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  • The Marvelettes
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  • The Marvelettes
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  • African-American musical groups
  • American soul musical groups
  • Doo-wop groups
  • Motown artists
  • Northern soul musicians
  • African American girl groups
  • African-American female singers
  • Musical groups disestablished in 1970
  • Musical groups established in 1960
  • Musical groups from Michigan
abstract
  • The Marvelettes were an american girl group in the Motown roster, active primarily in the 1960's. They are most notable for their 1961 smash hit %22Please Mr. Postman%22 which set the precedent for later Motown girl groups and helped pave the way for Motown's later success. The group disbanded in 1970.Line-Up ChronologyWanda Young Rogers (1961-1970)Katherine Anderson (1961-1970)Georgia Dobbins (1961)Wyanetta Cowart (1961-1963)Georgeanna Tillman (1961-1965)Gladys Horton (1961-1967)Anne Bogan (1967-1970)In 1962 Supreme Florence Ballard temporarily toured with The Marvelettes to fill in for Wanda Young who was pregnant at the time.
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  • The Marvelettes were an American all-girl group who achieved popularity in the early to mid-1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson (now Schaffner), Georgeanna Tillman (later Gordon), Juanita Cowart (now Cowart Motley), and Georgia Dobbins, who was replaced by Wanda Young (now Rogers) prior to the group signing their first deal. They were the first major successful act of Motown Records after the Miracles and its first significantly successful girl group after the release of the 1961 number-one single, %22Please Mr. Postman%22, one of the first number-one singles recorded by an all-female vocal group and the first by a Motown recording act.Founded in 1960 while the group's founding members performed together at their glee club at Inkster High School in Inkster, Michigan, they eventually were signed to Motown's Tamla label in 1961. Some of the group's early hits were written by band members and some of Motown's rising singer-songwriters such as Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, who played drums on a majority of their early recordings. Despite their early successes, the group was eclipsed in popularity by groups like the Supremes, with whom they shared an intense rivalry.Nevertheless, they managed a major comeback in 1966 with %22Don't Mess with Bill%22, followed by a few smaller hits. They struggled with issues of dismal promotion from Motown, illnesses, and mental breakdowns, with Cowart the first to leave in 1963, followed by Georgeanna Tillman two years later, and Gladys Horton two years later. The group ceased performing together in 1969 and, following the release of The Return of the Marvelettes in 1970, featuring only Wanda Rogers, disbanded for good, with both Rogers and Katherine Anderson leaving the music business.The group has received several honors including induction into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, as well as receiving the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. In 2005, two of the group's most successful recordings, %22Please Mr. Postman%22 and %22Don't Mess with Bill%22 earned million-selling Gold singles from the RIAA. On August 17, 2013, in Cleveland, Ohio, at Cleveland State University, the Marvelettes were inducted into the 1st class of the Official Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame.The Marvelettes were nominated for induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 and again in 2015.
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  • 1972
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  • 1960
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  • 10728
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  • 86097
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  • The Marvelettes
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  • Motown
  • Tamla
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  • Pop
  • R&B
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