She must have nailed take two as well. "Dancing in the Streets" became a top seller in the United States and the U.K., competing with the rise of The Beatles to the top of pop charts around the world.

Barbara Ehrenreich discusses “Dancing in the Streets,” 7:30 p.m., Monday, Town Hall, Seattle; $5 (206- 652-4255 or www.townhallseattle.org).

The exact evolution of the song is unclear. The one thing Stevenson and Hunter both agree on is that Gaye contributed the phrase “dancing in the street.” He, of course, did not invent the phrase.

B-boys dancing on the street were hired by L.A. production companies and fashioned into pop-culture sensations. This was the era of movies like “Flashdance,” “Wild Style,” “Breakin ...

When Martha and the Vandellas’ “Dancing in the Street” was released on July 31, 1964, the single was unlike anything Motown had ever produced. It was funkier, with a throbbing bass line and ...

Ed and Pat Nissan dressed in their casually elegant Town and Country-like togs, tied on their dancing sneakers and hotfooted it to the Michelob Street Scene II Saturday evening in the Gaslamp Quarter.

In November 1964, Betty Kelly, Martha Reeves and Rosalind Ashford (aka Martha Reeves and the Vandellas) were at the top of the charts with their hit "Dancing in the Street." ...