The Velvelettes
- MatchThe Velvelettes
- 100%Brenda Holloway
- 96%The Marvelettes
- 79%The Elgins
- 77%Martha & The Vandellas
- 77%Martha Reeves
- 76%Jr. Walker & The All Stars
- 76%The Supremes
- 73%Shorty Long
- 70%The Monitors
- 68%Mary Wells
Biography
Two pairs of sisters, Millie and Cal Gill, and Bertha and Norma Barbee, formed the original Velvelettes line-up in 1961 at Western Michigan State University. After recording a one-off single, There He Goes, for IPG Records in 1963, they were signed to Motown Records, where they were placed in the hands of fledgling producer Norman Whitfield. This partnership spawned three classic singles, Needle In A Haystack, He Was Really Sayin Something and... Read more