being the most famous. Also you say Betty missed shows but that is not what Martha writes in her book. Martha states that Betty was dismissed by Martha because of a personal clash between the two mostly regarding a mutual boyfriend.

[@vj6095]

Its been said both Betty and Martha had a clash onstage!. I love Betty.

[@divinewilliams3055]

the opening pics, thats BETTY KELLY not annette,

[@williammials6080]

I heard she had a breakdown back in the day but did not know if it was true or not! We had no idea she was a drug addict back then! Loved the groups music still...

[@donalddavis6689]

Can You Do Patti LaBelle, And The Bluebells From Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia International Records Around 1960 / 1962 🎤🎤🎤🎤.

[@markbarret6836]

Cindy Birdsong, as a Bluebelle, borrowed a Supreme's wig. Patti snatched it off her head and threw 'the fake white girl's hair" back at Diana, to much laughter.

[@andrewthornhill7042]

​@@markbarret6836 Nona, not Patti.

[@rodneypearson3434]

The title of this video is the perfect example of CLICK BAIT. There was absolutely NOTHING about a rivalry with Diana Ross in this video. The video content was actually good, but grossly mistitled, because of that deception I WILL NEVER WATCH THIS CHANNEL AGAIN.

[@valerie4501]

Why was Martha Reeves given the privilege of putting her name before the Vandellas, the more I read about the music industry, the artists, I can't help but wonder, if these artists who are still living do they regret entering this Business, of course we must keep in mind during this era 😔😥 and even today, African Americans had to do what ever it took to at least try to get out of poverty, since opportunities to acquire some wealth for African Americans was unattainable for the majority who sought after it, sadly 😔😥 for those who made it successfully, only to fall into drugs, alcoholism, or victims of a crime, sometimes ending in Death, this is more common today more than it was many decades ago, especially with Hip-hop, Rap music artists dying so young during the nineties to the present, it's quite obvious this Business is so toxic, and there are many who enter into it, just cannot handle the rigorous work it takes to maintain their own success.

[@shaylah2725]

' youve got the large nostrils that will really help you do this drug ' ... wtf..