tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602586200394761005.post6954293538760825605..comments2022-09-25T08:26:10.501+02:00Comments on WLCY Radio Hits: The Marvelettes - BiographyFidel Benitezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04632969086071582662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602586200394761005.post-49091096755125976902018-10-27T20:43:36.136+02:002018-10-27T20:43:36.136+02:00Horton, Tillman, Cowart, Anderson, and Georgia Dob...Horton, Tillman, Cowart, Anderson, and Georgia Dobbins (who Young would soon replace) formed the Casinyets, a name that stood for “can't sing yet,” a general feeling among its members. The group placed fourth in the competition but a teacher, Shirley Sharpley, successfully pleaded with school principal Anita Cox and the Casinyets accompanied the three winning groups to Motown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602586200394761005.post-40835285622603248292018-10-27T19:53:36.556+02:002018-10-27T19:53:36.556+02:00Despite the eventual high-profile radio air time a...Despite the eventual high-profile radio air time and personal appearances enjoyed by Motowns Temptations and Four Tops and girl groups Diana Ross and the Supremes and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, it was an all-female contingent from rural Inkster, Michigan, that scored the very first number one hit recording for the label. Gladys Horton, Wanda Young, Georgeanna Tillman, Juanita Cowart, and Katherine Anderson, better known as the Marvelettes, saw their first Motown single “Please Mr. Postman” climb the music charts and into the number one slot on December 11,1961.Fidel Benitezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632969086071582662noreply@blogger.com