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Features: Supremes, Vandellas, Marvelettes, Velvelettes and the Andantes
Music and Nightlife
January 24, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Motown Historical Museum to feature girl groups exhibit
By Susan Whitall
The exhibit “Girl Groups: The Grit, the Glamour, the Glory” will include girl group costumes and photos, many items from the singers themselves including the Marvelettes. [[Courtesy of Motown Archives)Motown's girl groups — the Supremes, The Vandellas, the Marvelettes the Velvelettes and the Andantes — will be the focus of a new exhibit opening Jan. 31 at the Motown Historical Museum.
The exhibit "Girl Groups: The Grit, the Glamour, the Glory" will include girl group costumes and photos, many items from the singers themselves.
It was the Marvelettes who scored the fledgling record company's first No. 1 hit in 1961 with "Please, Mr. Postman," pushing Motown into the national spotlight and bringing much-needed cash into its coffers. The teenaged group was on the cusp of the girl group movement that dominated pop music in the early '60s.
The Vandellas, Martha Reeves' group, always had the most soulful sound of Motown's female acts, and the Supremes were Motown's ultimate girl group, with their glamorous costumes and frequent appearances on the "Ed Sullivan Show." The Velvelettes were college girls who scored pop hits such as "Needle in a Haystack" in between classes, and the Andantes were unseen and unknown, but an integral part of the background of most Motown hits.
"We all know the music of the Supremes and Martha & the Vandellas, and many people are familiar with the Marvelettes and the Velvelettes, but unless you are a Motown aficionado, you've probably never even heard of the Andantes," said curator Lina Stephens, in a statement. "These girls were the vocal equivalent of Motown's famed studio band, the Funk Brothers, singing background vocals for artists like The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston and Stevie Wonder."
The Motown Historical Museum is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and children.
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From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130124/ENT04/301240459#ixzz2J1vNGyEa
Features: Supremes, Vandellas, Marvelettes, Velvelettes and the Andantes
Music and Nightlife
January 24, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Motown Historical Museum to feature girl groups exhibit
By Susan Whitall
The exhibit “Girl Groups: The Grit, the Glamour, the Glory” will include girl group costumes and photos, many items from the singers themselves including the Marvelettes. [[Courtesy of Motown Archives)Motown's girl groups — the Supremes, The Vandellas, the Marvelettes the Velvelettes and the Andantes — will be the focus of a new exhibit opening Jan. 31 at the Motown Historical Museum.
The exhibit "Girl Groups: The Grit, the Glamour, the Glory" will include girl group costumes and photos, many items from the singers themselves.
It was the Marvelettes who scored the fledgling record company's first No. 1 hit in 1961 with "Please, Mr. Postman," pushing Motown into the national spotlight and bringing much-needed cash into its coffers. The teenaged group was on the cusp of the girl group movement that dominated pop music in the early '60s.
The Vandellas, Martha Reeves' group, always had the most soulful sound of Motown's female acts, and the Supremes were Motown's ultimate girl group, with their glamorous costumes and frequent appearances on the "Ed Sullivan Show." The Velvelettes were college girls who scored pop hits such as "Needle in a Haystack" in between classes, and the Andantes were unseen and unknown, but an integral part of the background of most Motown hits.
"We all know the music of the Supremes and Martha & the Vandellas, and many people are familiar with the Marvelettes and the Velvelettes, but unless you are a Motown aficionado, you've probably never even heard of the Andantes," said curator Lina Stephens, in a statement. "These girls were the vocal equivalent of Motown's famed studio band, the Funk Brothers, singing background vocals for artists like The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston and Stevie Wonder."
The Motown Historical Museum is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and children.
twitter.com/swhitall
swhitall@detnews.com
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130124/ENT04/301240459#ixzz2J1vNGyEa