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Martha Rose Reeves was born in Eufaula, Alabama, [1] 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.
Born in Attalla, Alabama, Kelly moved with her family to Kalamazoo, Michigan when she was a child. In 1964, she replaced Annette Beard as a member of Martha and the Vandellas, the group led by Martha Reeves and featuring Rosalind Ashford. In 1961, she joined Motown singing group The Velvelettes. [2]
Sandra Delores Reeves (born April 12, 1948), better known as Lois Reeves, is an American singer, most notable for being the younger sister of Motown legend Martha Reeves, for having replaced popular Martha and the Vandellas member Betty Kelly as member of her sister's group in 1967, and for later singing background for records by Al Green in the 1970s as a member of the backing group Quiet ...
Reeves’ star will be the 2,776 th installed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which was founded in 1960. Contact Detroit Free Press music writer Brian McCollum: 313-223-4450 or bmccollum@freepress.com.
Best known for her role as teenage Catherine "Cissy" Davis on the 1960s sitcom "Family Affair," it's been more than 50 years since the world was first introduced to Garver. But her big break came ...
In 1983, Reeves successfully sued for royalties from her Motown hits and the label agreed to have the songs credited as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas from then on. [5] That year, Reeves performed solo at Motown 25 , [ 16 ] which alongside some of their songs being placed on the Big Chill soundtrack, helped Reeves and the Vandellas gain a new ...
In promoting the film, Martha, 83, has admitted to cheating on Andy during their marriage. She boasts it was “very easy” to keep her claimed affair a secret from him for some three decades ...
After a period of inactivity because of Martha Reeves' mental illness, the singer returned to the studio with the new version of The Vandellas, who had gone through different member lineups. By now, the lineup of The Vandellas included Reeves' kid sister Lois Reeves and a former member of The Velvelettes named Sandra Tilley.