Heat Wave (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Heat Wave
Type = Album
Artist = Martha and the Vandellas


Released = September 30, 1963
Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1963
Genre = Soul
Length = 26:13
Label = Gordy (Motown)
G907
Producer = Holland-Dozier-Holland, Mickey Stevenson
Reviews =
Last album = "Come and Get These Memories" (1963)
This album = "Heat Wave"
(1963)
Next album = "Dance Party"
(1965)
Misc = Singles
Name = Heat Wave
Type = studio
single 1 = (Love is Like a) Heat Wave / A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)
single 1 date = July 10, 1963

"Heat Wave" was the second album released by American Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Released in 1963 on the Gordy (Motown) label, it capitialized on the success of the title track, which rose to number four on the pop singles chart and number-one on the R&B singles chart. The album was produced by the likes of Holland-Dozier-Holland (who composed the group's first five hit singles) and Mickey Stevenson. Ironically, this was the last album to feature original Vandella Annette Beard.

Track listing

#"(Love is Like a) Heat Wave" – 2:44
#"Then He Kissed Me" – 2:32
#"Hey There Lonely Boy" – 2:33
#"More" – 2:14
#"Danke Schoen" – 3:04
#"If I Had a Hammer" – 2:16
#"Hello Stranger" – 2:40
#"Just One Look" – 2:33
#"Wait Till My Bobby Gets Home" – 2:17
#"My Boyfriend's Back" – 2:08
#"Mockingbird" – 2:32

Credits

*Lead vocals by Martha Reeves
*Background vocals by Rosalind Ashford & Annette Beard
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers