KALAMAZOO, Mich. — An acclaimed Motown group who got their start at Western Michigan University's (WMU) campus is reminiscing about their early days. "It was something. We started recording. We ...

*As we come to the close of the year, we have lost yet another Motown alum – Bertha Barbee-McNeal (“Barbee Doll”) of The Velvelettes passed away December 15 th at age 82. You may recall the group’s ...

— An energetic performance by the Velvelettes Saturday night at Chenery Auditorium highlighted a Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra celebration of Motown’s 50th anniversary. The Velvelettes, whose members ...

Bertha Barbee McNeal, who co-founded Motown’s Velvelettes, known for their songs “Needle in a Haystack” and “(He Was) Really Saying Something,” died Thursday, in hospice, in Kalamazoo. She was 82.

Bertha Barbee McNeal, a singer in the early Motown group the Velvelettes, died Thursday (December 15), The Detroit News reports. She had been receiving hospice care for colon cancer in Kalamazoo, ...

Bertha Barbee McNeal, whose Motown group The Velvelettes had hits with“Needle in a Haystack” and “(He Was) Really Saying Something,” died Thursday in hospice in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She was 82 and had ...

— The year of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Motown Records continues this month with a collaboration between the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and the Kalamazoo-founded Motown girl group ...

December 15, 2005 • Think of hits by 1960s girl groups and The Shangri-Las' "Leader of the Pack" or The Shirelles' "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" come to mind. But what about "Needle in a Haystack" by ...