The Vandellas were one of the Motown acts on the Motortown Revue tour that played venues [[mainly along the east coast) from late October 1962 thru till Xmas that year.
On the billboards for that tour the group were usually advertised just as the Vandellas & had their newest 45 release "I'll Have To Let Him Go" [[Gordy #7011) tagged along with their name.
...... BUT I don't believe that these were the group's 1st big shows outside of Detroit.
Back in mid to late June 1962, a bill due to play the Howard in Washington for 10 days was topped by Jackie Wilson .......
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........ Also on the bill were the Volumes.
But the Volumes Eddie Union tells me that Jackie was taken ill and therefore unable to perform the entire engagement.
Replacement acts were drafted in to fill out the show but at short notice, whoever could make the show was booked.
Eddie tells me that over those 10 days, a number of different acts performed on different days -- Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, the Marvelettes AND Martha & The Vandellas.
I know that the Vandellas [[as the Del-Phis, Del Fi's) went back as far as 1960, but June 62 was an early show for them to be 'on the road' as the Vandellas wasn't it. Could they have been sent out by Berry to pre-promote "Camel Walk" [[Tamla #54067) ??
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