Gladys Horton
1944 – January 26, 2011

Gladys Horton was the founding lead singer of influential Motown girl group, the Marvelettes.  Formed in Detroit in 1960, the Marvelettes would go on to have 21 R&B charting hits and 23 to make Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart.  Their most popular songs were “Beechwood 4-5789,” “Too Many Fish In The Sea,” and of course, “Please, Mr. Postman,” which was Motown’s first #1 pop hit.   They were the blueprint for future hit makers like Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and the Supremes.  Horton left the group in 1967 but reunited with the group during the late ’80s.  Gladys Horton was 66 when she passed away in a Los Angeles nursing home on January 26, 2011.  She had been recuperating from a previous stroke.  Co-founding member, Georgeanna Tillman passed away in 1980.

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