Motown May Top Ten: Heat Wave (#2)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (62164)
United States
May 10, 2021 10:53am CST
A million thanks to @Dena91 for suggesting that I do a Motown countdown. What great songs in their vast catalog!! And, although the various favorites list is winding down there’s more to be had, with ten favorites by Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye coming later! Meanwhile, here’s today’s great Motown classic from my list.
#2: Heat Wave - Martha and the Vandellas
Not exactly the ballad that yesterday’s song was, is it!!
What a fun song. Even Linda Ronstadt’s cover in the 70s kept that high energy. It’s definitely a crank-it-up-and-sing-along song.
Martha Reeves will be 80 in a couple of months. The songs are as young as ever.
Heat Wave
Written by Holland/Dozier/Holland
Recorded by Martha and the Vandellas
From Heat Wave, 1963
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah!
This song by "Martha Reeves & The Vandellas" was released i believe in 1963 and is just one of many great songs they did.
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@Juliaacv (48447)
• Canada
10 May 21
Living within the area close enough to enjoy listening to the Detroit radio stations, I hope that you will do an entire countdown to the many musicians, not all of which were the Motown sound, from that area.
You know I'm alluding to my fav Bob Seger, who had such a great voice back in the day when he was still cranking out the new stuff.
Hint hint hint 
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@Juliaacv (48447)
• Canada
10 May 21
@marlina He wasn't a huge name even in his own country, but we lived within an hour of Cobo, which was where I saw him perform in the 1980. He also played the Ex that same year in Toronto. He put on a much better show at Cobo, on his 'home turf' then he did at the TO EX.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
10 May 21
love the song and the group!
Motown was such a great influence on American music!
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
10 May 21
I like it. It`s good. I think someone revised this into much cooler way 
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@FourWalls (62164)
• United States
10 May 21
The main cover version of this that I know is Linda Ronstadt’s rendition.
Provided to YouTube by Rhino/ElektraHeat Wave (2015 Remaster) · Linda RonstadtGreatest Hits? 1975 Elektra/Asylum RecordsGuitar, Piano: Andrew GoldBacking Vo...
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@FourWalls (62164)
• United States
10 May 21
You’re just yanking my chain, aren’t you. 
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@LindaOHio (156276)
• United States
11 May 21
These songs are timeless, unlike the music of today.
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@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 May 21
I'd like to be in a heat wave right about now. It's much too cold for May.
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
10 May 21
They changed the world of music--and then Barry had to get involved with Diana!!!
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 May 21
Oh yes! That was a great one! I liked all that Linda did too.
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@dgobucks226 (34369)
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29 May 21
Linda's version was excellent. She learned will from this girl group Hall of Famers! You could feel "the temperature rising in this tune." That's some passionate love 
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 May 21
I remember having a lot of fun walking with a dear friend on the summer streets of NYC singing loudly Heat wave and getting dirty looks for others
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