{"id":2117797,"date":"2026-08-29T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2117797"},"modified":"2026-08-29T08:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T05:00:30","slug":"martha-reeves-i-wanted-to-be-in-david-bowie-and-mick-jaggers-dancing-in-the-street-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2117797","title":{"rendered":"Martha Reeves: \u201cI wanted to be in David Bowie and Mick Jagger\u2019s \u2018Dancing in the Street\u2019 video\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Martha-Reeves-pic.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2579083\" class=\"post-2579083 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Features<\/span><span>Music Interviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Martha Reeves: \u201cI wanted to be in David Bowie and Mick Jagger\u2019s \u2018Dancing in the Street\u2019 video\u201d<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>In Does Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember \u2013 and find out if the years in the trenches has knocked the knowledge out of them. This week: Motown legend Martha Reeves takes the ultimate test!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Gary Ryan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-29T09:00:30+01:00\">29th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"440\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Martha-Reeves-pic-696x440.jpg\" alt=\"Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? Martha Reeves\" title=\"Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells? Martha Reeves\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Martha Reeves CREDIT: Bart Mastronardi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_smartlist tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb_smart_list_1\">\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>1<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>What number did the Martha and the Vandellas classic \u2018Dancing In The Street\u2019 reach on the UK Top 40? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just know that \u2018Dancing In The Street\u2019 was a hit all over the world!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em>Upon its original release in 1964, it reached Number 28. When it was re-released in 1969, it peaked at Number 4.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t looking at how the song was selling. The influence of that song meant so much for the [civil rights] period we were living in. People stopped fighting and ravishing people\u2019s properties and started actually listening to the music and dancing and enjoying each other and getting life back together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Was there a moment you realised it was a special song?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, I did make the statement that I didn\u2019t want to dance in the streets. I wanted to dance in the house and the ballrooms. I didn\u2019t want to be hit by a car or anything! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] But then I realised what it meant. It\u2019s actually being there in the middle of life and death, danger and safety, and just dancing and having a good time, and don\u2019t worry about it because God is going to protect us and take care of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Marvin Gaye wrote it and gave it to me in the studio is a gift. He saw me peeking in the window and said, \u2018Martha, come here. Sing this song\u2019. I had learned it listening to him, and I asked him if I could sing it the way I felt it. I had a big crush on Marvin, but honey, I wasn\u2019t trying to break up somebody\u2019s home! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] I was in awe of him and his ability to close his eyes and come up with such great tones. He would be in a trance, just <em>creating<\/em>. A wonderful singer and a great songwriter.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dancing In The Street - Martha and the Vandellas - 1964 - Music Video\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GuCBXTfoVq8?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><em>What did you think of David Bowie and Mick Jagger\u2019s 1985 cover of \u2018Dancing In The Street\u2019?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still angry with Mick Jagger! I have a floral dress that I could have put on and I could have been in the video. I bragged that I could out-dance them. I could dance better than Mick and David! I know how to throw down! I love their cover and the fact the two of them danced in the street. It was a great moment that I\u2019m glad Marvin Gaye was alive to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; width=&#8221;696&#8243; height=&#8221;392&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/opRRax4ph3E?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#8221; referrerpolicy=&#8221;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#8221; allowfullscreen=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>2<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>Which Ringo Starr solo song do you sing backing vocals on? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Oh My My\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CORRECT.<\/strong><em> From his 1973 album \u2018Ringo\u2019. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sang with Merry Clayton in the studio in Los Angeles and they shipped it back to England, so I didn\u2019t see him. I was nowhere near Ringo. We [Martha and the Vandellas and the Beatles] were discovered simultaneously, so we\u2019re like brothers and sisters. Our history is combined. When they first came here to the US, we went to England. We even sang a version of the Beatles\u2019 \u2018Something\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ringo Starr - Oh My My (Remastered Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZnIMnpm4gX8?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>3<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>What city did the 1962 Motortown Revue tour (featuring a roster including Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, and a 12-year-old Stevie Wonder) begin in?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Detroit! We got on that bus at 2648 West Grand Boulevard and started riding. We were all discovered, put together, and united in Hitsville U.S.A.. Berry Gordy [Motown founder] \u2013 thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The answer we were looking for was the first date of the tour which was Washington DC, but technically, you\u2019re<\/em><strong>CORRECT.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Parts of it sound terrifying. When touring the Deep South, the Motown Revue played to segregated audiences and sometimes were chased by racists wielding shotguns.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d pick bullets out of the headboard of the bus, but there\u2019s fear in everything you do. We went through dangers on our travels, but the Motown Sound was on a mission to spread love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Apparently the young Stevie Wonder was a prankster. Did he ever pull any tricks on you?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the time! At the Fox Theatre [in Detroit], he had wandered into the girls\u2019 restroom. When I saw him at the door, I said, \u2018Stevie, what are you doing here?\u2019. He replied, \u2018Don\u2019t mind me, I\u2019m just a little blind boy!\u2019. He made a joke of it, but I caught him trying to get into the girls\u2019 bathroom. He\u2019d play intelligent pranks on you. He\u2019d whisper to people, \u2018Who\u2019s coming?\u2019 or \u2018What is she wearing?\u2019 and when you walked past him, he\u2019d say, \u2018Hey Martha, that\u2019s a lovely red dress you\u2019ve got on!\u2019. You\u2019d go, \u2018<em>What<\/em>?! How did you do that?!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn one occasion, a girl was smoking a cigarette and her afro caught fire. Stevie Wonder was the only one who knew how to take a coat and put her hair out. How did that happen? See, he\u2019s a master. He\u2019s a genius. He\u2019s aware of things we aren\u2019t. We don\u2019t sense it. But I\u2019ve seen him disagree with somebody and slap him right in the mouth! He <em>knows<\/em> where your mouth is! [<em>Laughs<\/em>]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he came into the [Hitsville U.S.A., home of Motown] studio when I was the A&amp;R secretary, he was under my care and authority. Whatever Stevie had to do, I would oversee it. I was the one to tell him \u2018go over there\u2019. But he knew where that candy machine was! People would leave money on top of it for him, and he knew what candy he wanted to choose in that vending machine. I had to stop him lots of times from eating too much of it! [<em>Laughs<\/em>]. Whenever he came after school, they would work Stevie and it was always fun to around him. I\u2019d frequently drive him back home afterwards. We got good history.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI bragged that I could out-dance David BowIe and Mick Jagger! I know how to throw down!\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>When the Motown Revue arrived in the UK in 1965, you famously recorded a <\/em>Sound of Motown <em>TV special hosted by your friend Dusty Springfield. What are your memories of her?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was introduced to her at the Brooklyn Fox Theatre, and she was there with her manager. She was upset because he\u2019d left her there and she didn\u2019t know anyone. At the time, she was rebelling. She went and bought some china from a second-hand shop in the neighbourhood. She said that when the British are upset, they\u2019d throw dishes at the wall! I was pushed into the room to see what was wrong with her. I\u2019m protesting, \u2018What? I\u2019m not a psychiatrist!\u2019. But I went in and immediately threw something too. It looked like fun! We sorted out her problem and were friends forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was one of the first people I played \u2018Dancing In The Street\u2019 to. I had a reel-to-reel tape recorder, and I showed her the demo in the dressing room.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dusty Springfield and Martha Reeves - Wishin' and hopin'\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CXP7tt7TQUk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-smart_list_6  tdi_87 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>4<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>Who inducted Martha And The Vandellas into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame in 1995? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFred Schneider and the B-52s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CORRECT. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes darling, I love him!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Schneider hailed \u2018Dancing in the Street\u2019 as the record that \u201cchanged my life\u201d. Did any of your heroes turn out to be fans of your work?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudy Garland took the time to come to my show at the Copacabana [in 1969] and told me in privacy in my dressing room that she loved my voice and she could teach me how to make people cry when I sing. She was going to give me some lessons, but it never happened because she passed away a few days later.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider induct Martha and the Vandellas into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QvMYygyXkRU?start=178&amp;feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><em>Talking of Judy Garland\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>5<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>In which 2020 Netflix film do the main characters perform a line dance to Martha And The Vandellas\u2019 \u2018Heat Wave\u2019? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuh? I I wasn\u2019t a part of it, so how would I know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em>Ryan Murphy\u2019s adaptation the seminal play<\/em> The Boys In The Band <em>(named after a Judy Garland lyric), starring Jim Parsons and Matt Bomer. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t do anything with<em> The Boys In The Band<\/em>! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] No, I never saw it. \u2018Heat Wave\u2019 was a [Motown songwriting trio] Holland\u2013Dozier\u2013Holland song and I emulated Eddie Holland completely. He was happy with my delivery because I mimicked him line-for-line. \u00a0When I heard his beautiful voice and he sang [<em>Martha bursts into a pitch-perfect rendition of \u2018Heat Wave\u2019<\/em>], \u2018<em>WHENEVER I\u2019M WITH HIM\u2026<\/em>\u2019, I said \u2018I can do that\u2019.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The boys in the band - heat wave dance scene\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AmrHlOnXKxc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>6<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>In which classic sitcom does the character of Blanche Devereaux (played by Rue McClanahan), describe her car as \u201cthe noisiest thing to come out of Detroit since Martha And The Vandellas\u201d?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[<em>Laughs<\/em>] I don\u2019t have her round the neck with my fingers! I refuse to answer that because I don\u2019t know where she\u2019s coming from. I never met her. What\u2019s she got to do with Martha And The Vandellas? She could have said Sly and the Family Stone! What did it mean to her? Didn\u2019t mean anything to me! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] But I loved that show and those ladies in <em>The Golden Girls<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CORRECT. <\/strong><em>Talking of cars, your 1965 clip of Martha And The Vandellas dancing around a Ford production line in Detroit to \u2018Nowhere to Run\u2019 acted as a precursor to the pop video<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a thrill. All of those men were yelling, \u2018Get those women out of here! We\u2019re trying to work! It\u2019s 7am!\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martha Reeves  The Vandellas   Nowhere To Run 1965 HD 0815007\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WR9pvGtyiHg?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>7<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>Which British rapper\/pop star had a 1989 hit with a version of Martha And The Vandellas\u2019 \u2018<\/strong><strong>I Can\u2019t Dance to That Music You\u2019re Playin\u2019\u2019<\/strong><strong>\u00a0that was titled \u2018Hey DJ\/I Can\u2019t Dance (To That Music You\u2019re Playing)\u2019? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know who it was, but I hoped [the 1968 original] \u2018I Can\u2019t Dance to That Music You\u2019re Playin\u2019\u2019 was destroyed as soon as they put it out. Syreeta Wright sang a bit on it, and I really didn\u2019t like it. I didn\u2019t take any part in trying to sing it, and it wasn\u2019t me. It sounded like Diana Ross And The Supremes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em>Betty Boo.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like anything that\u2019s negative. I can\u2019t dance?! I <em>can<\/em> dance. I can dance in the street! [<em>Laughs<\/em>]\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Betty Boo &amp; The Beatmasters - Hey DJ (I Can't Dance) (1991)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cOpj6LZ3Hlc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-smart_list_7  tdi_88 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>8<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>In 1989, Morrissey curated a playlist for <em>NME<\/em> of his favourite tracks called \u2018Singles To Be Cremated With\u2019. Which Martha And The Vandellas song did he include? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo way! If it\u2019s a song to be cremated to, I hope it\u2019s not \u2018Nowhere to Run\u2019! Please don\u2019t say that! [<em>Laughs<\/em>]\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em> Your 1967 track \u2018Third Finger, Left Hand\u2019. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay, that starts with [<em>Martha sings<\/em>] \u2018<em>At last my dreams come true \/ Today he said, I do \/ Friends said it couldn\u2019t be done\/But all his love I know I\u2019ve won \/ \u2018Cause third finger, left hand \/ That\u2019s where he placed the wedding band\u2019<\/em>. But that song\u2019s about getting married, rather than funerals. But that\u2019s still wonderful. I\u2019m glad to hear that. That\u2019s a tribute.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Third Finger, Left Hand  MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AakzyMUvTOw?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>9<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>Which pop megastar claimed that she studied your work in Martha And The Vandellas for her role in the 2006 Motown-inspired film <em>Dreamgirls<\/em>? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[<em>Laughs<\/em>] You tell me! I never heard that before. Which one of those <em>Dreamgirls<\/em> did that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em>Beyonc\u00e9.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBless her heart! She\u2019s a boo and I love her. She\u2019s brave and she\u2019s got a wonderful talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Would you like to see a proper Martha Reeves biopic?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, my whole life is on film. All you have to do is collect the videos and put them together, but I\u2019m working on two books at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martha Reeves - To Know You is to Love You (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d9ZM0N1A1gs?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>10<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>In 2010, the indie band Everybody Was in the French Resistance\u2026Now! (led by Art Brut\u2019s Eddie Argos) released a track from the point of view of which character from a 1966 Martha And The Vandellas hit?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only character I can think of is \u2018Jimmy Mack\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CORRECT.<\/strong> \u2018<em>Hey! It\u2019s Jimmy Mack\u2019 is a reply-song to \u2018Jimmy Mack\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK, I hope they find something better to do! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] If it\u2019s a loving though, I\u2019d love to hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019ve recently released, \u2018Searching\u2019, your first album in 22 years\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to reassert the love that Motown spread. This album reminds me so much of the feeling that Motown had when I recorded on it. Back then, I wasn\u2019t in control or as much a part of the production, but I am now \u2013 I\u2019m a grown artist and loving every minute of it. I\u2019m so excited about the new music we\u2019ve done and it\u2019s hard to think that I\u2019m headed for another adventure in the music business. This has been the most wonderful 85th birthday [year]\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hey! It's Jimmy Mack\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OHLy8RjlrFw?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h3><strong>Bonus question! For an extra half-point: name any of the artists you appeared alongside when you rang in the New Year on<em> Jools\u2019 Annual Hootenanny<\/em> in 2009.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember because we were never in the dressing room or onstage together. But it was a full band and we were cookin\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em>Among others, you could have had Adele, Lily Allen, The Ting Tings and Annie Lennox.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have loved to have said hello to Annie Lennox. I\u2019m a big fan.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (Jools Annual Hootenanny 2008) HD 720p\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ee-ArcRdHZc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h3><strong>The verdict: 5\/10<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWell, I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m not at school and being scored anymore. My grade is an A! [<em>Laughs<\/em>]\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Martha Reeves\u2019 new album, \u2018Searching\u2019, is out now via Fun Day Records<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_89 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_89\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Does Rock &#8216;N&#8217; Roll Kill Braincells?<\/li>\n<li>Martha &amp; The Vandellas<\/li>\n<li>Martha Reeves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_91 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_93  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 td-is-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-sidebar  tdi_94 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_95 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_95\">\n<div class=\"td-block-title-wrap\">\n<h4 class=\"td-block-title\"><span class=\"td-pulldown-size\">TRENDING<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_95\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Dolly Parton, 1946-2026: the Queen of Country was a unifying force in a divided world<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Loading Leonida: what we learned from the \u2018Grand Theft Auto 6\u2019 Extended Look on Netflix<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">London MC Kibo is on a mission to bring \u201ca sense of magic\u201d to life\u2019s mundanity<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Soundtrack Of My Life: Damian Lewis<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">For Quiet Light, duality is a fact of life: \u201cEverything is way more connected than we think\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-custom_ad_1  tdi_96 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_smartlist tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb_smart_list_1\">\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>1<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>What number did the Martha and the Vandellas classic \u2018Dancing In The Street\u2019 reach on the UK Top 40? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just know that \u2018Dancing In The Street\u2019 was a hit all over the world!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em>Upon its original release in 1964, it reached Number 28. When it was re-released in 1969, it peaked at Number 4.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t looking at how the song was selling. The influence of that song meant so much for the [civil rights] period we were living in. People stopped fighting and ravishing people\u2019s properties and started actually listening to the music and dancing and enjoying each other and getting life back together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Was there a moment you realised it was a special song?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, I did make the statement that I didn\u2019t want to dance in the streets. I wanted to dance in the house and the ballrooms. I didn\u2019t want to be hit by a car or anything! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] But then I realised what it meant. It\u2019s actually being there in the middle of life and death, danger and safety, and just dancing and having a good time, and don\u2019t worry about it because God is going to protect us and take care of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Marvin Gaye wrote it and gave it to me in the studio is a gift. He saw me peeking in the window and said, \u2018Martha, come here. Sing this song\u2019. I had learned it listening to him, and I asked him if I could sing it the way I felt it. I had a big crush on Marvin, but honey, I wasn\u2019t trying to break up somebody\u2019s home! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] I was in awe of him and his ability to close his eyes and come up with such great tones. He would be in a trance, just <em>creating<\/em>. A wonderful singer and a great songwriter.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dancing In The Street - Martha and the Vandellas - 1964 - Music Video\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GuCBXTfoVq8?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><em>What did you think of David Bowie and Mick Jagger\u2019s 1985 cover of \u2018Dancing In The Street\u2019?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still angry with Mick Jagger! I have a floral dress that I could have put on and I could have been in the video. I bragged that I could out-dance them. I could dance better than Mick and David! I know how to throw down! I love their cover and the fact the two of them danced in the street. It was a great moment that I\u2019m glad Marvin Gaye was alive to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; width=&#8221;696&#8243; height=&#8221;392&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/opRRax4ph3E?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#8221; referrerpolicy=&#8221;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#8221; allowfullscreen=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>2<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>Which Ringo Starr solo song do you sing backing vocals on? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Oh My My\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CORRECT.<\/strong><em> From his 1973 album \u2018Ringo\u2019. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sang with Merry Clayton in the studio in Los Angeles and they shipped it back to England, so I didn\u2019t see him. I was nowhere near Ringo. We [Martha and the Vandellas and the Beatles] were discovered simultaneously, so we\u2019re like brothers and sisters. Our history is combined. When they first came here to the US, we went to England. We even sang a version of the Beatles\u2019 \u2018Something\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ringo Starr - Oh My My (Remastered Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZnIMnpm4gX8?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>3<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>What city did the 1962 Motortown Revue tour (featuring a roster including Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, and a 12-year-old Stevie Wonder) begin in?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Detroit! We got on that bus at 2648 West Grand Boulevard and started riding. We were all discovered, put together, and united in Hitsville U.S.A.. Berry Gordy [Motown founder] \u2013 thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The answer we were looking for was the first date of the tour which was Washington DC, but technically, you\u2019re<\/em><strong>CORRECT.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Parts of it sound terrifying. When touring the Deep South, the Motown Revue played to segregated audiences and sometimes were chased by racists wielding shotguns.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d pick bullets out of the headboard of the bus, but there\u2019s fear in everything you do. We went through dangers on our travels, but the Motown Sound was on a mission to spread love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Apparently the young Stevie Wonder was a prankster. Did he ever pull any tricks on you?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the time! At the Fox Theatre [in Detroit], he had wandered into the girls\u2019 restroom. When I saw him at the door, I said, \u2018Stevie, what are you doing here?\u2019. He replied, \u2018Don\u2019t mind me, I\u2019m just a little blind boy!\u2019. He made a joke of it, but I caught him trying to get into the girls\u2019 bathroom. He\u2019d play intelligent pranks on you. He\u2019d whisper to people, \u2018Who\u2019s coming?\u2019 or \u2018What is she wearing?\u2019 and when you walked past him, he\u2019d say, \u2018Hey Martha, that\u2019s a lovely red dress you\u2019ve got on!\u2019. You\u2019d go, \u2018<em>What<\/em>?! How did you do that?!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn one occasion, a girl was smoking a cigarette and her afro caught fire. Stevie Wonder was the only one who knew how to take a coat and put her hair out. How did that happen? See, he\u2019s a master. He\u2019s a genius. He\u2019s aware of things we aren\u2019t. We don\u2019t sense it. But I\u2019ve seen him disagree with somebody and slap him right in the mouth! He <em>knows<\/em> where your mouth is! [<em>Laughs<\/em>]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he came into the [Hitsville U.S.A., home of Motown] studio when I was the A&amp;R secretary, he was under my care and authority. Whatever Stevie had to do, I would oversee it. I was the one to tell him \u2018go over there\u2019. But he knew where that candy machine was! People would leave money on top of it for him, and he knew what candy he wanted to choose in that vending machine. I had to stop him lots of times from eating too much of it! [<em>Laughs<\/em>]. Whenever he came after school, they would work Stevie and it was always fun to around him. I\u2019d frequently drive him back home afterwards. We got good history.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI bragged that I could out-dance David BowIe and Mick Jagger! I know how to throw down!\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>When the Motown Revue arrived in the UK in 1965, you famously recorded a <\/em>Sound of Motown <em>TV special hosted by your friend Dusty Springfield. What are your memories of her?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was introduced to her at the Brooklyn Fox Theatre, and she was there with her manager. She was upset because he\u2019d left her there and she didn\u2019t know anyone. At the time, she was rebelling. She went and bought some china from a second-hand shop in the neighbourhood. She said that when the British are upset, they\u2019d throw dishes at the wall! I was pushed into the room to see what was wrong with her. I\u2019m protesting, \u2018What? I\u2019m not a psychiatrist!\u2019. But I went in and immediately threw something too. It looked like fun! We sorted out her problem and were friends forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was one of the first people I played \u2018Dancing In The Street\u2019 to. I had a reel-to-reel tape recorder, and I showed her the demo in the dressing room.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dusty Springfield and Martha Reeves - Wishin' and hopin'\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CXP7tt7TQUk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-smart_list_6  tdi_87 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>4<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>Who inducted Martha And The Vandellas into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame in 1995? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFred Schneider and the B-52s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CORRECT. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes darling, I love him!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Schneider hailed \u2018Dancing in the Street\u2019 as the record that \u201cchanged my life\u201d. Did any of your heroes turn out to be fans of your work?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudy Garland took the time to come to my show at the Copacabana [in 1969] and told me in privacy in my dressing room that she loved my voice and she could teach me how to make people cry when I sing. She was going to give me some lessons, but it never happened because she passed away a few days later.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider induct Martha and the Vandellas into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QvMYygyXkRU?start=178&amp;feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><em>Talking of Judy Garland\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>5<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>In which 2020 Netflix film do the main characters perform a line dance to Martha And The Vandellas\u2019 \u2018Heat Wave\u2019? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuh? I I wasn\u2019t a part of it, so how would I know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em>Ryan Murphy\u2019s adaptation the seminal play<\/em> The Boys In The Band <em>(named after a Judy Garland lyric), starring Jim Parsons and Matt Bomer. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t do anything with<em> The Boys In The Band<\/em>! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] No, I never saw it. \u2018Heat Wave\u2019 was a [Motown songwriting trio] Holland\u2013Dozier\u2013Holland song and I emulated Eddie Holland completely. He was happy with my delivery because I mimicked him line-for-line. \u00a0When I heard his beautiful voice and he sang [<em>Martha bursts into a pitch-perfect rendition of \u2018Heat Wave\u2019<\/em>], \u2018<em>WHENEVER I\u2019M WITH HIM\u2026<\/em>\u2019, I said \u2018I can do that\u2019.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The boys in the band - heat wave dance scene\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AmrHlOnXKxc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>6<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>In which classic sitcom does the character of Blanche Devereaux (played by Rue McClanahan), describe her car as \u201cthe noisiest thing to come out of Detroit since Martha And The Vandellas\u201d?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[<em>Laughs<\/em>] I don\u2019t have her round the neck with my fingers! I refuse to answer that because I don\u2019t know where she\u2019s coming from. I never met her. What\u2019s she got to do with Martha And The Vandellas? She could have said Sly and the Family Stone! What did it mean to her? Didn\u2019t mean anything to me! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] But I loved that show and those ladies in <em>The Golden Girls<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CORRECT. <\/strong><em>Talking of cars, your 1965 clip of Martha And The Vandellas dancing around a Ford production line in Detroit to \u2018Nowhere to Run\u2019 acted as a precursor to the pop video<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a thrill. All of those men were yelling, \u2018Get those women out of here! We\u2019re trying to work! It\u2019s 7am!\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martha Reeves  The Vandellas   Nowhere To Run 1965 HD 0815007\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WR9pvGtyiHg?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>7<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>Which British rapper\/pop star had a 1989 hit with a version of Martha And The Vandellas\u2019 \u2018<\/strong><strong>I Can\u2019t Dance to That Music You\u2019re Playin\u2019\u2019<\/strong><strong>\u00a0that was titled \u2018Hey DJ\/I Can\u2019t Dance (To That Music You\u2019re Playing)\u2019? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know who it was, but I hoped [the 1968 original] \u2018I Can\u2019t Dance to That Music You\u2019re Playin\u2019\u2019 was destroyed as soon as they put it out. Syreeta Wright sang a bit on it, and I really didn\u2019t like it. I didn\u2019t take any part in trying to sing it, and it wasn\u2019t me. It sounded like Diana Ross And The Supremes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em>Betty Boo.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like anything that\u2019s negative. I can\u2019t dance?! I <em>can<\/em> dance. I can dance in the street! [<em>Laughs<\/em>]\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Betty Boo &amp; The Beatmasters - Hey DJ (I Can't Dance) (1991)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cOpj6LZ3Hlc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-smart_list_7  tdi_88 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>8<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>In 1989, Morrissey curated a playlist for <em>NME<\/em> of his favourite tracks called \u2018Singles To Be Cremated With\u2019. Which Martha And The Vandellas song did he include? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo way! If it\u2019s a song to be cremated to, I hope it\u2019s not \u2018Nowhere to Run\u2019! Please don\u2019t say that! [<em>Laughs<\/em>]\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em> Your 1967 track \u2018Third Finger, Left Hand\u2019. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay, that starts with [<em>Martha sings<\/em>] \u2018<em>At last my dreams come true \/ Today he said, I do \/ Friends said it couldn\u2019t be done\/But all his love I know I\u2019ve won \/ \u2018Cause third finger, left hand \/ That\u2019s where he placed the wedding band\u2019<\/em>. But that song\u2019s about getting married, rather than funerals. But that\u2019s still wonderful. I\u2019m glad to hear that. That\u2019s a tribute.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Third Finger, Left Hand  MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AakzyMUvTOw?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>9<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>Which pop megastar claimed that she studied your work in Martha And The Vandellas for her role in the 2006 Motown-inspired film <em>Dreamgirls<\/em>? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[<em>Laughs<\/em>] You tell me! I never heard that before. Which one of those <em>Dreamgirls<\/em> did that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em>Beyonc\u00e9.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBless her heart! She\u2019s a boo and I love her. She\u2019s brave and she\u2019s got a wonderful talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Would you like to see a proper Martha Reeves biopic?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, my whole life is on film. All you have to do is collect the videos and put them together, but I\u2019m working on two books at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martha Reeves - To Know You is to Love You (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d9ZM0N1A1gs?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-item\">\n<div class=\"tdb-number-and-title\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-nr\"><span>10<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-current-item-title\"><strong>In 2010, the indie band Everybody Was in the French Resistance\u2026Now! (led by Art Brut\u2019s Eddie Argos) released a track from the point of view of which character from a 1966 Martha And The Vandellas hit?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tdb-sml-description\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only character I can think of is \u2018Jimmy Mack\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CORRECT.<\/strong> \u2018<em>Hey! It\u2019s Jimmy Mack\u2019 is a reply-song to \u2018Jimmy Mack\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK, I hope they find something better to do! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] If it\u2019s a loving though, I\u2019d love to hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019ve recently released, \u2018Searching\u2019, your first album in 22 years\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to reassert the love that Motown spread. This album reminds me so much of the feeling that Motown had when I recorded on it. Back then, I wasn\u2019t in control or as much a part of the production, but I am now \u2013 I\u2019m a grown artist and loving every minute of it. I\u2019m so excited about the new music we\u2019ve done and it\u2019s hard to think that I\u2019m headed for another adventure in the music business. This has been the most wonderful 85th birthday [year]\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hey! It's Jimmy Mack\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OHLy8RjlrFw?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h3><strong>Bonus question! For an extra half-point: name any of the artists you appeared alongside when you rang in the New Year on<em> Jools\u2019 Annual Hootenanny<\/em> in 2009.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember because we were never in the dressing room or onstage together. But it was a full band and we were cookin\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRONG.<\/strong><em>Among others, you could have had Adele, Lily Allen, The Ting Tings and Annie Lennox.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have loved to have said hello to Annie Lennox. I\u2019m a big fan.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (Jools Annual Hootenanny 2008) HD 720p\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ee-ArcRdHZc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h3><strong>The verdict: 5\/10<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWell, I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m not at school and being scored anymore. My grade is an A! 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