The Velvelettes
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Biography
[Edit]The Velvelettes had three small chart hits for Motown in the mid-'60s, including "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'," revived with great success in Britain by Bananarama in the early '80s, and "Needle in a Haystack," which almost made the pop Top 40. Very much in the Motown girl-group mold shared by the Marvelettes, Martha & the Vandellas, and the Supremes, they never broke out as those other groups did. In part, this was because they didn't carve as identifiable a sound as any of those other acts had, and in part it was because the group's personnel changed rapidly before they disbanded around 1970. The Velvelettes were formed by Bertha Barbee at Western Michigan University in the early '60s, with Cal Gill ending up as the lead singer, although she was only 14 years old when she joined. With encouragement from one of Berry Gordy's nephews, they auditioned for Motown and released their first single on the label in 1963. Several of Motown's biggest guns wrote and produced for the group between 1963 and 1967, including Norman Whitfield, Mickey Stevenson, and Sylvia Moy, although one original member (Betty Kelly) left to join Martha & the Vandellas for several years in 1964. However, the Velvelettes only did about a half-dozen singles for Motown in the '60s, and although an album was scheduled for release, it never came out. Cal Gill brought in two new singers to keep the group going at the end of 1967, but they broke up shortly afterwards. A reformed version of the Velvelettes began playing in 1984, and a compilation of their '60s Motown material finally came out on CD in 1999.
Title: The Velvelettes' Needle In a Haystack (Live)
Artist: The Velvelettes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Best of the Velvelettes
Artist: The Velvelettes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Teen Pop
Title: The Very Best of the Valvelettes (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: The Velvelettes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Pop, Teen Pop
Title: Needle in a Haystack - The Best of the Velvelettes
Artist: The Velvelettes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Teen Pop
Title: The Very Best of the Velvelettes
Artist: The Velvelettes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Teen Pop
Collections
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 5: 1965 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 5: 1965 (CD6)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 6: 1966 (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 100 Motown Classics (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Motown Classics (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Beg, Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box Of '60s Soul
Genre: Soul
Title: Sweet Soul Music 1964
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel
Title: Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Funk
Title: Greatest Ever Mod (CD1)
Title: A Cellarful Of Motown!, Vol. 1 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: A Cellarful Of Motown!, Vol. 1 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: Dusty Heard Them Here First
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Motown Floorshakers (CD1)
Genre: Soul
Title: The Nation's Favourite Motown Songs (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The Motown Story
Title: From Motown With Love (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: More Motown Classics: Gold (Remastered) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Funk
Title: Total Motown (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Total Motown (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 60s Soul Sessions
Genre: Soul
Title: FabricLive 07: John Peel
Genre: Breakbeat , Electronica, House, Techno
Title: Dreamboats And Petticoats - The Petticoat Collection (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Greatest Ever 60's Party (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Len Goodman's Ballroom Bonanza (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Motown Around The World: The Classic Singles
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Motown - The Very Best Of The 60'S
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Funk
Title: 101 Motown Anthems (CD1)
Title: 101 Motown Anthems (CD2)
Title: Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Mod Ska & Northern Soul (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Reggae, Ska
Title: Anthems Mod Ska And Northern Soul - Ministry Of Sound (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Ska
Title: 101 Hits Northern Soul 2018 (CD1)
Genre: Soul
Title: Motown Queens
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The Essential Motown Northern Soul (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The 100 Collection 60s 70s Soul And Motown (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: The 100 Collection 60s 70s Soul And Motown (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: Motown Greatest Hits 2019 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Gospel, Rock, Country, Rockabilly, Disco, Funk, Classical
Title: The Best Soul In The World… Ever! (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: The Best Soul Album In The World… Ever! 2019 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: NOW Soul Classics 2020
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Gospel, Soul Jazz, Rock, Disco, Funk, Classical
Title: Feel Good Songs (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Pop, Alternative, Psychedelic
Title: NOW The 60s Girls Then He Kissed Me (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Gospel, Rock, Country, Rockabilly, Acoustic, Indie, Classical
Title: Motown: Ladies First
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Gospel, Jazz, Rock, Classical
Title: Soulklassiker (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 60s Girl Group Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop
Title: Mastermix Classic Cuts 004 - Early Soul
Genre: Pop
Title: Mastermix Classic Cuts 043 - Early Soul
Genre: Pop
Title: The Very Best Of R&B 2023 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Featuring albums
Title: The Ultimate Motown Christmas Collection
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Hitsville USA - The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Very Best Running Tracks: 105 Songs For Running
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Pop
Title: Motown The Musical – 100 Originals / Motown The Musical - 100 Originals
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Northern Soul (CD1)
Artist: Essential Motown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Disco
Title: Northern Soul (CD2)
Artist: Essential Motown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Disco