The Marvelettes Please Mr. Postman

Probably the most poporiented of Motown s major female acts, the Marvelettes didn t project as strong an identity as the Supremes, Mary Wells, or Martha Reeves, but recorded quite a few hits, including Motown s first number one single, Please Mr. Postman (1961). Postman, as well as other chirpy early 60s hits like Playboy, Twistin Postman, and Beechwood 45789, were the label s purest girl group efforts. Featuring two strong lead singers, Gladys Horton and Wanda Young, the Marvelettes went thro