A lot begins here. Motown Records should’ve scored its first #1 months earlier, with the Miracles’ pop masterpiece “Shop Around,” but Lawrence Welk and his accordion got in the way. But the Motown pop ...
The Marvelettes were teenagers in 1961 when they recorded the song, which went on to become Motown's first No. 1 pop hit. By The Associated Press Wanda Young, a member of Motown’s chart-topping The ...
And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: August 21st, 1961, 55 years ago today ... a musical date worth writing home about. For that was the day the Motown label released “Please Mr. Postman.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gladys Horton, who co-founded the 1960s Motown group The Marvelettes and sang on hits including "Please Mr. Postman," has died in Los Angeles. She was 66. Her son, Vaughn Thornton, ...
Gladys Horton and Georgia Dobbins, from Inkster, Michigan, couldn’t sing – or so they thought. Along with three classmates, they called themselves The Casinyets (“can’t sing yet”), and took their ...
A lot begins here. Motown Records should’ve scored its first #1 months earlier, with the Miracles’ pop masterpiece “Shop Around,” but Lawrence Welk and his accordion got in the way. But the Motown pop ...
Gladys Horton and Georgia Dobbins, from Inkster, Michigan, couldn’t sing – or so they thought. Along with three classmates, they called themselves The Casinyets (“can’t sing yet”), and took their ...
A lot begins here. Motown Records should've scored its first #1 months earlier, with the Miracles' pop masterpiece "Shop Around," but Lawrence Welk and his accordion got in the way. But the Motown pop ...
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