Martha Wash Talks About "Everybody Dance Now" and C+C Music Factory

[@runnail8814]

Martha is a legend and deserves more recognition in the music industry she’s a phenomenal artist

[@mikevaldez7684]

Yes, absolutely. She was awesome--I loved her instantly from the first time i heard her voice ! She is amazing.!!

[@macewbee]

I agree

[@aleta9134]

They put her in back because she was too fat. Sad but true. She was not even in the video.

[@watergreg5836]

she can be aretha

[@deniskostic1502]

Say that to Devils in Industry

[@freddiemanuel6155]

Thank God we still have her. Martha's a phenomenal talent, an unsung humanitarian and beautiful human being. I absolutely love EVERYTHING about her. I would love to lift her to the heights she deserves. She certainly has always been on my side. She is my favorite living singer. Oh how I luvah!!!

[@jeromeholloman8089]

what about whitneys im every woman song she bought that song down!!

[@jeromeholloman8089]

whitney houston did her thing with that song!!

[@Amazz]

Yes she did her thing, but no one can upstage Chaka Khan when she sings it live! Whitney struggled singing it live especially the bridge. Chaka at 62 years old still has phenomenal power in her voice.

[@jeromeholloman8089]

lol whatever

[@dinobrya2]

Amazz You might be right.

[@baroqueandbeyond]

Martha is a beautiful, vibrant woman, and very classy in her responses. She didn’t trash the “model” video substitute singer. In fact, she confirmed her singing ability. When asked why that lady’s vocals weren’t used, Martha replied she didn’t know. A lesser diva would have boasted of the superiority of her own vocal instrument. Martha is too smart for that nonsense.

[@jeffhardyswife]

R

[@seraphale]

Unlike *coff* Madonna *coff*!

[@sexybrown738]

Beauty in the eyes of the beholder she not conveniently beautiful

[@xeronimo1586]

@@sexybrown738 *conventionally (?), actually she is facially, she's just not everybody's body type for our time... and I'm just a little younger than she.

[@sexybrown738]

@@xeronimo1586 im saying alot of people dont find her attractive by that logic if she was conventially beautiful to society she would have got picked in vídeos oh yeah i know Tamela mann never has the problem even and she big and pretty Martha was look like garfield the cat mixed with a grouper she also look like the sirens from ice age😂😂

[@Missmeohmy7]

Martha's voice is unmistakable you can never duplicate that voice she has it's a power house.

[@sexybrown738]

She ugly though

[@ARedMagicMarker]

@@sexybrown738 nah, just big.

[@JLPerryTV]

sexy Brown No the hell she isn’t. She is very pretty

[@cbdallas]

I don't wonder at all why they chose to use Martha's voice for Sweat. Who else's voice could've made that song the hit it was? Nobody's. She brought the power needed to pull that song off, otherwise it probably wouldn't have even charted.

[@RitaWalker]

cbdallas right

[@miahula8926]

Well Martha made it on sweat because her demo track was 🔥 so cliviles or cole (possible cliviles) put her song on radio

[@JLPerryTV]

First of all, it was a completely different song that Martha recorded and was using for a demo. The producers of C+C Music Factory acquired the demo and rearranged it into “Everybody Dance Now” but she didn’t walk in there singing those specific lyrics as she did with Black Box.

[@maineindividual5202]

Met her at the Arizona Mills Mall back in late 2000s She was signing autographs and took pictures with a few folks. After the event myself and the two others I was with were talking about how amazing she was. Turned out she was standing behind us listening and looked down and said "Babies I'm highly over rated honestly and laughed". A couple minutes later she came back with a tray of food and asked to join us. The answer was simple and it was the best 45 minutes of our life. She didn't talk about herself at all just asked about us and our families. She left us with hugs and smiles. Class, talent, etc. Simple enough!

[@motownzfinezt]

POWERFUL voice man its crazy because they hid how she looks but exploited her voice....today they exploit your look and hide your voice

[@aerialfonzi2250]

+TIMARIO SUPREME On point! and totally agree

[@jeromeholloman8089]

wtf u talking bout marsha aint hiding who was hiding her!!

[@writerzblock00]

truth

[@jeromeholloman8089]

+writerzblock00 wat they talkin bout?

[@jamesmorton8224]

They was the nineties style. Milli Vanilli, Vanilla Ice etc. Her voice is so powerful it strikes down to the African mitochondrial DNA in me. Church, mealtime, and motherhood floods my soul.

[@mrwoods22]

The relationship with Black Box was never resolved though. And she gave them 3 number 1 dance hits. She basically had to sue them, get paid and move on.

[@RitaWalker]

Mr. Woods yeah I hate to that they used her I would have just moved on to

[@eriklaguira]

She settled out of court and RCA who was the label for Black Box gave her a deal

[@JLPerryTV]

To this day, Black Box doesn’t think they did anything wrong. They don’t want anyone to know who the lead singers were on the songs

[@3henry214]

@@JLPerryTV and today... Black Box has found a black singer, Celestine Walcott-Gordon, that could be Martha Wash's voice double. To me, Black Box is still up to their old shenanigans of misrepresentation. People think that she is the original singer.

[@Satoshi9801]

Her voice is truly iconic.

[@KNByam]

Yes and it's terrible the majority of people who know her voice have a different face to go with it because of all the music videos featuring models.

[@ghostysmokesweed9628]

@@KNByam its not

[@edyoukhana4773]

Pay credit where it’s due!!!!! Martha you rock!

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

why would they hide her she was so beautiful

[@missdee3031]

Dame Hargrove her weight. If you watch cb4 you will see when wacky d was performing there was a fat light skinned lady on the microphone.

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

So sad

[@sexybrown738]

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder she is not coventially beauty to this society

[@sexybrown738]

Tamela mann big she got put on in alot stuff But she cuter than Martha Wash Martha Wash is not conveniently beautiful in this society

[@sexybrown738]

@@geraldjohnson3216 what you mean?

[@FreeBird_6791]

C+C Music Factory added Martha to the roster after the whole debacle but it didn't save the group. Her lawsuit happened around the time Milli Vanilli's career crashed and burned and Paula Abdul was being accused of lip-syncing someone else's vocals. Milli Vanilli might be extreme but movies and albums have been uncrediting artists for years. Marni Nixon is probably the best example of a singer who sung so many well-known songs, never credited and was never a household name. I'm glad Martha Walsh was a part of an effort to make it all more transparent.

[@ralex3697]

Jay Fannin Darlene Love too

[@mintefresh6608]

The Paula Abdul accusations were silly. Paula sings just like she talks...very distinctive voice. That backup singer was just mad.

[@lovinliverpool]

Milli Vanilli's story is really sad and they were fucked over by their management. One of the guys committed suicide a few years later because of all of it. Just awful what greedy people and the media can do to someone.

[@JLPerryTV]

Milli Vanilli can actually sing and sound better than the people they were lip-syncing too. But what I hate is how harsh people were them. It wasn’t the first or tenth time that it has happened in the industry

[@Crushluigi]

I remember the Milli Vanilli debacle shocked us all, we loved their music growing up. Then I learnt about the C&C Music Factory and Black Box issue later on in life and it took me aback as well. Now you say Paula Abdul?😲😲 Of the "Straight up", "Rush, Rush" fame?

[@mrbrownroyyal]

She sang backup for Sylvester before "Raining Men" a lot of people forget that...also she is the one riffing at the end of Reebie Jackson's "Centipede"

[@eriklaguira]

Brown Royal that is correct ... towards the end of the song she lets it rip !

[@znayner5766]

Two Ton's Of Fun with Izora Rhodes

[@ajsassy788]

Brown Royal Yep all true! She definitely should have been bigger in the industry more than she was!

[@ericaan3430]

Wow! I thought that was Rebe all this time

[@mrbrownroyyal]

@@ericaan3430 I thought that was her also because in the video she is singing that part, but that was Martha's voice being used but not being seen in the video.

[@wheelzwheela]

It's sad that she was stiffed at least at first for singing "everybody dance now" as that is the only reason the song made any money at all.

[@jfritz9703]

I saw a piece where there was a focus on the track Everybody Everybody with Black Box. Here in the UK Martha had a number of hits with them "I Don`t Know Anybody Else. Fantasy and Strike it Up" They were all massive hits too and her voice was never off the radio back then.

[@zengirl524]

Australia too.

[@1980Triumph]

This man literally took his glasses on and off 34,570 times during this interview

[@JRLOC]

Literally.

[@mrn6020]

yes exactly 34570 times. I counted it too.

[@sidneyribeiro5923]

Disturbing.

[@vegalee8955]

😂😂😂💯

[@K2S66]

Tell me more.

[@portiahenry3756]

Mind blown, lolletta Holloway, Martha and Sister Nancy's music was just borrowed as if you needed a cup of sugar from you're neighbor, then liberally sprinkled across the 90's dance genre.

[@shashasyedd8858]

Martha Wash is a goddess! CC Music Factory Sweat and Its Raining Men are being played in clubs in Singapore in 2019. From halfway round the world with love.

[@xtradelite903]

Look, the woman deserves a comeback and a standing ovation.

[@johnbrowne8744]

One of a kind voice. Just great singer. Glad you got paid girl.😊💰

[@vpena6626]

Before Mariah .. before Beyonce ...Martha still holds her... crown !!!....she's the queen of all queens...

[@jonthomas8569]

Yes! And no less than Whitney sang Martha's praises and called out the music biz for hiding her face.

[@VICTORHUGO627]

Thank's Ms Wash !!! I bought that record,cause i knew was your voice. You'r a LEGEND !!.Thank's for the memories.

[@jonthomas8569]

It was very classy of Martha to point out that Zelma can in fact sing. It sounds like she understood where the blame belonged.

[@phyllispetras3821]

Thank you!!! If Ms. Wash had sung opera, she would have rivaled Joan Sutherland!! These two have/ had pipes!!

[@ralex3697]

Same thing was done with Darlene Love, she sang on everyone’s albums in the 60s

[@corfan99]

LOL [ 3:07 ] "Go Mickey!" I love this woman.

[@hfxmusicman]

Her voice is undeniable. Good for her for suing their greedy asses. I hope she got paid for how they exploited her in the 90's.

[@alondathomas293]

She still looks great,too!

[@sunflowerpwr.8821]

Martha Wash and Tamela Mann remind me of each other both beautiful.

[@aja1108]

sunflower power of like to hear them sing together

[@sexybrown738]

Tamela mann look way better than Her . no ressemblance even though the style and they both bring lightskin and heavyset

[@uptownstudd2010]

Uncredited!!!She was the dam song on does hits period!!!!!

[@Hillers62]

This was a huge injustice to the great Martha Wash!!!!!! She deserves all the credit!!!!!!!

[@larrydavis5630]

Martha's voice is unmistakable! She was a staple of 80's music 🎵 and I certainly grew up with her voice booming on my radio and boombox. She is a hero of mine and much respect and love to her!

[@romerjusu3804]

And the '70's as a backup singer for Sylvester " 2 Tons of Fun !

[@JRLOC]

At the time, music videos were mamdatory and were all about the visuals. Unfortunately, C + C decided to use Zelma to lip Martha’s vocals and made a big mistake in doing so. Again, this was just a bad call because everyone involved back then-including Zelma Davis-were all very talented and the rest is history.

[@mindyourbizok]

It's unfortunate that the industry Executives did not want to present Martha in the visuals. Martha's body is responsible for creating that distinct voice. Her lungs, throat,& physical-spiritial-emotional essence is where the vocals came from. To me Martha was pretty when I look back at her younger pictures. But I'm happy that she took the initiative to fight for her rights that she truly deserves.

[@QueenRissa_34]

Martha deserves every Grammy, Emmy, & BET awards!!!! She should have went way further in her career....she deserves it!

[@MariaSilvaHelena]

...MONEY!

[@mikevaldez7684]

I heard "It's raining men"in '82 & instantly loved it, then several years later, "Everybody Dance Now", & knew it was sick! Martha Wash is legend !! Awesome

[@zeebo8965]

im glad martha mentioned the aftermath with C+C cos i still bump that classic do you wanna get funky and the vid is sooo cool cos it has both martha AND zelma singing and dancing....

[@ranupandey4549]

Zeebo89 gagames

[@missdee3031]

she looks a lot like keke Wyatt ...and they can both sing maybe they are related?

[@sexybrown738]

No she dont lol 😄😄😄 keke wyatt way finer than her

[@geraldjohnson3216]

Yes ms.dee i agree sex love

[@geraldjohnson3216]

@@sexybrown738 i beg the differ

[@sryder8312]

@@sexybrown738 just shut the hell up you ignorant troll!

[@incognitonegress3453]

I said this

[@ilovelife3328]

I would love to see a BIO pic about Martha Wash!

[@sugarbaby547]

Me too

[@kenbray5682]

Martha has an incredible voice ! Can't believe Black Box, C&C Music Factory would not put her in the videos !

[@Dynamatrix2000]

Cuz she's not photogenic

[@incognitonegress3453]

@@Dynamatrix2000 she isn't? Damn...i must b blind. This woman is COMPLETE PACKAGE!

[@Dynamatrix2000]

@@incognitonegress3453 Obese though. Blame mtv if ya want.

[@skip031890]

That's a very common thing, especially in commercials. It's not like the people don't get paid.

[@WinWin-oi7to]

@@skip031890it’s a bit more complicated. She had no idea her voice would be published. EVER. No contract, no agreement. The model was to sing the published song. Of course Martha’s version was way superior. She was ripped off.

[@MrPhizil227]

Martha we remember you for way more than it's raining men! We loved you since Sylvester days ms.

[@dbeazrn3934]

C & C Music ended up being just another Milli VaNilli until THE TRUE VOICE - LADY MARTHA WASH took HER voice back!! Martha Wash is a HERO for vocalists being scammed. AWESOME VOICE & INCREDIBLE LADY!!

[@sando99]

I could listen to Martha all day long, she has such an awesome voice.

[@LaCheleWallace]

Well, common sense would tell me to blame the *label.* Who was C+C Music Factory signed to? Who was Milli Vanilli signed to? See, these groups were being paid to do as they were told. I'm not gon name names, but the Presidents of those labels were responsible for all of that lip-syncing BS. They did that. This woman, Ms. Martha Wash should've made hand over fist for her vocals. I know the industry is based on fantasy so at least break her off, financially. But not. Too much like right. Again, I blame the Presidents of the labels.

[@JLPerryTV]

He is thinking of the other incident [Black Box] and Katrin Quinol. But Zelma can sing

[@violetagnew6145]

Beautiful and talented!

[@sexybrown738]

She ugly but Her voice is nice

[@ghostysmokesweed9628]

@@sexybrown738 shes not

[@coachgregtv1198]

She is such a beautiful lady, if she was in the video I still would've Loved it.

[@tonyalbertson9983]

She made every song she sang on great!!

[@Hurtcules]

Incredible talent!

[@peachbellini2615]

It was ridiculous that they "hid" her behind lip syncing thin women ..she is pretty and stylish.. if it was size discrimination then they were idiots

[@ela2006]

Omg, she has a beautiful voice!!! LOve

[@sexybrown738]

Beautiful voice ugly face and body

[@ghostysmokesweed9628]

@@sexybrown738 you are not sexy so shut it

[@averyfisher9967]

1982? She means 1978😳

[@jaydj]

This was my favorite song in the 90's and I just knew about this NOW! Gotta give you credit Martha for those awesome hooks that led to great dance hits of the decade.

[@panosanest7625]

Martha, so beautiful lady and natural talent. To hell with the impostors. Greetings from Greece my dear.

[@chorse70]

Powerful voice I wish they showed people who sing well and quit showing only people because of looks.

[@ilovelife3328]

I agree. That is why music sucks these days in comparison to 30 - 40 years ago.

[@MichaelG-l9p]

Pure talent. Very gifted lady. One of the best voices ever. I love her songs ❤

[@davidreynolds4684]

Martha is awesome. That womans voice has had me praising God and smacking ass. Often at the same time! Im so glad she finally started getting the credit , love and money she has earned and deserved for decades. She is the reason backup singers and co writers get noticed. The biggest wrong was C&C pulling the Milli Vanilli on her with Zelma. They didnt use zelmas voice cause the butch cant speak english. I apollogize for the B word. Zelma is srop dead gorgeous and talented but that thing was wrong. Freedom got screwed too. The man went into the whole gig thinking he was part of the group. Found out he was just punching a clock. They used Freedom and Martha to get C&C on the charts then dropped em. C&C were great producers and incredible at putting groups together but they were out for themselves to hell with the true talent. Freedom is working on some new stuff now. My prayers have been answered. He put down the tool bag and picked up a pen paper and a mic

[@MT-tu8dt]

They had no right hiding her from the everybody dance now video. We hear her voice, we see her.

[@wokeisnonsense]

Martha's vocals were used on one of the earliest Seduction records too.

[@Piapia650]

Wow. I didn't know that. Which songs?

[@wokeisnonsense]

@@Piapia650 (You're my one and only) True Love

[@resistanceisfutile76]

Thank Sylvester for discovering her and Izora Rhodes!

[@RobbiePolk]

"Go Mickey" lmao 😂

[@derrickholmes2024]

It's The Same Thing as Milli Vanilli

[@venomlily1651]

The same thing was done to Lolita Halloway . Her song, " Love Sensation " was sampled by Black Box, but the changed the title of the song and paired her vocals with a model lip-synching to it . That's because from the 80's-90's, you had to be THIN and beautiful to be accepted . That's what singer Amy Wilson had to go through too . Her music label and even her bandmates kept pressuring her to lose weight, even to the point of literally relegating her to shadows in her music videos in the 80's . It didn't matter that all of these women were and still are beautiful . If you were obese, you were OBSOLETE, which is ridiculous . That's 1 good thing about how times have changed since then . That mess wouldn't FLY today !

[@AndraeS19751]

Love her So much!!!!

[@jeromeholloman8089]

whitney is wayy better but i love martha!!!

[@dinobrya2]

Jerome Holloman HEAVENS NO!!!! I have heard many Whitney Houston songs. She never had Wash's pipes. Houston was a legendary singer (ions beyond Beyonce) but only her writers and looks were advantages. Wash was pure power. POWER!!!!!

[@JLPerryTV]

Remember Martha is the original singer who was called "The Voice"

[@pushpak]

Love ya Martha!!!

[@mikevaldez7684]

Years Before I ever knew who she was, her voice would give me chills everytime I heard her songs. And I love her more than ever for her great talent!

[@ZetaCancri]

I stan Martha Wash

[@doodaahman]

This woman is a better singer than Aretha Franklin. Not even arguable.

[@BruceJC75]

The only woman the size of that model that has those kinda pipes is Taylor Dayne.

[@Hillers62]

I LOVE Martha Wash!!!!!!!!!! She is beautiful, and has a voice of an angel!!!!!!!

[@jonahfalcon1970]

" In a video that appears to be from that time period, Quinol can be heard singing “I Don’t Know Anybody Else” live as Wash’s backing track blared from the PA. Hers is a comically bad performance. For the first 80 seconds, Quinol struggles to hit her notes, caterwauling around the stage before her mic is mercifully cut and she is forced to lip sync Wash’s vocals."

[@stephenpickup1074]

Martha Walsh is quite fantastic, got performers to be named BUT on CDs. Oh noez CDs!!

[@MrDeziboi73]

I think that she's absolutely beautiful and can saanngg! I would love to sing with her any day!

[@Tahee5105]

When I went to see C+C music factory I noticed something was not right, that slender girl did not connect with the voice I was listening to. I knew she wasn't singing those powerful notes...

[@afriend9428]

Placido Aguilar *The skinny skank CAN'T sing but has a fantastic but body though!* 💡

[@mintefresh6608]

A Friend Zelma Davis can sing very well, she’s just no Martha Wash.

[@THISISRISE]

Looks like an older keke wyatt

[@incognitonegress3453]

She really does

[@soapqueen100]

Its enough they dont use her face and body give the woman the credit she deserves. She does have a timeless iconic voice

[@true1evanique]

At that time, as I remember, the videos were promoting superficial body images. I had noticed that a lot of black videos didn't have dark skinned girls in them. The girls they used looked multi racial.

[@djekna]

Class act!

[@nobodyshome4633]

What a powerhouse… C+C produced fantastic instrumentals, but Martha MADE that song with her phenomenal vocal abilities… same goes for Everybody Everybody and I Don’t Know Anybody Else by Black Box.

[@JohnDoe-gk7ok]

They could’ve used her for the music video. Have the model dance and look good for the camera, and occasionally pan into Martha singing... problem solved.

[@samimotag]

Yep, that's what Prince did for the song Cream, which had Martha Wash in it.

[@lisaellis4105]

Agreed!

[@snoollawoolla]

John Doe's comment implies that nobody would want to look at Martha singing, but that's just not true! She was, and still is, a beautiful woman. There are many additional comments acknowledging her beauty. If someone has a personal objection to her appearance, then that's on them, not the public at large and certainly not Martha herself.

[@xxxTIN0xxx]

They did her wrong by putting a pretty face (bet she couldn't even sing) that lip-synced to Martha's incredible voice in the music video. It was so disrespectful to her, unacceptable and vile. Martha wasn't a conventional beauty but music isn't about beauties or bodies, it's supposed to be about talent and she's the voice that gave life to that incredible hit. They owe most of the success of that song to Martha.

[@LinkRocks]

Martha's voice is unmistakable. It's a shame that body image denied her the credit she deserved for a time. I'm very happy everyone now knows the truth and she's getting recognized for her talent.

[@tanyachavis2578]

Thank you Martha Wash for setting the record straight! No pun intended.

[@JLPerryTV]

Everyone using the same word "spurred"

[@FatherOfDragonss]

Such a beautiful and talented lady!

[@seanjeezy1274]

Martha is the real deal

[@rutiliorutili1456]

Povera Martha, anche in Italia i Black Box usarono la sua stupenda voce ma sfruttarono il corpo della nullità di Katherine che - come giustamente doveva accadere - poi è sparita nel nulla. Resta una delle più calde ed energiche voci della Soulful House e della Dance più in generale !

[@blablabla2847]

Excuse you? What about Blac Box?? They used her voice to become a legend ( using a skinny model )

[@1BSDjunkie]

The Wonderful, the Beautiful, the Thunderous, the TRIUMPHANT Martha Wash commanding everybody on the planet to DANCE!!! As it is raining men! HALLELUJAH!!! 🌧️ ☔️ 💃 🪩 🕺

[@legaleagle6287]

Jlo has used several ghost singers

[@ilovelife3328]

LOL. Ashanti, Natasha Ramos and Christina Milian. It's not as easy to fool the public these days!

[@xxxTIN0xxx]

That's true but at the same time J Lo used her voice in the verses and correct me if I'm wrong the singers that lent their vocals to her projects were aware of what they were doing. It was wrong but this case is way worse. They omitted this woman from the videos without even telling her, because she had weight and wasn't considered beautiful.

[@ebillie1181]

I knew that voice the moment I heard the tune!! I played it in my head for months.

[@deathmetalhell]

i love when he goes to put his glasses on but then he takes them off right away @ 2:04

[@fishfire_2999]

What other songs did she sing Dan cone in people !!!!

[@TheDieselbutterfly]

this lady is the funk

[@dpinvogue2012]

The host should just stop singing 'everybody dance now ' ...especially in front of a phenomenal singer like Ms. Wash.

[@ThatBearHasMoxie]

Black Box totally ripped Martha off. I remember watching the Carson episode where she was on Johnny Carson crying that Black Box had totally eff'd her over. They were supposed to give her credit and let her front the group. The story she told Johnny was at the last minute a top music executive said, "Black Box can't be fronted by Martha Hippo" So the used Martha's voice and had a DRAG QUEEN lip sync to the words. That came from Martha's mouth.

[@ClearYourMindTravel]

For a long time I was calling her Martha Walsh LMAO!

[@NinjaTylerBlack]

its called gonna make you sweat not everybody dance now

[@verdellgillespie1545]

Too, Martha Wash DID NOT receive credits on Centipede w/ Rebbie Jackson... sad

[@fulanitoantinazi]

God bless you Martha. Superman and Batman''s mother call name like you. You're so amazing person and singer.

[@orangebetsy]

So i'm interested in what the people said in response to "why you dropping her vocals into the video?" just from a legal pov.

[@williamcooper9379]

She has to be industry legend for 45+ years now i mean she goes back to late 60s early 70s groups have used her vocals