Live Wire (Martha And The Vandellas Song)
"Live Wire" is a 1964 dance single released by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Background The song was produced by Holland–Dozier–Holland under the same gospel- pop confection of their earlier hit singles " (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" and "Quicksand". The song explained why the narrator can't come up with words to tell her lover that she was through with him because when she looks at him, she feels that he is "like a bolt of lightning" and that he's a "live wire". '' Cash Box'' described it as "a red rocker that should move way out in no time flat" demonstrating the "fabulous hit-making excitement that showed up on 'Heat Wave.'" Personnel *Lead vocals by Martha Reeves *Background vocals by Rosalind Ashford and Annette Beard *Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier *Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland, Jr. *Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the bac ...
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Martha And The Vandellas
Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) were an American vocal girl group formed in Detroit in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s with Motown. An act founded by friends Annette Beard, Rosalind Ashford and Gloria Williams, the group eventually included Martha Reeves, who moved up in ranks as lead vocalist of the group after Williams' departure in 1962. The group signed with and eventually recorded all of their singles for Motown's Gordy imprint. The group's string of hits included " Come and Get These Memories", "Heat Wave", " Quicksand", " Nowhere to Run", "Jimmy Mack", "I'm Ready for Love", " Bless You" and " Dancing in the Street", the latter song becoming their signature single. During their nine-year run on the charts from 1963 to 1972, Martha and the Vandellas charted over twenty-six hits and recorded in the styles of doo-wop, R&B, pop, blues, rock and roll and soul. Ten Vandellas songs reached the top ten of the '' ...
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