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(2015/Not Now) 33 tracks more

The Marvelettes: The Tampla Sound Of The Marvelettes (2-CD)

(2015/Not Now) 33 tracks

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  • Interpret: The Marvelettes

  • Album titlle: The Tampla Sound Of The Marvelettes (2-CD)

  • Genre R&B, Soul

  • Label Not Now Music

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  • EAN: 5060143495922

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Marvelettes - The Tampla Sound Of The Marvelettes (2-CD) CD 1
01 Please Mr Postman The Marvelettes
02 Playboy The Marvelettes
03 Mashed Potato Time The Marvelettes
04 I Want A Guy The Marvelettes
05 I Think I Can Change You The Marvelettes
06 Twistin' The Night Away The Marvelettes
07 Lover Please The Marvelettes
08 Forever The Marvelettes
09 You Should Know The Marvelettes
10 Way Over There The Marvelettes
11 Angel The Marvelettes
12 Happy Days The Marvelettes
13 Strange I Know The Marvelettes
14 So Long Baby The Marvelettes
15 (I've Got To) Cry Over You The Marvelettes
16 Slow Twisin' The Marvelettes
17 I'm Hooked The Marvelettes
Marvelettes - The Tampla Sound Of The Marvelettes (2-CD) CD 2
01 Beechwood 4-5789 The Marvelettes
02 All The Love I Got The Marvelettes
03 Twistin' Postman The Marvelettes
04 Dream Baby The Marvelettes
05 You Don't Want Me No More The Marvelettes
06 Someday, Someway The Marvelettes
07 The One Who Really Loves You The Marvelettes
08 Mix It Up The Marvelettes
09 Love Letters The Marvelettes
10 Whisper The Marvelettes
11 Hey Baby The Marvelettes
12 I Know How It Feels The Marvelettes
13 Oh I Apologize The Marvelettes
14 Good Luck Charm The Marvelettes
15 Too Strong To Be Strung Along The Marvelettes
16 Goddess Of Love The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes Please Mr. Postman Motown's first pop chart-topper was the work of five... more
"The Marvelettes"

The Marvelettes

Please Mr. Postman

Motown's first pop chart-topper was the work of five young ladies from suburban Inkster, Michigan who had never made a record prior to Please Mr. Postman. Even more remarkable: The Marvelettes came up with the eminently Twistable anthem themselves, although it underwent a lot of polishing by the Hitsville staff.

"We came together in preparation for a school talent show," says Katherine Anderson Schaffner (born January 16, 1944 in Ann Arbor, Michigan), who sang soprano, as did Georgia Dobbins. Inkster native Georgeanna Tillman and Juanita Cowart were altos, as was primary lead Gladys Horton (born May 30, 1945 in Gainesville, Florida), the catalyst behind their formation. First prize was a Motown audition. They drolly called themselves The Casinyets. "We all just broke out laughing and said, 'Well, we can't sing yet!'" says Katherine. The quintet built their small repertoire around girl group hits of the day. "I know it was one by The Chantels and one by The Shirelles," she says. They only finished fourth, but two Inkster High teachers finagled a Motown audition for the girls anyway. "They thought that our presentation and performance was really good," says Anderson.

The quintet passed their Motown audition with flying colors, but producers Brian Holland and Robert Bateman (Motown dubbed the duo 'Brianbert') asked them to come back with some original material. Dobbins got in touch with William Garrett, an Inkster songwriter. "A lot of his things were more on a blues format," says Katherine. "(Georgia) was able to find that particular song, 'Please Mr. Postman,' and change it from a blues kind of thing into what 'Please Mr. Postman' became." Dobbins then exited. "Georgia stepped out because of family commitments, and things that were going on with her personally," says Anderson. Gladys recruited Wanda Young, a recent grad born August 9, 1943 in Inkster, to replace her. Georgia taught Gladys the lead parts before she departed.

Holland and Bateman made enough changes in Please Mr. Postman to merit sharing writer's credit. Though his name didn't adorn the single, Freddie Gorman, later a member of The Originals but then a mailman, now is listed as co-writer at BMI. "I was over there that day in my uniform, as usual," said the late Gorman. "'Freddie, come on over here! We need your help! You're a postman; you can help us with this!'" Billing the group as The Casinyets wouldn't work. "I've heard that they thought that we were really good, that we were marvelous," says Katherine. "I think from that point on, Berry Gordy said, 'Well, then we'll just name 'em The Marvelettes!'"

Recorded and released in August of 1961 with a Wanda-led So Long Baby the flip, Please Mr. Postman sat at the top of both the pop and R&B hit parades by December. Motown had its first star girl group.  

Various Street Corner Symphonies 1961 Vol.13
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Tracklist
Marvelettes - The Tampla Sound Of The Marvelettes (2-CD) CD 1
01 Please Mr Postman
02 Playboy
03 Mashed Potato Time
04 I Want A Guy
05 I Think I Can Change You
06 Twistin' The Night Away
07 Lover Please
08 Forever
09 You Should Know
10 Way Over There
11 Angel
12 Happy Days
13 Strange I Know
14 So Long Baby
15 (I've Got To) Cry Over You
16 Slow Twisin'
17 I'm Hooked
Marvelettes - The Tampla Sound Of The Marvelettes (2-CD) CD 2
01 Beechwood 4-5789
02 All The Love I Got
03 Twistin' Postman
04 Dream Baby
05 You Don't Want Me No More
06 Someday, Someway
07 The One Who Really Loves You
08 Mix It Up
09 Love Letters
10 Whisper
11 Hey Baby
12 I Know How It Feels
13 Oh I Apologize
14 Good Luck Charm
15 Too Strong To Be Strung Along
16 Goddess Of Love