The Marvelettes

The Marvelettes, tjejgrupp bildad 1960 i Inkster, Michigan, USA. De är främst kända för låten "Please Mr. Postman", vilken också var skivbolaget Motowns första billboardetta.

The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes 1963
Pseudonym(er)	The Casinyets, The Darnells, The Del-Rythmetts, The Marvels
Bakgrund	Inkster, Michigan, USA
Genrer	R&B, rock'n'roll, pop, soul, doo wop
År som aktiva	1960 – 1970, 1989 – 1990
Skivbolag	Tamla Motown
Tidigare medlemmar
Gladys Horton Katherine Anderson Wanda Rogers Ann Bogan Georgeanna Tillman Juanita Cowart Georgia Dobbins

Medlemmar

• Gladys Horton (f. Gladys Catherine Horton 30 maj 1940 i Gainesville, Florida – d. 26 januari 2011 i Sherman Oaks, Kalifornien) (1958–1967, 1989–1990)
• Georgeanna Marie Tillman (f. 6 februari 1943 i Inkster, Michigan – d. 6 januari 1980 i Inkster) (1958–1965)
• Wanda Young (f. 9 augusti 1943 i Inkster) (1961–1972, 1989–1990)
• Katherine Anderson (f. Katherine Elaine Anderson 16 januari 1944 i Ann Arbor, Michigan) (1958–1970)
• Juanita Cowart (1958–1963)
• Ann Bogan (1967–1970)
• Georgia Dobbins (1958–1960)
• Jeanette McClafin (1959–1960)
• Juanita McClafin (1959–1960)
• Rosemary Wells (1959–1960)
• Echo Johnson (1989)
• Jean McLain (1989)
• Jackie Holleman (1990)
• Regina Holleman (1990)

Diskografi

Album

• Please Mr. Postman (1961)
• The Marvelettes Sing (1962)
• Playboy (1962)
• The Marvelous Marvelettes (1963)
• The Marvelettes Recorded Live On Stage (1963)
• The Marvelettes Greatest Hits (1966)
• The Marvelettes (1967)
• Sophisticated Soul (1968)
• In Full Bloom (1969)
• Return of the Marvelettes (1970)
• The Marvelettes Anthology (1975)
• Best of The Marvelettes (1975)

Singlar (topp 50 på Billboard Hot 100)

• "Please Mr. Postman" / "So Long Baby" (1961) (#1)
• "Twistin' Postman" / "I Want a Guy" (1961) (#34)
• "Playboy" / "All the Love I've Go" (1962) (#7)
• "Beechwood 4-5789" / "Someday Someway" (1962) (#17)
• "Strange I Know" / "Too Strong to Be Strung Along" (1962) (#49)
• "Locking Up My Heart" / "Forever" (1963) (#44)
• "As Long as I Know He's Mine" / "Little Girl Blue" (1963) (#47)
• "You're My Remedy" / "A Little Bit of Sympathy, a Little Bit of Love" (1964) (#48)
• "Too Many Fish in the Sea" / "A Need for Love" (1964) (#25)
• "I'll Keep Holding On" / "No Time for Tears" (1965) (#34)
• "Don't Mess with Bill" / "Anything You Wanna Do" (1966) (#7)
• "You're the One" / "Paper Boy" (1966) (#48 )
• "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" / "I Think I Can Change You" (1967) (#13)
• "When You're Young and in Love" / "The Day You Take One, You Have to Take the Other" (1967) (#23)
• "My Baby Must Be a Magician" (med Melvin Franklin) / "I Need Someone" (1968) (#17)
• "Here I am Baby" / "Keep Off, No Trespassing" (1968) (#44)

Externa länkar

• Wikimedia Commons har media som rör The Marvelettes.
  Bilder & media
• The Marvelettes på Allmusic (engelska)
• The Marvelettes på Discogs (engelska)