Martha & the Vandellas / discography

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This discography is an overview of published sound recordings of American R & B - singing group Martha and the Vandellas , which from November 1967 Martha Reeves & the Vandellas called.

Albums

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1963 Heat Wave
Gordy 907 		- - US125 (5 weeks)
US 		-
First published: September 30, 1963
Producers: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier
1965 Dance Party
Gordy 915 		- - US139 (3 weeks)
US 		-
First published: April 12, 1965
Producers: Ivy Jo Hunter, William Stevenson
1967 Watchout!
Gordy 920 		- - US116 (8 weeks)
US 		R&B14 (10 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 16, 1966
1968 Ridin 'High
Gordy 926 		- - US167 (8 weeks)
US 		R&B13 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: April 29, 1968
Producer: Richard Morris
1972 Black Magic
Gordy 958 		- - US146 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B30 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 3, 1972

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More studio albums

  • 1963: Come and Get These Memories (Gordy 902; release: June 28)
  • 1969: Sugar n 'Spice (Gordy 944; release: September 16)
  • 1970: Natural Resources (Gordy 952; release: September 8th)

Live albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1967 Martha and the Vandellas Live!
Gordy 925 		- - US140 (5 weeks)
US 		-
First published: September 1967
Recording: The Twenty Grand, Detroit , 1967

Compilations

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1966 Greatest Hits
Gordy 917 		- - US50 (15 weeks)
US 		R&B6 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 4, 1966

More compilations

  • 1969: Dancing in the Street (UK)
  • 1973: Greatest Hits Volume 2
  • 1974: Dancing in the Street!
  • 1974: Anthology (2 LPs)
  • 1979: The Best of Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
  • 1980: Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
  • 1986: Compact Command Performances: 24 Greatest Hits
  • 1993: Motown Legends
  • 1993: Live Wire !: The Singles 1962–1972 (2 CDs)
  • 1994: Dancing in the Street: Their Greatest Hits
  • 1996: Early Classics
  • 1997: Martha Reeves and the Vandellas: Master Series
  • 1998: The Ultimate Collection
  • 1999: The Best of Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
  • 2000: Classic
  • 2001: The Very Best of Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
  • 2005: Spellbound: Motown Lost & Found (1962–1972) (2 CDs; release: March 11th)
  • 2006: Gold (2 CDs)
  • 2008: The Definitive Collection
  • 2013: 50th Anniversary: ​​The Singles Collection 1962–1972 (3 CDs; release: April 12)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1963 Come and Get These Memories
Come and Get These Memories 		- - US29 (16 weeks)
US 		R&B6 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 22, 1963
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
Heat Wave
Heat Wave 		- - US4 (14 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (16 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 10, 1963
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
Quicksand
Heat Wave ( Reissue ) 		- - US8 (12 weeks)
US 		R&B7 (14 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 4, 1963
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
1964 Live Wire
Heat Wave (Reissue) 		- - US42 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B11 (6 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 17, 1964
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
In My Lonely Room
Heat Wave (Reissue) 		- - US44 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B6 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 23, 1964
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
Dancing in the Street
Dance Party 		- UK28
silver
silver

(8 weeks)UK 		US2
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US 		R&B8 (16 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 31, 1964
Grammy Hall of Fame / Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Number 40 on the Rolling Stone 500 (2010 list)
Number 139 in the Songs of the Century (RIAA, 2001 list)
Authors: William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye
Wild One
Dance Party 		- - US34 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B11 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 13, 1964
Authors: Ivy Jo Hunter, William Stevenson
1965 Nowhere to Run
Dance Party 		- UK26 (8 weeks)
UK 		US8 (11 weeks)
US 		R&B5 (15 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 5, 1965
Place 367 of the Rolling Stone 500 (list 2010)
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
You've Been in Love Too Long
Greatest Hits 		- - US36 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B25 (9 weeks)
R&B
B-side of Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)
Authors: Ivy Jo Hunter, William Stevenson, Clarence Paul
Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)
Greatest Hits 		- - US70 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B22 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 26, 1965
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
1966 My Baby Loves Me
Greatest Hits 		- - US22 (11 weeks)
US 		R&B3 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 4, 1966
Authors: Ivy Jo Hunter, William Stevenson, Sylvia Moy
What Am I Going to Do Without Your Love
Watchout! 		- - US71 (5 weeks)
US 		-
First published: May 19, 1966
Authors: William Stevenson, Sylvia Moy
I'm Ready for Love
Watchout! 		- UK22 (8 weeks)
UK 		US9 (10 weeks)
US 		R&B2 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 6, 1966
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
1967 Jimmy Mack
Watchout! 		- UK21 (9 weeks)
UK 		US10 (14 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (15 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 3, 1967
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone
Ridin 'High 		- - US25 (9 weeks)
US 		R&B14 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 3, 1967
Authors: Richard Morris, Sylvia Moy
Honey Chile
Ridin 'High 		- UK30 (9 weeks)
UK 		US11 (12 weeks)
US 		R&B5 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 31, 1967
Authors: Richard Morris, Sylvia Moy
1968 I Promise to Wait My Love
Ridin 'High 		- - US62 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B36 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: April 4, 1968
Authors: Allen Story, Billie Jean Brown,
Horgay Gordy, Margaret Johnson
Forget Me Not
Ridin 'High 		- UK11 (8 weeks)
UK 		US93 (3 weeks)
US 		-
US-B-side of I Promise to Wait My Love
UK-A-side: Chart entry only in February 1971
Authors: Richard Morris, Sylvia Moy
I Can't Dance to That
Music You're Playin '
 - - US42 (8 weeks)
US 		R&B24 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 25, 1968
Authors: Debbie Dean, Deke Richards
Sweet darlin '
 - - US80 (5 weeks)
US 		R&B45 (2 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 10, 1968
Author: Richard Morris
1969 Dancing in the Street (Reissue)
Dancing in the Street (UK) 		DE36 (4 weeks)
DE 		UK4 (12 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: January 3, 1969
(We've Got) Honey Love
Ridin 'High 		- - US56 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B27 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 20, 1969
Authors: Richard Morris, Sylvia Moy
Nowhere to Run (Reissue)
Dancing in the Street (UK) 		- UK42 (3 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: March 28, 1969
Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)
Sugar n 'Spice 		- - - R&B44 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 14, 1969
Authors: Allen Story, George Gordy
1970 Jimmy Mack (Reissue)
Dancing in the Street (UK) 		- UK21 (12 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: August 17, 1970
I gotta let you go
 - - US93 (3 weeks)
US 		R&B43 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1, 1970
Author: Norman Whitfield
1971 Bless You
Black Magic 		- UK33 (5 weeks)
UK 		US53 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B29 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 14, 1971
Authors: The Corporation
1972 In and Out of My Life
Black Magic 		- - - R&B22 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 16, 1971
Authors: George Gordy, Lawrence Brown
Tear It on Down
Black Magic 		- - - R&B37 (4 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 23, 1972
Authors: Ashford & Simpson
1988 Nowhere to Run
Good Morning, Vietnam (Soundtrack) 		- UK52 (4 weeks)
UK 		- -
First released: March 1988
B-side of split single
A-side: James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
from the soundtrack of Good Morning, Vietnam

More singles

  • 1960: My Love Came Tumbling Down (as The Dell Fi's, with JJ Barnes)
  • 1960: Together Just We Two / Silver & Gold (as The Del! Fi's, with Leon Peterson)
  • 1961: I Think About You (as The Dell-Fis, with Mike Hanks)
  • 1961: I'll Let You Know (as The Dell-Fis; released December)
  • 1962: You'll Never Cherish a Love So True ('Til You Lose It) (as The Vells)
  • 1962: I'll Have to Let Him Go (released September 27th)
  • 1970: I Should Be Proud (release: February 12th)
  • 1972: Love Is Like a Heat Wave (release: November 20th)
  • 1989: Step into My Shoes
  • 1992: Angel in Disguise

Video albums

  • 2005: The Best of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (released March 29)

statistics

Chart evaluation

US US R&B R&B
Number one albums US-US R&B-R&B
Top 10 albums US-US R&B1R&B
Albums in the charts US7thUS R&B4thR&B
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
Number one singles DE-DE UK-UK US-US R&B2R&B
Top 10 singles DE-DE UK1UK US6thUS R&B10R&B
Singles in the charts DE1DE UK11UK US23US R&B24R&B

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver1 0! G- 0! P- 200,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg gold1 -

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  1. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE UK Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200
  2. ↑ a b RS500 Songs (List 2010)
  3. ↑ RIAA (List 2001)

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