‘Martha and the Vandellas’ singer, dies at 83

Rosalind Ashford, original ‘Martha and the Vandellas’ singer, dies at 83
Rosalind Ashford is gone, and with her, a piece of Motown’s soul. The original Martha and the Vandellas singer who powered “Dancing in the Street” and “Heat Wave” has died at 83, and the music world is reeling. Friends are grieving, fans are remembering, and one final, heartbreaking tribute has left Motown fa… CONTINUE READING

Related Posts

My Neighbor Borrowed Money for a Year and Suddenly Disappeared — Then Her Lawyer Revealed a $15,000 Surprise

The letter from the attorney sat on my kitchen table, its official envelope making my stomach tighten as I wondered what my former neighbor could possibly have…

PART 2 : My Neighbor Borrowed Money for a Year and Suddenly Disappeared — Then Her Lawyer Revealed a $15,000 Surprise

The letter from the attorney sat on my kitchen table, and I could hardly bring myself to open it. For nearly a year, I had lent my…

The Missing Rent

My name is Teresa Akers. I’m a retired postmaster, and after thirty-one years of making numbers match, I know when something doesn’t add up. That morning, sitting…

PART 2 : The Missing Rent

“Teresa,” Daddy said as I pulled into the nursing home parking lot, “call your sister. Tell her I want her here tomorrow at ten. Tell her I…

The Deed Book

My name is Elnora Ruthanne Whitsett, and I’m seventy-two years old. For nearly six decades, I cleaned other people’s homes, raised my daughter, buried my husband, and…

PART2 : The Deed Book

There, printed in black ink, was my full name: ELNORA RUTHANNE WHITSETT. Beneath it was a legal deed transferring thirty-eight acres of land, including the little white…