Annette Beard

Backing vocalist for Martha Reeves & The Vandellas from 1957 to 1964.Born Detroit, Michigan 1943. She has had a variety of last names throughout her life, though was known for most of her Motown career as Annette Beard. Her full name at one point was Annette Beard Sterling-Helton. She is currently married to a Dann Simmons of Ohio and goes by the name Annette Simmons.