"the can from Holland Dozier Holland (""I Can't Get Along Without You"", and ""I Hope You Had Better Luck Than I Did""). The modest R&B hit (#44), ""Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)"" is featured on this album. Although new member and former Velvelettes member Sandra Tilley is featured on the album cover, her vocals do not appear on the album. Sugar 'n' Spice (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas album) Sugar 'n' Spice is a soul album released by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy (Motown) label in 1969. The album was released during a troubling"
"Martha Reeves (anchorite) Martha Reeves (born 1941) is an Anglican solitary (or anchorite). A graduate of the Madeira School (Class of 1959), she is also a Stanford educated professor of theology and a solitary under vows to Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. She has written numerous articles and a series of books under the name ""Maggie Ross"" (most notably ""The Fire Of Your Life"". and the two-part 'Silence: A User's Guide'), as well as translated a number of Carthusian Novice Conferences. Reeves, at one time Desmond Tutu's spiritual director, was Bell Distinguished Professor in Anglican and Ecumenical Studies"
"Marian Reeves Marian Reeves (19 February 1879 – 30 August 1961) was a British feminist activist. Born in Lewisham, then part of Kent, Reeves became interested in women's suffrage, and joined the Women's Freedom League (WFL) in 1909. She gradually came to prominence in the group, and by 1918 was the secretary of its branch in Kensington. By this time, the group had broadened its interests to campaign on a wide range of feminist issues. During the 1920s, Reeves became involved with the WFL's publishing section, the Minerva Publishing Company, and in the middle of the decade she became the"
"as well. Her nephew, Gerald Alston is the lead singer of The Manhattans. Reeves enjoyed a string of hits with the Shirelles throughout the 1960s. She left the Shirelles in 1975 to begin a solo career, initially recording under the name ""Lady Rose"". That same year, she recorded an album entitled ""With A Little Help From My Friends"", after the hit song by the Beatles, which featured members of the Flamingos, the Drifters, Shep and the Limelites, the Five Satins, the Belmonts, Danny & the Juniors, Herman's Hermits and La La Brooks of the Crystals. The Shirelles were inducted into"
"for a pop song, actually shows character development: at the end of the first verse she states that she is worthless without him, while in the second to last line she says she will find the strength to leave him. Filled with Southern connotations (inspired by Reeves' birth in rural Alabama), the tune rose to number eleven on the ""Billboard"" pop singles chart and number five on the ""Billboard"" R&B singles chart. It is notable for several reasons: it is the first track to feature new member, Martha's younger sister Sandra ""Lois"" Reeves replacing just-fired Betty Kelley, it was the"
"group's twelfth top 40 pop single, and it was also the last top 40 hit the group would score throughout the rest of their Motown tenure though they would score several top 40 R&B singles before leaving the label in 1973. It was also the first single to be credited as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas after the label requested that some of the lead singers of several groups put their name in front of the group's to earn billing for both lead singer and group. The song was covered by The Jackson 5 on their 1971 album ""Maybe Tomorrow""."
"she taught for the Society of Home Students, a body responsible for educating women which eventually became St Anne's College. Reeves was a member of ""The Moot"", a meeting of people who wanted to discuss the future of education during the war; the group are seen as important in shaping the 1944 Education Act. The Moot was also linked to a Student Christian Movement of which Reeves was an active supporter in the 1940s. Decades later, Reeves wrote the history of this group and its association with the Moot. In 1947 she was asked to join the Central Advisory Council"
"Matt Hoopes Matthew ""Matt"" Ryan Hoopes is an American musician, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, most known as the lead guitarist of Relient K. Hoopes has played lead guitar and provided backing vocals for Relient K since 1998. Along with Matt Thiessen and Brian Pittman, Hoopes co-founded the band during his junior year of high school at Canton McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio. He met Thiessen when they were in the Church choir together in second grade. Matt Thiessen once said in the book ""The Complex Infrastructure Known as the Female Mind"" that Hoopes and Brian Pittman were the athletes"
"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. Produced under a Memphis soul sound similar to soul singer Aretha Franklin, the song has the narrator (lead singer Martha Reeves) promising to wait for her love as he fights in Vietnam, although the song does not overtly reference the war, disguising it as the war"
"Motown High Motown High is a documentary by Canadian director Barbara Hager about a group of talented Canadian high school students who develop a musical bond with their idol, Motown diva Martha Reeves, after they meet her on a school band trip to Detroit. The documentary was the opening film at the 2008 Victoria Film Festival. The documentary was shot over a two-year period starting in April 2005 when the Vic High R&B Band first met Martha after she accepted an invitation from Victoria High School band teacher Eric Emde to meet the students in Detroit. Ms. Reeves was so"
"magazine articles in Johnson Publishing Corp. publications including HEP, Ebony and JET, and in ""SOUL"" newspaper and ""SOUL Illustrated"" magazine. Reeves was also an early contributing writer for ""SOUL"". With major success came challenges. They faced standard girl group struggles, struggling to have personal lives while maintaining relentless recording and touring schedules. When original member Rosalind Ashford left in 1968, Martha recruited Sandra Tilley and the lineup of Martha and Lois Reeves and Tilley continued until 1972 when the group disbanded shortly after issuing the ""Black Magic"" album. In 1972, after Motown moved from Detroit to Los Angeles, Reeves negotiated"
"themselves in the film. Reeves' weekly column, carried by Universal Press Syndicate, has appeared in more than 160 newspapers across the United States since 1979. He is married to Catherine O'Neil, founder of the Women's Commission for Women and Children Refugees. Together they have five children and divide their time between Los Angeles and New York City. In October 2004 in an article titled ""To begin with, the President is a fool"", he shared his belief that John Kerry would win the 2004 presidential election. In the article, Reeves indicates that he voted absentee for the Democrat. He then shares"
"shows annually, including a major tour of Australia in 2010. She regularly appears at festivals in the UK during the summer, and for her performances was nominated for two UK Festival Awards, as ""Best Headliner"" and ""Feel Good Act of the Summer."" Reeves is a board member of SAG-AFTRA Detroit chapter. In 2007, she testified before Congress on behalf of musicians, session singers and recording artists for better wages and royalties. She was honored for her hard work and courage in 2007 by delegates and members of AFTRA. She is also on the board of SoundExchange, a non-profit performance rights"
"had been a member of a rival group, the Fascinations and had also been a member of another group, the Sabre-Ettes. In 1960, the group signed their first recording contract with Checker Records, releasing the Reeves-led ""I'll Let You Know"". The record flopped. The group then recorded for Checkmate Records, a subsidiary of Chess Records, recording their first take of ""There He Is (At My Door)"". That record, featuring Williams on lead vocals, also flopped. Briefly separated, Reeves returned to a solo career performing under the name Martha LaVaille, in hopes of getting a contract with emerging Detroit label Motown."
"Martha and Eve Martha Lewis and Eve Polycarpou, also known as Donna & Kebab are a British-born Greek-Cypriot music and comedy duo. Martha D Lewis was born in Archway, London. Her composing career began on guitar and voice at the age of 8. In her early musical career she fronted her first semi-pro R'n'B covers band at 14 and went on to complete a performing arts degree BA (Hons) where she majored in music. Over the next five years, Martha developed a career both as a recording and live session musician and vocalist in London. Lewis's route then changed in"
"and several years later Reeves moved to a retirement home. Reeves' daughter Donna Limerick arranged for the contents of the shop to be donated to the Smithsonian. Reeves and her husband Joel belonged to Our Lady of the Rosary Church for 40 years. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus, the National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers, and the NAACP. She was also the president of the 60th Street Business Association. July 27, 2010 was declared ""Hats Off to Mae Day,"" by the city of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter awarded her the"
"Spirit. Martha's Harbour ""Martha's Harbour"" is a song by the English rock band All About Eve. It became known as the group's signature song, reaching #10 in the UK Singles Chart and helping the group's self-titled debut album reach #7 in the UK albums chart. The song was highly unusual for a 1980s pop hit, featuring only Julianne Regan's voice, acoustic guitars played by Tim Bricheno and background sound effects of the sea. The song is also well known for an incident on the popular BBC UK music show ""Top of the Pops"", when the group, ready to do a"
"in the Vietnam War, had been shot and killed in action. Instead of being proud that her loved one had ""fought for her"", as people around her were claiming, all she wanted was him and not his honors for fighting the war, exclaiming that the man, disguised as ""Private Johnny C. Miller"", had been ""fightin' for the evils of society"". On the MSNBC program, ""Headliners And Legends: Martha & The Vandellas,"" Reeves commented that this song was pulled off many radio stations' playlists due to its controversial ""anti-war"" message during the height of the Vietnam War. Lead singer Martha Reeves"
"and Kelly helped the group become international stars gaining popularity from performances from ""The Ed Sullivan Show"", ""Shindig!"" and ""American Bandstand"". Kelly was often mistaken for being an original member of the group despite the fact that Beard had sung on the group's earlier singles, often lip-synched by Kelly when the group performed on TV. Kelly's vocals contrasted from original member Beard's. Kelly was fired from the group in the summer of 1967—about the same time that Florence Ballard was fired from The Supremes—and was replaced by Martha's younger sister Lois Reeves with the group's name changed to ""Martha Reeves"
"Rosalind Ashford and Annette Beard first became acquainted after a local music manager hired them to be members of a girl group he named The Del-Phis. Ashford & Beard, along with then-lead vocalist Gloria Williams, performed at local clubs, private events, church benefits, YMCA events and school functions. They were also being coached by Maxine Powell at Detroit's Ferris Center. One of the group's first professional engagements was singing background for singer Mike Hanks. The group originally had up to six members, shortened to four. After another member left the group, she was replaced by Alabama-born vocalist Martha Reeves, who"
"After Motown staffer Mickey Stevenson noticed Reeves singing at a prominent Detroit club, he offered her his business card for an audition. Reeves showed up at Motown on a wrong date (Motown auditions were held at Thursdays, while Reeves showed up to Motown's Hitsville USA studios on a Tuesday). Stevenson, initially upset, told Reeves to look out for clients and other matters. Soon Reeves became Stevenson's secretary and later was responsible for helping acts audition for the label. By 1961, the group, now known as The Vels, were recording background vocals for Motown acts. Prior to her success as lead"
"of Reeves' backing group, the Blue Boys) left Batesville, Arkansas, en route to Nashville in a single-engine Beechcraft Debonair aircraft, with Reeves at the controls. The two had secured a deal on some real estate (Reeves had also unsuccessfully tried to buy property from the LaGrone family in Deadwood, Texas, north of his birthplace of Galloway). While flying over Brentwood, Tennessee, they encountered a violent thunderstorm. A subsequent investigation showed that the small airplane had become caught in the storm and Reeves suffered spatial disorientation. The singer's widow, Mary Reeves (1929–1999), probably unwittingly started the rumor that he was flying"
"Kristine Reeves Kristine Reeves is a member of the Washington House of Representatives representing the 30th legislative district of Washington. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Kristine Reeves is currently the Director of Economic Development for the Military and Defense sector in Washington State. Reeves is also a Former Regional Outreach Director for United States Senator Patty Murray, as well as a Program Coordinator for Spokane Community College. Kristine Reeves ran for the Washington State House in 2016, defeating Republican Teri Hickel with 51 percent of the vote. Reeves is a member of the Capital Budget and Community"
"Martha Wash Martha Elaine Wash (born December 23, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her distinctive and powerful voice, Wash first achieved fame as one half of the successful act Two Tons O' Fun who sang backing for American disco singer Sylvester. After gaining their own record deal, they released three consecutive commercially successful songs which all peaked at number 2 in the dance charts. The duo was renamed The Weather Girls in 1982 after they released the multi-platinum single ""It's Raining Men"", which brought the band to mainstream pop attention. As a duo, Two Tons/The Weather Girls released"
"High"" is a cover version of Dionne Warwick's then recent hit ""I Say a Little Prayer."" Bringing in Richard Morris and songwriter Sylvia Moy, the group managed to release two hit singles though this was the beginning of the end for the group as hitmakers on the pop charts. Like their label mates The Supremes and the Four Tops, they stalled without the team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, although they continued to chart well on the R&B charts and in England until their 1972 disbanding. This was also the first album to include lead singer Martha Reeves's sister Lois Reeves, who was"
"Labour support fell from 10,241 votes to 1,925, in what was described as a ""humiliation"" for Labour. The result was the worst performance for a governing party since 1991. Reeves moved to Leeds in 2006 to work for HBOS. She was once interviewed for a job at Goldman Sachs, but turned it down although the job could have made her ""a lot richer"". She later sought nomination for the Leeds West seat at the 2010 general election, seeking to replace John Battle, who had chosen to retire. She was selected to contest the seat from an all-women shortlist of Labour"
"of selected Motown and Northern Soul classics although only a handful of tracks have been released on various artists compilations. In 1999, she recorded 76 gospel tracks with Levine for K-Tel. As for the present, Pat occasionally tours with Martha Reeves's original backing group The Vandellas and most recently performed in Manchester, England in October 2007 where she had also been scheduled to record a new track for Levine's latest album Disco 2008, an engagement she had to cancel due to health problems. Pat is currently working for a small rental company in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Pat"
"another family. I would always worry: what if it's an abusive family? What if they don't get enough love? Natalie Maines has said she and Erwin learned Transcendental Meditation in the mid-1990s. Martie Maguire Martha ""Martie"" Elenor Erwin (before Maguire; born October 12, 1969) is an American musician who is a founding member of both the female alternative country band Dixie Chicks and country bluegrass duo Court Yard Hounds. She won awards in national fiddle championships while still a teenager. Erwin is accomplished on several other instruments, including the mandolin, viola, double bass and guitar. She has written and co-written"
"Martha High Martha High (born Martha Harvin in 1945, Victoria, Virginia) is an American female vocalist. Harvin grew up in Washington, D.C., attending Roosevelt High School and singing in Trinity AME Zion Church. She began singing in The Four Jewels (whose members attended the same church and school) after the departure of Carrie Mingo. After Martha joined the group, they changed their name simply to The Jewels and released their best-known hit, ""Opportunity"". After a follow-up single, ""But I Do"" b/w ""Smokey Joe"", flopped, they were dropped from Dimension Records. The Jewels went on tour with James Brown in 1964,"
"the Del-Phis), the song was one of the first of many recordings led by Martha Reeves; original member Gloria Williams was the groups lead singer up until this point. The song was intended for Mary Wells, but when Wells couldn't make the session, Martha, then an assistant and secretary to Stevenson, was asked to sing it in her place as a demo record, and she recruited her groupmates Rosalind Ashford, Gloria Williams and Annette Beard to back her. The performance so impressed Stevenson and label president Berry Gordy that they signed the group to the label, decided to release the"
"""Freddie"" Moon Bennett. Maria Kanellis Mary Louis Kanellis-Bennett (born February 25, 1982) is an American professional wrestler, valet, actress, model and singer currently signed to WWE, performing on the Raw brand appearing on ""205 Live"". Kanellis best known for her time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and Ring of Honor. Also, she worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she is a former TNA Knockouts Champion. Kanellis's career began as a contestant on the reality show ""Outback Jack"" in 2004. In the same year, she placed fifth in the Raw Diva Search, later hired by WWE as a backstage"
"legislation into force making it easier to pursue claims against insurers. Following the 2010 election, she supported Ed Miliband for the Labour leadership, because she felt he was the candidate most willing to listen to what the voters were saying about where the party went wrong. After becoming an MP, Reeves was appointed to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee then as Shadow Pensions Minister in October 2010. In her role as Shadow Pensions Minister, she campaigned against the Government's proposed acceleration of equalising state pensions ages for men and women. She was promoted to the post"
"Canada reaching number sixteen on the chart, and a top ten single in Puerto Rico, where it reached the number two position. Two other subsequent singles, ""In and Out of My Life"" and ""Tear It on Down"", were the trio's last ""Billboard"" charted hits reaching the top 40 on the R&B charts. ""No One There"" was released in the UK as a solo single for Reeves . The album has become a cult classic amongst the group's hard core fans. After this album, the trio later disbanded that December ending the group's ten-year tenure together. Martha Reeves recalls many of"