Posted on 01/27/2011 2:09:27 PM PST by JoeProBono
LOS ANGELES — Gladys Horton, the lead singer of Motown girl group the Marvelettes whose hits included "Please Mr. Postman," has died at the age of 66, her son said Thursday.
Horton died Wednesday in a nursing home north of Los Angeles where she had been recovering from a stroke, said her son Vaughn Thornton said in a statement released by the Detroit-based Motown Alumni Association.
The singer was only 15 when the Marvelettes released "Please Mr. Postman" in 1961
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I remember when that first aired.
Here’s one for mellowness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83_vo_m-T_A
I’d heard this on local radio earlier. Sad to go so young (by today’s standards). I hope she had a rich, fulfilling life after the group broke up. Certainly with the announcement by her son, we can hope she had a good family life. Thanks to Pandora, I’ve continued to enjoy all the great music from that era. Rest in Peace, Ms. Horton.
1967.68 — Old Ben was a young pup in a school which was 90% black (half terrified and half loving it)
RIP.
Nice - thank you! That’s exactly how I play it - your basic G major progression (G-Em-C-D), and that actually looks like one of my acoustic guitars - an older Yamaha, back when they were made in Japan.
I wonder if Page really has the faintest clue about the ugly realities of Cuba. One would tend to doubt it, as it is all too easy for musicians to become insulated within the group-think world of the Left.
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