- 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 groupMartha 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 ofHolland-Dozier-Holland (who composed the group's first five hit singles) andMickey Stevenson . Ironically, this was the last album to feature original VandellaAnnette 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" – 2:32Credits
*Lead vocals by
Martha Reeves
*Background vocals byRosalind Ashford &Annette Beard
*Instrumentation byThe Funk Brothers
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