Biography

Motown girl group the Marvelettes scored the label's first Number One single with "Please Mr. Postman," a song covered repeatedly in the ensuing decade, most notably by the Beatles. Featuring Gladys Horton and Wanda Young on lead vocals, the Marvelettes also found early-'60s chart success with the poppy "Beechwood 4-5789," "Playboy," and the inevitable "Twistin' Postman." Effectively splitting the difference between more polished label mates the Supremes and the grittier Martha & the Vandellas, the Marvelettes issued several other singles in the classic Motown vein, the best of which, 1965's "I'll Keep Holding On," strongly recalls the Supremes' "Nothing But Heartaches." The group split in 1970, shortly after the departure of Horton.

Top Tracks

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• Barefootin'

• Beechwood 4-5789

• Don't Make Hurting Me A Habit

• Don't Mess With Bill

• Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers

• I'm Gonna Hold On Long As I Can

• Lover Please

• Maybe I Dried My Tears For The Last Time

• Playboy

• Please Mr. Postman

• The Boy From Crosstown [version 1]

• The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game

• The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game [extended Anthology Version]

• The Train That's Bringing My Baby

• Too Many Fish

• Too Many Fish In The Sea

• Twistin' Postman

• Twistin' The Night Away

• When You're Young And In Love

Discography

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• Now!

  Motor City Music

  1990

• Return of the Marvelettes

  Motown

  1970

• In Full Bloom

  1969

• Sophisticated Soul

  Motown

  1968

• The Marvelettes

  Motown

  1967

• On Stage

  Tamla

  1963

• The Marvelous Marvelettes

  Motown

  1963

• Live on Stage

  Motown

  1963

• Playboy

  Motown

  1962

• The Marvelettes Sing

  Tamla

  1962

• Please Mr. Postman

  Motown

  1961