Martha and the Vandellas discography
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This is a listing of all the singles and albums released by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas
. 12 of their singles reached the Billboard
Top 40 singles chart in the US
while 22 singles registered on the Top 40 of the US R&B
chart, two of which went to #1 on the chart. Six of the singles were Top 10 pop singles while ten were Top 10 R&B singles. Of all the songs they released, 25 of their singles were Hot 100 pop singles with 26 registering on the Hot 100 R&B singles chart.
Martha and the Vandellas
Martha and the Vandellas were among the most successful groups of the Motown roster during the period 1963–1967...
. 12 of their singles reached the Billboard
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Top 40 singles chart in the US
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while 22 singles registered on the Top 40 of the US R&B
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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chart, two of which went to #1 on the chart. Six of the singles were Top 10 pop singles while ten were Top 10 R&B singles. Of all the songs they released, 25 of their singles were Hot 100 pop singles with 26 registering on the Hot 100 R&B singles chart.
Albums
All Martha and the Vandellas albums released on the Motown subsidiary Gordy.| Year | Album | Peak chart positions |
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
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| 1963 | Come and Get These Memories Come And Get These Memories (album) Come Get These Memories was the debut album by American girl group Martha and the Vandellas on Berry Gordy's Motown label. Released after the success of the trio's hit of the same name, the album also features the group's debut single, "I'll Have to Let Him Go", which was originally intended for... |
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| Heat Wave Heat Wave (album) Heat Wave is the second album released by American Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Released in 1963 on Motown's Gordy imprint, intended to capitialize on the success of the title track, which rose to number four on the pop singles chart and number-one on the R&B singles chart... |
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| 1965 | Dance Party | 139 |
| 1966 | Watchout! Watchout! "Watchout!" was the fourth studio album and fifth album overall by Martha and the Vandellas, released on the Gordy label in 1966. The album featured the hit singles, "I'm Ready for Love" and "Jimmy Mack" and the ballad single, "What Am I Gonna Do Without Your Love?" This was one of the last... |
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| Martha and the Vandellas' Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Martha and the Vandellas album) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Martha and the Vandellas, released by the Motown's Gordy label in 1966. Included are popular Vandellas hits such as "Dancing in the Street", "Come and Get These Memories", " Heat Wave", "Live Wire", "Wild One", "Nowhere to Run", and "Quicksand" and featured... |
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| 1967 | Martha and the Vandellas Live! Martha and the Vandellas Live! Martha and the Vandellas Live! is a live album by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, recorded live at Detroit's Twenty Grand Club, and released on the Gordy label in 1967... |
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| 1968 | Ridin' High | 167 |
| 1969 | Sugar 'n' Spice | — |
| 1970 | Natural Resources Natural Resources Natural Resources is a soul album released by Motown girl group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas in 1970 on the Gordy label. The album is significant for the Vietnam War ballad "I Should Be Proud" and the slow jam, "Love Guess Who"... |
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| 1972 | Black Magic | — |
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Compilation albums
All Motown releases:| Year | Album |
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| — | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 |
| — | Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 |
| — | Anthology |
| 1993 | Live Wire: The Singles (1962-1972) |
| 1998 | The Ultimate Collection |
| 1999 | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - The Best of Martha and the Vandellas |
| 2005 | Spellbound: Motown Lost & Found (1962-1972) |
| 2006 | Gold: Martha Reeves & the Vandellas |
The Vells
- 1962: "There He Is (At My Door)"1/"You'll Never Cherish A Love So True"1 (Mel-O-Dy)
Martha and the Vandellas
The following singles were all released under Motown's Gordy label.| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1962 | "I'll Have To Let Him Go"/ "My Baby Won't Come Back" |
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| 1963 | "Come and Get These Memories Come and Get These Memories "Come and Get These Memories" is an R&B song by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Their second single released under Motown's Gordy Records subsidiary, "Memories" became the group's first hit single, reaching number 29 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart, and number-six on the Billboard... "/ "Jealous Lover" |
29 | 6 | — |
| "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave (Love is Like a) Heat Wave " Heat Wave" is a 1963 hit single penned by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team and made popular by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. It was originally released in July 1963, on the Motown subsidiary label Gordy, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Hot... "/ "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday) A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday) "A Love Like Yours " is a 1963 song issued as the B-side to Motown singing group Martha and the Vandellas' hit single, " Heat Wave", released on the Gordy label.... " |
4 | 1 | — | |
| "Quicksand Quicksand (song) "Quicksand" is a 1963 dance single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Built under almost the same gospel-inspired delivery of their previous hit " Heat Wave", this time lead singer Martha Reeves explains how her loved one brings her "closer" to him explaining that his love was like... "/ "Darling, I Hum Our Song" |
8 | 7* | — | |
| 1964 | "Live Wire"/ "Old Love (Let's Try Again)" |
42 | 11* | — |
| "In My Lonely Room In My Lonely Room "In My Lonely Room" is a 1964 single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. In this song, which registered at #6 R&B and #44 Pop, the narrator solemnly discusses how her lover's flirting with other girls leave her so depressed that all she can do was sit by " lonely room and cry"... "/ "A Tear for the Girl" |
44 | 6* | — | |
| "Dancing in the Street Dancing in the Street "Dancing in the Street" is a 1964 song first recorded by Martha and the Vandellas. It is one of Motown's signature songs and is the group's premier signature song.-Martha and the Vandellas original:... "/ "There He Is (At My Door)" |
2 | 8* | 4 | |
| "Wild One"/ "Dancing Slow" |
34 | 11* | — | |
| 1965 | "Nowhere to Run"/ "Motoring" |
8 | 5 | 26 |
| "You've Been in Love Too Long You've Been In Love Too Long "You've Been in Love Too Long" is a 1965 dance single recorded by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Their fourth straight Top 40 hit in two years, this song focused on a pro-feminist theme under a gritty R&B background with the narrator explaining to the woman in question that after... "/ "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) "Love " is a 1965 pop ballad by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. A rare ballad for the group, whose forte was reportedly uptempo soul dance numbers including "Dancing in the Street" and "Nowhere to Run", the b-side to the group's single, "You've Been in Love Too Long", although the song... " |
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25/ 22 |
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| 1966 | "My Baby Loves Me"2/ "Never Leave Your Baby's Side" |
22 | 3 | — |
| "What Am I Going To Do Without Your Love"/ "Go Ahead and Laugh" |
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| "I'm Ready for Love I'm Ready For Love "I'm Ready for Love" is a 1966 single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Scoring their biggest hit since "Nowhere to Run" peaked at #8 on the pop singles chart, this tune, which had the narrator longing to be in love with her object of affection, rose to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and... "/ "He Doesn't Love Her Anymore" |
9 | 2 | 22 | |
| 1967 | "Jimmy Mack Jimmy Mack "Jimmy Mack" is a 1967 pop/soul single recorded by Martha and the Vandellas for Motown's Gordy imprint. Written and produced by Motown's main creative team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Jimmy Mack" was the final Top 10 hit for the Vandellas in the United States, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard... "/ "Third Finger, Left Hand" |
10 | 1 | 21 |
| "Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone "Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone" is a 1967 single released by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. The song's production was a departure from the Vandellas' repertoire as their label, Motown, was having a harder time staying with the times in the music industry and having a much harder time... "/ "One Way Out" |
25 | 14 | — | |
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Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1967 | "Honey Chile Honey Chile For other uses of "Honey Chile", see Honey Chile "Honey Chile" is a 1967 single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy label... "/ "Show Me the Way" |
11 | 5 | 30 |
| 1968 | "I Promise to Wait My Love I Promise to Wait My Love "I Promise to Wait My Love" is a 1968 single recorded by girl group Martha and the Vandellas, released on the Gordy label. The third release from the group's Ridin' High, it was another single given to them by producer Richard Morris with co-written credit to Sylvia Moy... "/ "Forget Me Not" |
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| "I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing "I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing" is a 1968 funk-soul single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. The song nearly returned the group to the top 40 on the pop singles chart peaking at number forty-two on the pop singles chart and reaching number twenty-four on the R&B singles... "/ "I Tried" |
42 | 24 | — | |
| "Sweet Darlin'"/ "Without You" |
80 | 45 | — | |
| 1969 | "(We've Got) Honey Love (We've Got) Honey Love " Honey Love" is a 1969 single released by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas from the album "Ridin' High" released in 1968. The song returned the Vandellas to the top forty of Billboard's R&B singles chart where it peaked at number twenty-seven while it hit the Billboard Hot 100 peaking... "/ "I'm in Love (And I Know It)" |
56 | 27 | — |
| "Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)"/ "Heartless" |
1023 | 44 | — | |
| 1970 | "I Should Be Proud I Should Be Proud "I Should Be Proud" is a 1970 protest song written by Henry Cosby, Pam Sawyer and Joe Hinton and recorded by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas... "/ "Love, Guess Who" |
80 | 45 | — |
| "I Gotta Let You Go"/ "You're the Loser Now" |
93 | 43 | — | |
| 1971 | "Bless You"/ "Hope I Don't Get My Heart Broke" |
53 | 29 | 33 |
| "In and Out of My Life"/ "Your Love Makes It All Worthwhile" |
1024 | 22 | — | |
| 1972 | "Tear It On Down"/ "I Want You Back I Want You Back "I Want You Back" was released in 1969 and in early 1970s became a number-one hit single recorded by The Jackson 5 for the Motown label. The song, along with a b-side cover of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "Who's Lovin' You", was the only single from the first Jackson 5 album, Diana Ross Presents... " |
1035 | 37 | — |
| 1973 | "Baby Don't Leave Me"/ "I Won't Be the Fool I've Been Again" |
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- There was no BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
R&B Singles ChartHot R&B/Hip-Hop SongsHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
from November 1963 to January 1965. The R&B chart numbers from that period come from Cash Box magazine, a Billboard competitor at the time.
- 1The lead vocals on those songs were by Gloria WilliamsGloria WilliamsGloria Williams was an American singer notable for being the original lead singer of an early incarnation of Martha and the Vandellas under the name, The Del-Phis....
- 2 The song featured background vocals by the Four TopsFour TopsThe Four Tops are an American vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, hard rock, and showtunes...
and The AndantesThe AndantesThe Andantes were a prolific female sessions group for the Motown record label during the 1960s. Composed of Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps, the group sang background vocals on numerous Motown recordings, including songs by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, The Temptations, Stevie... - 3"Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)" peaked at number two on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in 1969
- 4"In and Out of My Life" peaked at number two on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in 1972
- 5"Tear It On Down" peaked at number three on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in 1972