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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Edwin Starr, later The Temptations; from The Tempts' Cloud Nine album), "I'm the Exception to the Rule" (recorded by The Velvelettes in 1964), and "Throw...
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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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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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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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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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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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Ruffin, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Rare Earth, the Isley Brothers, and the Velvelettes were not included in the special, while newer artists such...
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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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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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List of songs in SingStar games (PlayStation 2) (redirect from SingStar: The Golden Age of Spanish Pop)
The following is a list of SingStar games released for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The tables list the songs available in each game, with 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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– Downtown The Who – My Generation The Yardbirds – For Your Love The McCoys – Hang On Sloopy The Kinks – You Really Got Me The Velvelettes – Needle in...
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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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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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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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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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