Anyone know who these Vandellas are? I don't recognise either of them.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MARTHA-REE...item3f2b74a321
Anyone know who these Vandellas are? I don't recognise either of them.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MARTHA-REE...item3f2b74a321
According to Martha:
VANDELLA: It's a name given to the back-ground singers that I have employed over the years. ROSALIND ASHFORD, ANNETTE HELTON, and GLORIA WILLLIAMSON, were the DEL-PHIS. Because of former contractual stipulations, we had to come up with a new name for a song entitled "I'LL HAVE TO LET HIM GO", released in 1961. BETTY KELLEY, SANDRA JACKSON, SANDRA TILLEY, ALPHANETTE SILAS, VONCIELLE FAGGETT, PATTY HOWARD, CLYDIE KING, BARBARA KING, JANICE SINGLETON, LISA McCALL, DEBRA STEVERSON, JAISON EPPS, JAQUE SHELBY, EUDORA REEVES, REGINA CARGHILL, JEAN TRIMBLE, SALLI ALEXANDER, BERYL MARSDEN, CHERYL DANIELS, SANDY BOMAR, KRISTIE WOODARD, ROCHELLE YOUNG, MARION JOHNSON, DELPHINE REEVES, CAROLYN CRAWFORD, KAREN MCMURRAY, are just a small number of ladies who have graced my stage, and "DANCED IN THE STREET."
These two you are questioning are: Voncielle Faggett and Patty Howard.
Here is another photo [[credit to member TMSG):
http://i.imgur.com/HtZKR.png
Enjoy!
First time seeing those photos. Very interesting. Just when you think you've seen and know their entire history, something else shows up. Thanks for posting. Does anyone know how long Voncielle and Patty sang behind MR? And who does one pronounce Voncielle's last name??
Hmm, that's interesting how she categorizes a Vandella... technically Martha had always been perceived as a main act. I wonder how that was like though with the "classic" Vandellas lineups.
I saw Martha perform in Vegas three times. Twice [[in 1995 and 1998) she was backed by Annette and Rosalind. The third time, she was backed by Carolyn Crawford & Karen [[Pree) McMurray.
Here is a clip of Martha, along with Voncielle and Alfie Silas on SHA NA NA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrjG7WIYnzI
Just watched the above clip from SHA NA NA and saw this clip of Martha and Barry Manilow. Looks to be from the same era.
http://youtu.be/zh8BPwHuRVc
Great clip of Barry and Martha. This looks to be around the time he was performing his famous "VSM" medley.
Forum members may be interested to know the three ladies singing backup are called "Lady Flash". Members included Reparata Mazzola, whom you may recoginze from Reparata and the Delrons.
What was the VSM medley?
"Very Strange Medley".
You should YouTube it, it's a hoot.
It's basically a medley of all of the "jingles" he wrote over the years. You'd be surprised to hear which ones belong to him....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX2ktVn5b-c Martha and Original Vandella Roz and Betty. Martha, Roz, Annette, Betty and Lois inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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