Marlene Barrow, Louvain Demps, and Jackie Hicks, are The Andantes. Their voices are heard around the world everyday.
The Andantes are Motown's legendary in house session vocalists. From 1958-1973 they recorded over 20,000 songs. The Andantes sang harmonies and back up vocals on such hits as Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" and "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", Stevie Wonder's "For Once In My Life", Mary Well's "My Guy", The Four Tops' "Bernadette" and "Baby I Need Your Lovin", Martha & The Vandella's "Jimmy Mack", The Supremes "Love Child" plus many more.
Other artists include: Amos Milburn, Barrett Strong, Marv Johnson, The Isley Brothers, Kim Weston, The Temptations, Brenda Holloway, Edwin Starr, Eddie Holland, Chuck
Jackson, The Marvelettes, Tammi Terrell, Soupy Sales, The Funk Brothers, and
Jackie Wilson.
The list of producers that The Andantes have worked
with includes…
Marvin Gaye, Mickey Stevenson, Harvey Fuqua,
Clay McMurray, Frank Wilson, Hank Crosby,"Ivy"
Joe Hunter,"The Board", Berry Gordy, Sylvia Moy,
Deak Edwards, Norman Whitfield, Shorty Long,
Ron Miller, George Fowler, Smokey Robinson,
Ashford and Simpson, William Witherspoon,
James Dean, Johnnie Bristol,
Holland-Dozier-Holland, and many others.
The success' of the Motown Record Corporation have been greatly celebrated and vastly documented in the annals of history. Over the company's 47 year history, we have heard countless stories of how the music bridged racial barriers, bringing people together and stories of countless musical success. We know about the great artists like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas just to name a few. We know about the incredible house band “The Funk Brothers” who helped craft what became known as the “Motown Sound” or the “ Sound of Young America ”. read more...
