# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martha-reeves
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:22:34.413Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martha-reeves"
name: "Martha Reeves"
slug: "martha-reeves"
description: "Martha Rose Reeves is an American R&B and pop singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, which scored several major Hot 100 hits such as \"Nowhere to Run\", \"Heat Wave\", \"Jimmy Mack\", and \"Dancing in the Street\" among others. From 2005 until 2009, Reeves served as an elected councilwoman in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Reeves at number 151 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martha_Reeves_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.7
  momentum:             1.669014084507042
  historical:           16.037132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MARTHAREEVESvan"
    handle:    "MARTHAREEVESvan"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/marthareeves7/"
    handle:    "marthareeves7"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MarthaReevesVAN"
    handle:    "MarthaReevesVAN"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716254/"
    handle:    "nm0716254"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.missmarthareeves.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مارثا ريفز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B2"
    title: "مارثا ريفز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%A7_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B2"
    title: "مارثا ریفز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%B2%D1%81"
    title: "Марта Рийвс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "مارتا ریوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves_(cantante)"
    title: "Martha Reeves (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Reeves"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/17bc1a91-bf62-479d-9159-6dcd245b6266"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25652"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104946"
    title: "Martha Reeves"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump