Young and her fellow Marvelettes helped lay the foundation for Motown Records’ chart-topping success in the 1960s The Marvelettes singer Wanda Young, whose girl group helped lay the foundation for ...

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 ...

Young and her Marvelettes groupmates were just teenagers when they recorded Motown’s first radio No. 1 pop hit, “Please Mr. Postman.” The 1961 release helped put Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Records on ...

Gladys Horton, a founding member of the pioneering Motown girl group the Marvelettes, who sang lead on their 1961 classic “Please Mr. Postman,” died January 26th in Sherman Oaks, California, from ...

Wanda Young, who found fame as the lead singer of the classic R&B group the Marvelettes, has died at the age of 78. “We are so saddened by the news of Wanda Young of the Marvelettes passing,” noted a ...

Young sang lead vocals on the chart-topping Motown hit "Please Mr. Postman" Wanda Young, the legendary singer from the Marvelettes, has died at 78. Young died on Dec. 15 from complications of chronic ...

Gladys Horton, a co-founder of the Marvelettes who helped put fledgling Motown Records on the musical map with its first No. 1 hit "Please Mr. Postman," has died at age 66. Horton died Wednesday at a ...

Young sang vocals on Marvelettes songs like "I'll Keep Holding On" and "Don't Mess With Bill." By Mitchell Peters Wanda Young, a member of the 1960s Motown group The Marvelettes, has died, Rolling ...

DETROIT (AP) — Wanda Young, a member of Motown's chart-topping The Marvelettes, has died in suburban Detroit. She was 78. Meta Ventress told The New York Times in a story published Saturday that her ...

Wanda Young, a singer in the Motown group the Marvelettes, has died, the Universal Music Group–operated uDiscoverMusic.com reports. No cause of death was given. Former Miracles singer Claudette ...

She was the lead voice on “Don’t Mess With Bill” and other songs written by Smokey Robinson, who said she “had this little voice that was sexy to me.” By Richard Sandomir Wanda Young, one of the lead ...