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  • Wanda Young Dies: Singer For The Marvelettes On ‘Please Mr. Postman’ Was 78

    12/26/2021 1:56:15 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 8 replies
    Deadline ^ | December 25, 2021 | Bruce Haring
    Wanda Young, one of the original Marvelettes on Motown’s Tamla label in the 1960s and later the group’s lead singer, has died. She was 78 and passed on Dec. 15 in Garden City, Michigan from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to her daughter. Young joined the Marvelettes as they signed their first record deal with Motown. The group scored Motown’s first song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1961. The song also was No. 1 on the R&B chart. “Please Mr. Postman” became the Marvelettes signature, and has since been covered by...
  • 'Please Mr. Postman' Motown star dies, aged 66

    01/27/2011 2:09:27 PM PST · by JoeProBono · 25 replies
    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