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And that’s not even to mention two of the biggest stars of the past 60 years…

David Bowie and Mick Jagger – not so much for glory, but for charity. We all heard and felt the same thing. “Now when Martha had finished singing that song,” Mickey wrote, “a complete silence fell over the control room. Reports over 90 days old are archived automatically.

reported events that occurred at 2101 South Gramercy Place on April 1st, 1984

Marvin Gaye shot by his own father: 2101 S.

Gramercy Place, Los Angeles: the family home where singer Marvin Gaye ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Let's Get It On") was shot to death by his minister father, Marvin Gaye Sr., during an argument at their home in April 1984. Kim Weston always reminds me that the song was written in her attic because she was married to Mickey Stevenson at the time, and I always tease her that she let a good song get away – right out from under her own roof!”

And what record blocked “Dancing In The Street” from gaining its rightful place at the peak of the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1964?

Martha sung the song like a star.”

Marvin told his biographer David Ritz in Divided Soul that he didn’t want to be “one of the cats behind the scenes,” regardless of his backroom abilities. Summer's here and the time is right For dancing in the street They're dancing in Chicago Down in New Orleans In New York City All we need is music, sweet music There'll be music everywhere There'll be swinging and swaying and records playing Dancing in the street Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear Just as long as you are there So come on, every guy, grab a girl Everywhere around the world They'll be dancing They're dancing in the street It's an invitation across the nation A chance for folks to meet There'll be laughing, singing, and music swinging Dancing in the street Philadelphia, P.A Baltimore and D.C.

now Can't forget the Motor City All we need is music, sweet music There'll be music everywhere There'll be swinging and swaying and records playing Dancing in the street Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear Just as long as you are there So come on, every guy, grab a girl Everywhere around the world They're dancing They're dancing in the street Way down in L.A.

ev'ry day They're dancing in the street (Dancing in the street) Let's form a big, strong line, get in time We're dancing in the street (Dancing in the street) Across the ocean blue, me and you We're dancing in the street

“Dancing In The Street” is one such song.

I was afraid that my writing talent was so great, I’d get distracted from singing.” On the basis of this record, no one would question Marvin’s songwriting skills, but it surely was his singing which made him a superstar.

In her autobiography, written with Mark Bego, Martha Reeves recognized “Dancing In The Street” as “one of our crowning achievements.” When she first heard the song, Marvin was the vocalist, and she felt it wasn’t right for her key.

The two recorded their vocals in four hours, by one account, while Bowie was working on the soundtrack of Absolute Beginners at London’s Abbey Road studios. “So they said, ‘OK, Martha, give it your treatment,’ and I came up with the melody.” She added, “I’ve always said that ‘Dancing In The Street’ is Mickey Stevenson’s greatest gift to me. First of all, there is co-writer and producer Mickey Stevenson, who recalled in his memoir (The A&R Man) that “Dancing In The Street” was originally intended for his wife, Kim Weston.

“We banged it out in just two takes,” Jagger told Rolling Stone. To name just a few who have kept this “Street” dancing: the Everly Brothers, the Dovells, the Kinks, the Mamas & Papas, the Walker Brothers, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Black Oak Arkansas, the Flirtations, Van Halen, Human Nature, and Atomic Kitten.

Martha & The Vandellas “Dancing In The Street”

Peaks at No.

2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending Saturday, October 17, 1964.

This is not only one of the most-played records in Motown’s seven decades of music history, from 1959 to today, but also one of its most familiar stories. In those days, even if I did most of the writing and my partners might only contribute a word or a note, I’d share the credit with them equally.

After work was completed on the instrumental track, Mickey decided to have Martha Reeves – his secretary at the time – sing a demo vocal for Kim to hear the tune. The father pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, but received only five years' probation.

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Look, there was even an entire book based on it, entitled Ready For A Brand New Beat: How ‘Dancing In The Street’ Became The Anthem For A Changing America by Mark Kurlansky, published in 2014.

Three of the people most involved with making the record deserve to be featured here.