by Ron Wynn
Martha & the Vandellas began making their first noise on the pop and soul charts with this 1963 album. The title song was a classic, while there were also decent remakes of such vintage tunes as &Mocking Bird& and &My Boyfriend's Back.& These proved that the group was a singles rather than an album act, and that a little more effort needed to be extended toward finding more material (they even put &Danke Schoen& on this album). But no one really cared, since &Heat Wave& was such a triumph.