Location: Inkster, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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The Marvelettes were signed to Motown's Tamla label and were their first all-girl group to have a No. 1 hit single on the charts with "Please Mr. Postman" in 1961. Georgia Dobbins received a co-writing credit on this original song which was later covered by The Beatles and then The Carpenters.
Imagine you are a high school-aged girl singing with your friends in choir class and your choir teacher encourages you to enter a singing contest. Your performance only gets you 4th place, but your choir teacher works in your best interests to get you an audition away - with Motown execs - and you ace it. Then they say come back for a second audition with an original song - and you ace that by bringing in "Please Mr. Postman" and get signed.
This is the briefest of origin stories for the all-girl group "The Marvelettes". They helped pave the way for other all-girl singing groups such as The Supremes, The Ronettes, and The Chiffons.
The following is a timeline for the member's tenure.
1960
- Gladys Horton (30 May 1945 - Jan 2011)
- Katherine Elaine (Anderson) Schaffner (1944-2023)
- Georgeanna Tillman (d. Jan 1980)
- Juanita Cowart (8 Jan 1944 -)
- Georgia Dobbins (5 May 1942 - 18 Sep 2020)
1961
Georgia Dobbins left to raise her family.
- Gladys Horton
- Kathrine Anderson
- Georgeanna Tillman
- Juanita Cowart
- +Wanda Young (d. 25 Dec 2021)
1963
Juanita Cowart left in 1963 due to health problems.
- Gladys Horton
- Kathrine Anderson
- Georgeanna Tillman
- Georgia Dobbins
1965
Georgeanna Tillman left in 1965 due to health problems.
- Gladys Horton
- Kathrine Anderson
- Georgia Dobbins
1967
Gladys Horton left in 1967.
- Kathrine Anderson
- Georgia Dobbins
1968
- Kathrine Anderson
- Georgia Dobbins
- +Ann Bogan
Disbanded in 1970
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