By t (152.163.253.70) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 08:06 pm:

1. (Love Is Like A )Heatwave (stereo lp version)
2. Third Finger, Left Hand
3. Forget Me Not
4. A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knockin')
5. In My Lonely Room (aka The 81)

By Robb_K (66.81.202.244) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 08:33 pm:

In My Lonely Room
I Gotta Let You Go
My Baby Loves Me
Wild One
(Love Is Like A) Heatwave

By LadyMystique (216.37.228.72) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 08:38 pm:

Good...something positive!

1. Quicksand
2. My Baby loves Me
3. Nowhere to Run
4. Heatwave
5. Third Finger, Left Hand

By Soul Sister (65.43.144.46) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 11:58 pm:

1. In My Lonely Room
2. Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things
3. Come And Get These Memories
4. My Baby loves Me
5. Third Finger, Left Hand

S.S.

By Ron Murphy (68.42.90.140) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 12:08 am:

1. Dancing In The Street
2. Come And Get These Memories
3. My Baby Loves Me
4. Wild One
5. In My Lonely Room

By Flynny (213.122.68.210) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 05:14 am:

Nowhere to Run
Show Me The Way
My Baby Won't Come Back
In My Lonely Room
I'll Have To Let Him Go


Flynny
raresoulforum.com

By John Lester (62.49.61.57) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 08:05 am:

Dancing In The Street
(We've Got) Honey Love
No More Tear Stained Make-up
You've Been In Love Too Long
I Tried
Never Leave Your Baby's Side...WATCH OUT!

By Mike Sku (64.9.11.62) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 08:30 am:

Hey, no one has mentioned "No One There" or "Bless You", or even "Benjamin" from the "Black Magic" album. I'm surprised...not that I disagree with what others have been posting. "Third Finger" would definitely be up there for me, along with "In My Lonely Room". I think I'd also include "Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things" and "My Baby Loves Me" as well. To round out my top five, I'll add "No One There".

By Tony Russi (68.210.10.250) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 09:14 am:

1)Heatwave 2)Quicksand 3)My Baby Loves Me 4)Honey Chile 5)Dancing In the Street...honorable mention "Love,Guess Who".Very difficult to name 5 as over the years different ones becomes favorites.

By Dayo (81.134.52.211) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 09:21 am:

1. Dancing in the Street (Its just seminal)
2. Nowhere to run
3. I gotta let you go (was this ever an A side?)
4. In my lonely room
5. Heatwave

By Tony Russi (68.210.10.250) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 09:32 am:

Yes, Dayo "I Gotta Let You Go" was an A side 45 release...to me it sounds as though it was recorded a few years before it was released.

By Moe (66.219.162.219) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 10:12 am:

1.Heatwave
2.Nowhere to Run
3.Dancing in the Street
4.Quicksand
5.In My Lonely Room

By Common (209.2.55.172) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 10:13 am:

1. Nowhere To Run
2. Dancing In The Street
3. Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things
4. Can't Break The Habit
5. Something/Benjamin

Peace!

By Don (68.75.176.129) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 10:30 am:

1. Dancing In The Street
2. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
3. Danger Heartbreak Ahead (I heard an acetate version)
4. No Where To Run
5. Jimmy Mack

By tricky (81.133.221.80) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 11:04 am:

nice to see no more tear stained makeup included.with all these top fives to pick don,t forget the many cracking album only tracks out there.love these top 5 threads it gets us talking about the music as we should be.

By Michael/Cleoharvey (206.216.63.175) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 11:27 am:

Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things

Nowhere to Run

I Should Be Proud (one of the most underrated songs at Motown and one of Martha's greatest and most heartfelt vocals. Too bad Motown pulled this song for political reasons)

Benjamin (From Black Magic)

Dancing in the Street

special mention: No One There, Jimmy Mack, I Want You Back (from Black Magic), Tear It Down, My Baby Loves Me, I'm Ready for Love

By SOULBOY (213.105.224.5) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 12:14 pm:

NOWHERE TO RUN.
HEARTLESS.
ONE WAY OUT.
CANT BREAK THE HABIT NOW.
MY BABY LOVES ME.
He Doesn't Love Her Anymore.

By Handsome (170.118.158.14) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 12:18 pm:

Hey!

1) Nowhere To Run
2) Quicksand
3) My Baby Loves Me
4) Honey Chile
5) Won't It Be So Wonderful

I have several more, but you said 5!
Damn, that was hard :o)

Handsome

By Handsome (170.118.158.14) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 12:22 pm:

Here are some Honorable Mentions:

Shoe Leather Expressway
Tear It On Down
I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing
Easily Persuaded
I Promise To Wait My Love
I Want You Back
Takin' My Love & Leavin' me

Handsome

By nycmotowner (64.12.117.14) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 01:16 pm:

Nowhere To Run
Dancing In The Street
Ready For Love
Wild One
Leave It In THe Hands Of Love

NEXT 5
You've Been In Love Too Long
Quicksand
In My Lonley Room
Honey Chile
Always Something There To Remind Me

By Helene (217.32.166.37) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 05:50 pm:

1. Forget me not
2. Nowhere to run
3. In my lonely room
4. Third finger left hand
5. Jimmy Mack


A truly special lady!

By Galactus (207.144.253.114) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 06:52 pm:

1. My Baby Loves Me
2. Nowhere to Run
3. Jimmy Mack
4. Heatwave
5. Dancing in the Street

By SPOOKEY (198.81.26.103) on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 01:53 am:

I'LL HAVE TO LET HIM GO
GIVE HIM UP
HELLO STRANGER
MY BABY LOVES ME
LOVE, GUESS WHO

By boynextdoor (67.24.158.77) on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 01:59 am:

Tear It On Down
Benjamin
No One There (my favorite)
Third Finger, Left Hand
Wild One
Jimmy Mack
Honorable Mention....The Black Magic LP! The Best!

By STONEWALL (68.237.55.100) on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 05:46 am:

MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS Favorite Songs!!!

1) Dancing In The Street
2) Watchout! Never Leave Your Baby's Side
3) Heat Wave
4) Third Finger, Left Hand
5) My Baby Loves Me (Martha's favorite!)
6) Honey Chile
7) Nowhere To Run
8) I'm Ready For Love
9) Love Bug, Leave My Heart Alone
10) I Want U Back ("B" side from Black Magic)

For more Martha Reeves & The Vandellas' songs:
www.STONEWALLvets.org/songsofStonewall-7.htm

By TRI-PHI (68.5.143.49) on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 04:19 am:

BLESS YOU
JEALOUS LOVER
YOUR LOVE MAKES IT ALL WORTH WHILE
MY BABY LOVES ME (FROM VANDELLAS LIVE MONO LP)
TO THINK YOU WOULD HURT ME
I PROMISE TO WAIT MY LOVE

By tamlaboy (195.93.74.20) on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 02:01 pm:

Bless you
Forget me not
Love bug leave my heart alone
Nowhere to run
Dancing in the steet

By lennytone (66.241.87.19) on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 09:08 pm:

Third Finger Left Hand
In My Lonely Room
Come And Get These Memories
I'll Have To Let Him Go
My Baby Won't Come Back

By STONEWALL (68.237.125.253) on Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 10:04 am:

MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS will be performing on "Motown 45". The Vandellas with Miss Martha will be her two great singing sisters: Lois and Delphine. Show films on April 4 and airs on May 17.

By Shawn1b (65.30.15.198) on Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 08:47 pm:

Well heres my Martha top 5 solo and group :Group song .1)No One There ,2)No More Tear Stained Makeup ,3)Shoeleatherexpressway,4)No Where To Run,5)A Love Like Yours Don't Come Knockin EveryDay.Solo songs 1)Dixie Highway,2)Now That We've Found Love ,3)What Are Doing The Rest Of Your Life,4,I Really Like Your Rap,5)You've Got Me For Company.Now this is no way indicates all the songs I like by Martha cause I love just about everything she sings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Shawn

By MotownShow (68.237.93.170) on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 02:13 pm:

Ron, John, Don and Dayo -- plus STONEWALL -- got their "dream come true" as MARTHA chose their #1 favorite M.R.V. song, "DITS", as the one she chose for M.R.V. to perform on Motown-45. As one member mentioned, it is the seminal song for M.R.V. -- and for Motown period.

By royaljones (166.68.134.174) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 07:08 pm:

Wednesday, 14th April 2004
Dancing In The Streets @ Opera House

Paul Horrocks

MOTOWN QUEEN: Martha Reeves
THEY danced in the aisles and on the seats - and set the Opera House rocking on its foundations as Dancing In The Streets came to town.

Martha Reeves shimmied across the stage, tambourine banging out time on her hip, and showed a rapturous audience why she is the queen of classic Motown - aged 62.

If you want a cracking night out and remember the great songs of the 60s from groups including The Supremes and The Four Tops, this show is a must.

It's amazing how many of those classic lyrics are still implanted in your mind if you lived through the soul sensation years, disco dancing in Manchester's Rowntree Spring Gardens and Time and Place.

It was the greatest era of black soul singers - and the supporting company of tribute singers who backed Reeves certainly did justice to the originals. Close your eyes and it was the Temptations, Mary Wells, Smokey Robinson And The Miracles and Marvin Gaye.

The audience shrieked its adoration. Motown lovers called out "fantastic" and were rolled over by hit after hit, as they gyrated in front of their seats.

Powerful

Reeves chose her own numbers carefully, the clarity of her soul voice still powerful and resonant. In between, she took us on a journey back in time to her own beginnings in Motown as a secretary in Hitsville USA.

She encouraged the swaying audience to sing and dance to every number, but pleaded "don't go too fast - I'm somebody's grandmother."

She was backed by superb singers, with guest appearances by Kid Creole and the outstanding Roger Wright whose theatre credits include The Lion King and Tribute To The Blues Brothers. Check out his fancy shoes, and even fancier footwork.

As her adoring fans chanted for more, Reeves thanked the likes of Mick Jagger and Cilla Black for recording their own versions of Dancing In The Streets, but told them "that song belongs to me."

She belted out the vocals of Jimmy Mack in the build-up to her finale and we all remembered our own youth, our lost loves and those embarrassing moments plucking up the courage to ask for a dance in the disco.

As Reeves told us in that classic line, it doesn't matter what you wear, just as long as you are there!

Dancing In The Streets continues at the Opera House until Saturday, April 17. Tickets are £10.50-£21.50 - to book, call 0870 060 1768 or visit the website
Star Rating Key
- Excellent
http://www.royaljones.com

By STONEWALL (68.161.203.40) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 07:21 pm:

Thanx Miss Royal Jones for reprinting verbatum the powerful and stunning review of Diva REEVES. Honey Love, we know thru The Gay Grapevine that Miss MARTHA is tearing it up somewhere "beyond the sea". She even sang the flipside of "Love Bug, Leave My Heart Alone"!

Look to see M.R.V. singing "Dancing In The Street" on national t.v. on Monday, May 17th on ABC-TV for the 2-hour M-45 special. Yes, she has her tambourine in the performance.

For M.R.V.'s single-release records, visit:
www.STONEWALLvets.org/songsofStonewall-7.htm.