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"(Love is Like a) Heat Wave" is a 1963 soul single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy (Motown) label. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...
The soul, according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is a self aware ethereal substance particular to a unique living being. ...
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Martha and the Vandellas were one of the most successful groups in the Motown roster during the 1960s and fully active from 1962 to 1972, performing at various times doo-wop, pop, rock and roll and soul. ...
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The song was one of several tunes written and produced by the fabled Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting and producing team. "Heat Wave" was the second hit collaboration between the Vandellas and H-D-H, the first being "Come and Get These Memories". The lyrics feature the narrator singing about a guy that has her heart "burning with desire" and "going insane" over the feeling of his love. Holland-Dozier-Holland is a songwriting and production team consisting of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. ...
Come And Get These Memories is a 1963 soul single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. ...
Produced and composed with a gospel backbeat, jazz overtones and, doo-wop call and responsive vocals, "Heat Wave" was one of the first songs to exemplify the style of music later termed as being the "Motown Sound". The single was a breakthrough hit, peaking at number four on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart, and at number-one on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart. "Heat Wave's" success helped popularize lead singer both Martha and the Vandellas and Holland-Dozier-Holland, and re-introduced Motown as a musical force. The song has since been covered by several singers, including Joan Osbourne (her version done for the Funk Brothers documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown), country rock singer Linda Ronstadt, and rocker Bruce Springsteen. The song was also covered by Whoopi Goldberg in the film Sister Act. For other uses, see Gospel (disambiguation). ...
Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ...
Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in America. ...
The Motown Sound is a style of soul music with distinctive characteristics, including the use of tambourine along with drums, bass instrumentation, a distinctive melodic and chord structure, and a call and response singing style originating in gospel music. ...
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, formerly known as Top Soul Singles, Top Black Singles, and Top R&B Singles (before the hip-hop term was added in the late 1990s), is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. ...
Joan Osborne (born July 8, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter originally from Anchorage, Kentucky. ...
The Funk Brothers were the house band at Detroits Motown Records from 1959 to 1972, when the company moved to Los Angeles. ...
Country rock is a musical genre formed from the fusion of rock and roll with country music. ...
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer most closely associated with the country rock genre prevalent in the 1970s. ...
Bruce Frederick Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock and folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ...
Sarafina movie poster featuring Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, November 13, 1955), is an Academy Award, Daytime Emmy Award, Golden Globe, Tony and Grammy Award-winning American comedian and film actress. ...
Sister Act is a 1992 movie starring Whoopi Goldberg, directed by Emile Ardolino, and released by Touchstone Pictures. ...
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