The Velvelettes were an American singing girl group, signed to Motown in the 1960s. Their biggest chart success occurred in 1964, when Norman Whitfield...
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Jr. in 1964. The song is notable in both a 1964 version by American Motown girl group the Velvelettes, and a 1982 hit version (with the title altered...
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Richard Street (category The Temptations members)
LMNT paid tribute to Richard Street. Street was formerly married to The Velvelettes' lead singer Carolyn "Cal" Gill from 1969 to 1983. A year after their...
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Uptight and Outasight. The Velvelettes - on their 2004 compilation album The Velvelettes: The Motown Anthology. "Major Lance, "The Monkey Time" Chart Positions"...
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Detroit (redirect from The Town That Put The World on Wheels)
Supremes, the Jackson 5, Martha and the Vandellas, the Spinners, Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Marvelettes, the Elgins, the Monitors, the Velvelettes, and...
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Berry Gordy (category United States Army personnel of the Korean War)
as the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Jimmy Ruffin, the Contours, the Four Tops, Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Commodores, the Velvelettes, Martha...
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Motown (redirect from The Motown Sound)
Temptations, the Contours, Edwin Starr, and Martha and the Vandellas. A fourth, V.I.P., released recordings by the Velvelettes, the Spinners, the Monitors...
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notably, by The Velvelettes and Diana Ross. The Velvelettes, a minor act signed to Motown's V.I.P. subsidiary, recorded the first version of the song in May...
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Junior Senior (category Musicians from the North Jutland Region)
wave band The B-52's. "Take My Time" has also been featured in the PSP video game Lumines II. Legendary Motown girl group The Velvelettes provided backing...
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Sandra Tilley (category Martha and the Vandellas members)
best known for being a member of Motown girl group the Velvelettes; and later joining Martha and the Vandellas. Sandra Tilley was born in Cleveland, Ohio...
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Disco (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
many hits for Marvin Gaye, the Velvelettes, the Temptations, and Gladys Knight & the Pips. From around the production of the Temptations album Cloud Nine...
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GBH (band) (redirect from Church of the Truly Warped)
The Velvelettes (appeared on A Fridge Too Far), "Destroy" by The Vibrators (on From Here to Reality), "I Need Energy" by Zero Boys (on Church of the Truly...
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1964. Betty Kelly, formerly of the Velvelettes, was brought in shortly afterward to continue the Vandellas' rise. The next two singles, "Live Wire" and...
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Norman Whitfield (section The Temptations)
#5) 1964: "Needle in a Haystack" – The Velvelettes (US #45) 1964: "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'" – The Velvelettes (US #64, US R&B #21) 1964: "Girl (Why...
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2 The United States of America The Valentinos Van Dyke Parks Vanilla Fudge Vanity Fare Van Morrison/Them The Velvelettes The Velvet Underground The Ventures...
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Levi over to record the song, and both brothers feature on the track, along with singers Sammy Ward, Cal Gill of the Velvelettes, and Carolyn Crawford...
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The Belle Stars is the only studio album by the all-female band of the same name released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). The band's eponymous debut album...
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List of Motown artists (redirect from The Rayber Voices)
or one of its many subsidiaries. Dahl, Bill (February 28, 2011). Motown: The Golden Years: More Than 100 Rare Photographs. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9781440225574...
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other ex-Motown and Detroit artists performed vocals on the session, including the Velvelettes, Carolyn Crawford, Lamont Dozier, Bobby Taylor, Kim Weston...
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in a Haystack", an episode of the TV series Mythbusters "Needle in a Haystack", a 1964 pop song record by The Velvelettes Terms in a two-way string-matching...
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Van Halen The Vaughan Brothers, blues rock duo from Texas, featuring guitarists and vocalists Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan The Velvelettes, an American...
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Ruffin, The Velvelettes, and The Miracles. All versions of the song were produced by Whitfield. Lead vocals by Mary Wells Background vocals by The Love Tones:...
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Rosalind Ashford (category Martha and the Vandellas members)
member of The Velvelettes, Betty Kelly, to replace her. With Kelly, the group continued their success with signature songs "Dancing in the Street", "Nowhere...
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Leee John (category Actors from the London Borough of Hackney)
notably working as a background singer for The Delfonics, the Chairmen of the Board, The Velvelettes and The Elgins, he moved back as a teenager to England...
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Betty Kelly (category Martha and the Vandellas members)
Martha and the Vandellas, the group led by Martha Reeves and featuring Rosalind Ashford. In 1961, she joined Motown singing group The Velvelettes. Kelly joined...
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the genre, or have had a considerable amount of fame. Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the")...
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Something", a rap cover version of the 1982 song by Bananarama, itself a cover of the 1964 original version by the Velvelettes. The song, released on 29 May 2000...
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and Linda Thompson – "The Calvary Cross" Jackson Browne – "Late for the Sky" Mark Mulcahy – "Hey Self-Defeater" The Velvelettes – "Needle in a Haystack"...
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including Martha and the Vandellas, the Velvelettes, and the Supremes. Other songwriters and producers in the US and UK quickly recognized the potential of this...
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(originally by the Velvelettes), which topped the Go-Set singles chart in 1966. Also in that year, they won the Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds competition...
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