Martha Reeves

Midnight Meets With Colin Murray

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The R&B singer talks to Colin Murray about Stevie Wonder's origins, her work ethic and her sixty-year love affair with Motown. Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Wednesday 10.30pm to 1am - or available whenever you want via the free BBC Sounds app.

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0:00.0	Hey, let me ask you, sir.
0:03.8	Have you heard George's podcast?
0:06.1	Me and Ben Brick are back with a blast.
0:08.1	This time with stories from Africa's past, not too distant, unsolved mysteries, unsung
0:13.8	heroes from untold histories.
0:15.8	I'm trying to make sense of the present day, join me on this journey by pressing play.
0:23.8	Have you heard George's podcast, Chapter 4?
0:27.2	Listen on BBC Sound.
0:30.8	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:39.2	Hello everybody and welcome to a very special episode of Midnight Meets.
0:43.0	Our long form, proper interview that first airs Tuesday night at midnight on my BBC
0:47.7	Radio 5 Live week night show.
0:50.5	And this guest is a motime met in with a story like no other.
0:54.3	She witnessed first hand so many stars being born and then went on to become a megastar
0:59.0	herself as the front woman of the Vandela's.
1:02.1	Over a dozen hits singles, millions of albums sold, the hits will just came thick and
1:06.8	fast.
1:07.8	Did they come and get these memories, no word or run, heat wave, Jimmy Mack and of course
1:11.4	dancing in this street.
1:13.2	She's a rock and roll holo famer.
1:15.5	She's a Hollywood walk of famer and yet she's still a great to do.
1:20.7	Our little midnight met is the one and only Martha Raves.
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