Searching

Martha Reeves has long been part of pop history, front and center as the lead voice of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Their run of Motown classics includes Dancing in the Street, My Baby Loves Me, Come and Get These Memories, Nowhere to Run, Quick Sand, (Love is Like a) Heatwave, Jimmy Mack, and Bless You.

Across the 1970s and 1980s, Reeves also recorded as a solo artist for MCA, Fantasy, Phonarama, and ARISTA, beginning with her 1973 self-titled album produced by Richard Perry. The group earned a 1964 Grammy nomination for Best R&B Performance for Heat Wave, and Dancing in the Street entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas have also received the Dinah Washington Award, a Rhythm n’ Blues Foundation Pioneer Award, a Black Woman in Publishing Legends Award, and places in the Alabama Soul, Rock and Roll and Vocal Group Hall of Fame. In 2026, Martha returns with Searching, her first new album in twenty-two years, produced by Delfeayo Marsalis and Chris Roe.