The Artists & songs that inspired the Motown 25th anniversary television show, Blue



Then you came

Type of Work:
Musical work
Registration Number / Date:
PA0000048637 / 1979-10-12
Date of Publication:
August 10, 1979
Date of Creation:
1979
Title:
Then you came / B. Wright, L. Price.
Description:
on side B of 1 sound disc : 45 rpm, stereo. ; 7 in.
Publisher Number:
Fantasy 868
Copyright Claimant:
Delta R & E, Ritesonian Music & Goldcrest Music
Notes:
(With Skating in the streets).
Authorship on Application:
words & music: B. Wright, pseud. & L. Price, pseud.
Performer:
Performed by Martha Reeves.
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Call on me

Copyrights records by Reeves, Martha

pseud. B. Wright
pseud. L. Price
Delta R & E (7 documents)
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Copyrights records by Delta R & E

Ritesonian Music (8 documents)
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Copyrights records by Ritesonian Music

Goldcrest Music

Baby (don't you leave me)

Type of Work:
Musical work
Registration Number / Date:
PA0000668514 / 1993-11-12
Date of Publication:
September 7, 1993
Date of Creation:
1972
Title:
Baby (don't you leave me)
Copyright Claimant:
Jobete Music Company, Inc.
Authorship on Application:
words & music: Lawrence Brown, George Gordy & Martha Reeves.
Performer:
Performed by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas.
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Motown collection
Lawrence Brown (33 documents)
example document: Good gal blues

Copyrights records by Brown, Lawrence

George Gordy (19 documents)
example document: Beechwood 4-5789. w & m Marvin Gaye, George Gordy, William Stevenson
Vandellas.
Jobete Music Company, Inc. (2402 documents)
example document: Are you gonna think about it?

Copyrights records by Jobete Music Company, Inc.

Death by mother's milk

Type of Work:
Dramatic work and accompanying music
Registration Number / Date:
PA0001016882 / 2000-06-05
Date of Publication:
May 28, 2000
Date of Creation:
2000
Title:
Death by mother's milk : a screenplay treatment.
Description:
9 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Martha Rose Reeves, 1941-
Names:
Martha Rose Reeves 1941-

Blue

Type of Work:
Sound recording and music
Registration Number / Date:
SRu000193035 / 1990-09-18
Date of Creation:
1990
Title:
Blue.
Description:
sound cassette.
Copyright Claimant:
Cheryl Daniels & Martha Reeves
Notes:
Cataloged from appl.
Authorship on Application:
music, words, arr., performance: Cheryl Daniels & Martha Reeves.
Names:
Martha Reeves 1941-
Cheryl Daniels 1960-

Blue

Type of Work:
Sound recording and music
Registration Number / Date:
SRu000336943 / 1996-01-17
Date of Creation:
1996
Title:
Blue.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: rev. music, additional words, recording.
Previous Registration:
Words and music prev. reg. 1990, SRu 193-035.
Description:
Sound cassette + sheet.
Copyright Claimant:
Cheryl L. Daniels, 1960-, and Martha Reeves, 1941-
Authorship on Application:
words, music, recording: Cheryl L. Daniels & Martha Reeves.
Names:
Cheryl L. Daniels 1960-
Martha Reeves 1941-

Wanted to be good

Type of Work:
Sound recording and music
Registration Number / Date:
SRu000412030 / 1999-03-16
Date of Creation:
1999
Title:
Wanted to be good.
Application Title:
Treat me so bad.
Copyright Note:
C.O. correspondence.
Description:
Sound cassette + lyrics sheet.
Copyright Claimant:
on words, music & sound recording; Martha Reeves, 1941-
Names:
Martha Reeves 1941-

Watch your back

Type of Work:
Sound recording and music
Registration Number / Date:
SRu000412031 / 1999-03-16
Date of Creation:
1999
Title:
Watch your back.
Copyright Note:
C.O. correspondence.
Description:
Sound cassette + lyrics sheets.
Copyright Claimant:
on words, music & sound recording; Martha Reeves, 1941-
Names:
Martha Reeves 1941-

I want your company

Type of Work:
Musical work
Registration Number / Date:
SRu000412032 / 1999-03-16
Date of Creation:
1998
Title:
I want your company.
Description:
Sound cassette + lyrics sheets.
Copyright Claimant:
Martha Reeves
Authorship on Application:
music: Mark A. Pastor.
Names:
Romeo James
Martha Reeves
Mark A. Pastor

Running for your love

Type of Work:
Musical work
Registration Number / Date:
SRu000412033 / 1999-03-16
Date of Creation:
1999
Title:
Running for your love.
Copyright Note:
C.O. correspondence.
Description:
Sound cassette + lyrics sheets.
Copyright Claimant:
Martha Reeves
Authorship on Application:
words & music: Martha Reeves, pseud., 1941-, & Mickey Durio.
Names:
Reeves, Martha, pseud., 1941-
Mickey Durio (1 documents)
example document: I can't believe it

Good days gone (weak spot)

Type of Work:
Musical work
Registration Number / Date:
SRu000412036 / 1999-03-16
Date of Creation:
1999
Title:
Good days gone (weak spot)
Description:
Sound cassette + lyrics sheets.
Copyright Claimant:
Martha Reeves
Authorship on Application:
words: Harvey Tillman & William C. Reeves (both are authors of anon. contribution)
Names:
Reeves, Martha, pseud., 1941-
Harvey Tillman
William C. Reeves (2 documents)
example document: Techniques, diagnostics, and advances in nuclear cardiology

We meet again

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000001435 / 1978-05-26
Date of Publication:
May 23, 1978
Date of Creation:
1978
Title:
We meet again / [performed by] Martha Reeves ; [arr. & conducted by Dale O. Warren & Robert Manchurian].
Description:
1 sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm, stereo. ; 12 in.
Contents:
Special to me.
Publisher Number:
Fantasy F-9549
Copyright Claimant:
Fantasy Records
Authorship on Application:
sound recording: Fantasy Records, employer for hire.
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Motown collection
Dale O. Warren (6 documents)
example document: Poverty's paradise
Robert Manchurian (2 documents)
example document: Another time, another place
Fantasy Records (269 documents)
example document: Phantom of the city

Copyrights records by Fantasy Records

Skating in the streets

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000011784 / 1979-09-12
Date of Publication:
August 10, 1979
Date of Creation:
1979
Title:
Skating in the streets : Dancing in the streets / Stevenson, Gaye, Hunter ; [performed by] Martha Reeves. Then you came / B. Wright, L. Price ; [performed by] Martha Reeves.
Description:
1 sound disc : 45 rpm, stereo. ; 7 in.
Other Title:
Dancing in the streets
Then you came
Publisher Number:
Fantasy 868
Copyright Claimant:
Fantasy Records
Authorship on Application:
sound recording: Fantasy Records, employer for hire.
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Let love win
B. Wright (24 documents)
example document: I see my child

Copyrights records by Wright, B.

L. Price (6 documents)
example document: Stay

Copyrights records by Price, L.

Stevenson (6 documents)
example document: Humongous

Copyrights records by Stevenson

Gaye
Hunter

Copyrights records by Hunter

Fantasy Records (269 documents)
example document: I like dreaming

Gotta keep moving

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000015153 / 1980-02-05
Date of Publication:
January 21, 1980
Date of Creation:
1979
Title:
Gotta keep moving / [performed by] Martha Reeves.
Description:
1 sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm, stereo. ; 12 in.
Other Title:
Skating in the streets
Dancing in the streets
Contents:
If it wasn't for my baby.
Publisher Number:
Fantasy F-9591
Copyright Claimant:
Fantasy Records
Authorship on Application:
sound recording & artwork: Fantasy Records, employer for hire.
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Black magic. Artist: Martha Reeves & the Vendellas, sound recording: Motown Record Corporation
Fantasy Records (269 documents)
example document: Mejor que nunca =

The Artists & songs that inspired the Motown 25th anniversary television show

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000045999 / 1983-07-01
Date of Publication:
June 21, 1983
Date of Creation:
1983
Title:
The Artists & songs that inspired the Motown 25th anniversary television show : The Incredible medleys.
Description:
1 sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm ; 2 in.
Other Title:
The Incredible medleys.
Publisher Number:
Motown 5321 ML
Copyright Claimant:
Motown Record Corporation Compilation of artwork & sound recordings.
Authorship on Application:
sound recording & artwork compilation: Motown Record Corporation, employer for hire.
Performer:
6 medleys performed by The Temptations & Four Tops; Martha Reeves & The Vandellas; Gladys Knight & The Pips et al.
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Black magic. Artist: Martha Reeves & the Vendellas, sound recording: Motown Record Corporation
Gladys Knight (116 documents)
example document: Forever

Copyrights records by Knight, Gladys

Temptations (93 documents)
example document: Givehersomeattention

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Four Tops (37 documents)
example document: Back where I belong

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Vandellas (9 documents)
example document: Motown collection

Copyrights records by Vandellas

Pips (49 documents)
example document: Point of view

Copyrights records by Pips

Motown Record Corporation (483 documents)
example document: All I need is time. The only time you love me is when you're losing me. Artist: Gladys Knight and the Pips, abridgement of recording: Motown Record Corporation

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Baby (don't you leave me)

Type of Work:
Musical work
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000076897 / 1986-04-15
Date of Publication:
March 18, 1986
Date of Creation:
1965
Title:
Baby (don't you leave me) / Lawrence Brown, George Gordy, Martha Reeves, Lyman Woodward ; [performed by] Marvin Gaye.
Copyright Note:
C.O. correspondence.
Publisher Number:
Tamla 6172TL
Appears in:
Motown remembers Marvin Gaye. : 1 sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in. ; side 2, band 7
Copyright Claimant:
Jobete Music Company, Inc.
Authorship on Application:
words, music: Clarence Paul.
Names:
Lawrence Brown (33 documents)
example document: It should have been me loving her
George Gordy (19 documents)
example document: Blues for the young. m John Allen & George Gordy
Martha Reeves
Lyman Woodward
Marvin Gaye (244 documents)
example document: Love songs: bedroom ballads

Copyrights records by Gaye, Marvin

Clarence Paul (123 documents)
example document: Kiss me, baby. w & m Stevie Wonder, Clarence Paul

Copyrights records by Paul, Clarence

Jobete Music Company, Inc. (2402 documents)
example document: Never can say goodbye. Arr.: Jobete Music Company, Inc., employer for hire of Johnny Dentato

Martha and the Vandellas

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000102393 / 1989-02-15
Date of Publication:
January 31, 1989
Date of Creation:
1988
Title:
Martha and the Vandellas.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: "compilation of sound recordings."
Copyright Note:
C.O. correspondence.
Description:
1 compact disc : 3 in.
Other Title:
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Publisher Number:
Motown MOTD-70008
Copyright Claimant:
Motown Record Company, L.P.
Notes:
Container ti.: Martha Reeves and the Vandellas.
Names:
Martha Reeves
Martha and the Vandellas
Vandellas (9 documents)
example document: Motown collection
Motown Record Company, L.P. (241 documents)
example document: Diana

Copyrights records by Motown Record Company, L.P.

Martha Reeves/Etta James

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000112687 / 1990-02-01
Date of Publication:
January 19, 1990
Date of Creation:
1990
Title:
Martha Reeves/Etta James.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: compilation.
Description:
1 compact disc.
Publisher Number:
Dominion 885-2
Copyright Claimant:
Dominion Entertainment, Inc.
Authorship on Application:
Dominion Entertainment, Inc., employer for hire.
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Motown collection
Etta James (70 documents)
example document: The essential Etta James

Copyrights records by James, Etta

Dominion Entertainment, Inc. (507 documents)
example document: Me and you and a dog named Boo

Copyrights records by Dominion Entertainment, Inc.

Live wire! The singles, 1962-1972

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000189663 / 1993-12-15
Date of Publication:
September 7, 1993
Date of Creation:
1993
Title:
Live wire! The singles, 1962-1972 / Martha Reeves & the Vandellas.
Description:
2 compact discs.
Publisher Number:
Motown 37463-6313-2
Copyright Claimant:
on compilation of sound recordings; Motown Record Company, LP (employer for hire)
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Let love win
Vandellas (9 documents)
example document: Spellbound
Motown Record Company, LP (110 documents)
example document: Back to front

Copyrights records by Motown Record Company, LP

Live wire! the singles 1962-1972

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000191220 / 1995-03-20
Date of Publication:
September 7, 1993
Date of Creation:
1993
Title:
Live wire! the singles 1962-1972.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: compilation of sound recordings, text & photos.
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg. 1993, SR 189-663.
Copyright Note:
C.O. correspondence.
Description:
2 compact discs.
Publisher Number:
Motown 37463-6313-2
Copyright Claimant:
Motown Record Company, LP (employer for hire)
Notes:
Text by Fred Bronson.
Photos by Motown Archives, Michael Ochs Archives, Showtime Music Archives.
Performer:
Performed by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas.
Names:
Fred Bronson

Copyrights records by Bronson, Fred

Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Motown collection
Motown Archives (3 documents)
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Copyrights records by Motown Archives

Michael Ochs Archives (15 documents)
example document: Looking back 1961-1964

Copyrights records by Michael Ochs Archives

Showtime Music Archives (1 documents)
example document: Looking back 1961-1964
Vandellas (9 documents)
example document: Motown collection
Motown Record Company, LP (110 documents)
example document: It must be love

Come and get these memories

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000207848 / 1995-03-20
Date of Publication:
August 16, 1994
Date of Creation:
1994
Title:
Come and get these memories / Martha Reeves & the Vandellas.
Application Title:
Come, get these memories.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: compilation of prev. pub. sounds; pictorial matter; text.
Description:
Compact disc.
Publisher Number:
Motown 31453-0366-2
Copyright Claimant:
Motown Record Company, LP (employer for hire)
Notes:
Collection.
Liner notes: Billie Jean Brown.
Names:
Martha Reeves
Billie Jean Brown (3 documents)
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Vandellas (9 documents)
example document: Spellbound
Motown Record Company, LP (110 documents)
example document: Natural wonder

Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the ultimate collection

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000248758 / 1998-02-10
Date of Publication:
February 10, 1998
Date of Creation:
1998
Title:
Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the ultimate collection.
Description:
Compact disc.
Publisher Number:
Motown 314530858-2
Copyright Claimant:
on compilation of sound recordings, compilation of photos, liner notes; Motown Record Company (employer for hire)
Notes:
Liner notes by Stu Hackel.
Names:
Stu Hackel (6 documents)
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Copyrights records by Hackel, Stu

Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Motown collection
Motown Record Company (5 documents)
example document: The ultimate collection

Copyrights records by Motown Record Company

Vandellas (9 documents)
example document: Motown collection

The very best of Martha Reeves & the Vandellas

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000267636 / 1999-08-24
Date of Publication:
August 3, 1999
Date of Creation:
1999
Title:
The very best of Martha Reeves & the Vandellas.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: compilation of recordings & pictorial matter; liner notes.
Previous Registration:
Recordings, photos preexisting.
Description:
Compact disc.
Publisher Number:
Motown 012 153 399-2
Copyright Claimant:
Motown Record Company, LP (employer for hire)
Notes:
Liner notes: Ruth Adkins Robinson.
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Let love win
Ruth Adkins Robinson (2 documents)
example document: Gladys Knight & the Pips
Vandellas (9 documents)
example document: Motown collection
Motown Record Company, LP (110 documents)
example document: Between a rock and a hard place

Come see about me

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000286593 / 2000-09-01
Date of Publication:
June 1, 2000
Date of Creation:
1980
Title:
Come see about me.
Publisher Number:
Dominion 4379-2
Appears in:
Classic Soul Crate : disc 3. : Compact disc ; Dominion 4379-2, c1980.
Copyright Claimant:
Dominion Entertainment, Inc.
Authorship on Application:
production of recording: SJ Productions, Inc., employer for hire.
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Black magic. Artist: Martha Reeves & the Vendellas, sound recording: Motown Record Corporation
Dominion Entertainment, Inc. (507 documents)
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SJ Productions, Inc. (65 documents)
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Copyrights records by SJ Productions, Inc.

Gold

Type of Work:
Sound recording
Registration Number / Date:
SR0000383659 / 2006-03-23
Date of Publication:
March 7, 2006
Date of Creation:
2006
Title:
Gold / Martha Reeves & the Vandellas.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: compilation of sound recordings & of pictorial matter; liner notes, remixes of sound recordings.
Previous Registration:
Sound recordings & pictorial matter preexisting.
Copyright Note:
Cataloged from appl. only.
Copyright Claimant:
Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Authorship on Application:
compilation of sound recordings & of pictorial matter, liner notes, remixes of sound recordings: Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., employer for hire.
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
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Vandellas (9 documents)
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Universal Music Enterprises (183 documents)
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Copyrights records by Universal Music Enterprises

UMG Recordings, Inc. Universal Music Enterprises (178 documents)
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Copyrights records by UMG Recordings, Inc. Universal Music Enterprises

The Fire of your life

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0003310804 / 1992-05-06
Date of Publication:
April 24, 1992
Date of Creation:
1991
Title:
The Fire of your life : a solitude shared / Maggie Ross.
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: revisions & additions.
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg.
Description:
1 v.
Copyright Claimant:
Martha Reeves, 1941- (Maggie Ross, pseud.)
Names:
Martha Reeves 1941-
pseud. Maggie Ross (1 documents)
example document: The Fire of your life

Dancing in the street

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004033495 / 1995-04-25
Date of Publication:
August 25, 1994
Date of Creation:
1994
Title:
Dancing in the street : confessions of a Motown diva / Martha Reeves and Mark Bego.
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
New York : Hyperion, c1994.
Description:
286 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Martha Reeves & Mark Bego
Names:
Martha Reeves (29 documents)
example document: Black magic. Artist: Martha Reeves & the Vendellas, sound recording: Motown Record Corporation
Mark Bego (17 documents)
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Copyrights records by Bego, Mark

Suppressed, forced out and fried

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0005250125 / 2000-07-25
Date of Publication:
June 16, 2000
Date of Creation:
2000
Title:
Suppressed, forced out and fried : how successful women lose their jobs / Martha E. Reeves.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: additional material.
Imprint:
Westport, CT : Quorum Books, 2000.
Description:
241 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Martha E. Reeves, 1951-
Names:
Martha E. Reeves 1951-

The little dragon who became a boy

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0005347368 / 2000-11-28
Date of Publication:
November 27, 2000
Date of Creation:
2000
Title:
The little dragon who became a boy / story by Martha Rose Reeves ; drawings by Channing [pseud. of Channing S. Reeves]
Rights and Permissions:
Rights & permissions info. on original appl. in C.O.
Imprint:
Boston : Minnsland Press, c2000.
Description:
1 v.
Copyright Claimant:
on text; Martha Rose Reeves
Names:
Martha Rose Reeves (3 documents)
example document: Eleven poems

Copyrights records by Reeves, Martha Rose

Channing S. Reeves 1930-
pseud. Channing

The little dragon who became a boy

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0005496238 / 2001-04-20
Date of Publication:
November 27, 2000
Date of Creation:
2001
Title:
The little dragon who became a boy / story by Martha Rose Reeves ; drawings by Channing.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: 11 new pages of text.
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg. 2000, TX 5-347-368.
Copyright Note:
C.O. correspondence.
Description:
58 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Martha Rose Reeves, 1941-
Names:
Martha Rose Reeves 1941-
Channing S. Reeves 1930-
Channing

The Geek squad guide to solving any computer glitch

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0005521170 / 2000-11-20
Date of Publication:
September 8, 1999
Date of Creation:
1999
Title:
The Geek squad guide to solving any computer glitch : the technophobe's guide to troubleshooting, equipment, installation, maintenance, and saving your data in almost any personal computing crisis / Robert Stephens, with Dale Burg ; illustrated by Steve Mark ; poetry by Martha Rose Reeves.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: compilation of ill. & text, excluding poetry.
Imprint:
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1999.
Description:
224 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Geek Squad, Inc. (employer for hire of Robert Stephens & Dale Burg)
Names:
Dale Burg

Copyrights records by Burg, Dale

Steve Mark (4 documents)
example document: What you don't know about turning 50 ...

Copyrights records by Mark, Steve

Martha Rose Reeves (3 documents)
example document: Eleven poems
Robert C. Stephens (6 documents)
example document: I'm not half as strong. w Robert C. Stephens, m Joe Gibson
Geek Squad, Inc.
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