Dancing in the street marvin gaye

InMartha Reeves was singing in clubs around Detroit and working as a secretary at Motown Records. Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye (April 2, – April 1, ), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades.

Martha amp The Vandellas

With Gaye and Stevenson collaborating, the duo composed the single with Kim Weston in mind to record the song but Weston passed on the song. " Dancing in the Street " is a song written by Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, and Ivy Jo Hunter for Martha and the Vandellas inwhose version reached No.

2 on the Billboard Hot chart for two weeks, behind "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann. He excused himself, went out to his car and returned with a tire iron. For Sale. Detroit, MI. Back to gallery Contact artist for pricing. "Dancing in the Street" is a song written by Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, and Ivy Jo Hunter for Martha and the Vandellas inwhose version reached No.

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Dancing in the Street

One day, the year-old saw the company's biggest star, Marvin Gaye, in a studio, working out a song he'd written with Mickey Stevenson and Ivy Joe Hunter. Dancing In the Street. Martha and the Vandellaswhich then included Rosalind Ashford and Annette Beardrecorded the song at Motown's studios on June 19, They got it on the second take — though Reeves believes her first one was even better.

They appeared to be dancing in the water. The song reached No. It is one of Motown 's signature songs and is the group's premier signature song. When Gaye read the original lyrics, however, he said the song sounded more danceable. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child.

Stevenson initially showed a rough draft of the lyrics to Gaye disguised as a ballad. And then they said, 'Well, Martha, can you do it again? Gaye branched out into secular music as a. Stevenson was said to have come up with the idea for the song from watching kids jump and play in the opened fire hydrants of the city streets on hot summer days.

Reeves says all she could say to Marvin Gaye upon hearing the song was, "Wow.