RaydioClassics on Instagram: "Happy 84th Birthday to The Legendary Martha Reeves. Martha Rose Reeves was born in Eufaula, Alabama, the first daughter of Elijah Joshua Reeves and Ruby Lee Gilmore Reeves, and the third of the couple’s 11 children. She was a baby when the family moved from Eufaula to Detroit, Michigan, where her grandfather, Reverend Elijah Reeves, was a minister at Detroit’s Metropolitan Church. The family was very active in the church and its choir. She went to Northeastern High

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The Velvelettes: "Needle In A Haystack" live (1965) (Live on "Where The Action Is" 30th June 1965) The group was founded in 1961 by Bertha Barbee McNeal and Mildred Gill Arbor, students at Western Michigan University. Mildred recruited her younger sister Carolyn (also known as Cal or Caldin), who was in 9th grade, and Cal's friend Betty Kelley, a junior in high school. Bertha recruited her cousin Norma Barbee, a freshman at Flint Junior College. Cal was chosen as the group's lead singer. A class

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The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack

Our Hitsville Honors celebration not only saw MARTHA REEVES Official Page reunited with the original Vandellas to dance in the streets, but it also brought together The original Velvelettes for a rare and unforgettable performance! Watch these never-before-seen performances—part of our Motown 60 Weekend—in their entirety, and stay tuned for more to come. | Motown Museum