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Canadian postcard by American postcard, no. 1128. Photo: Michael Ochs Archive, c. 1962.

Another week, a new series of postcards. This week we present you pop star postcards from our collection. The first one is of this wonderful sixties girl group, The Marvelettes.

The Marvelettes were an all-girl group who achieved popularity in the early to mid-1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson (later Katherine Anderson Schnaffer), Georgeanna Tillman (later Georgeanna Tillman-Gordon), Juanita Cowart (later Juanita Cowart Motley) and Georgia Dobbins, who was replaced by Wanda Young (later Wanda Rogers) prior to the group signing their first deal. The group was the first major successful act of Motown Records after The Miracles and were its first significant successful girl group on the label's early years after the release of the number-one single, Please Mr. Postman. This was one of the first number-one singles recorded by an all-female vocal group and the first by a Motown recording act.

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Aug 28, 1961 - Tamla Records released the Marvelettes first single, 'Please Mr. Postman'. The song went on to sell over a million copies and become the group's biggest hit, reaching the top of both the Billboard Pop and R&B charts. The song is notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart.
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Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas... Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography.

The term film noir, French for "black film",[1] first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946...2]




... film noir is often identified with a visual style, unconventional within a Hollywood context, that emphasizes low-key lighting and unbalanced compositions...[8]

These snippets describe the most genral terms of what is known as Film Noir- a dark, sometimes sinister, highly gripping style of movie making. What does this have to do with a Marvelettes song?

Motown for the most part is known for upbeat soulful pop songs with the artists visually capturing a similar upwardly mobile style of dress and appearance. There are notable exceptions to the Bright Beat of the Motown Sound- The Four Tops' "Reach Out (I'll Be There)", the Supremes' "Love Child", Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine." However, one of the most sinister and viscous exceptions to the Motown Rule of a hit is "I'll Keep Holding On" by the Marvelettes.

Most of the population of all ages knows The Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman" or "Don't Mess With Bill" from oldies radio. That's what makes this song all the more startling. That the same group that gave us such straight-ahead pop tunes could deliver such a dangerous, murky, gothic song.

The writers and producers are the same men who produced Martha And The Vandellas' "Dancing In The Street": William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter. Motown fanatics know very well that these two were quite progressive in their songs and productions, esepcially Ivy Jo Hunter. With "I'll Keep Holding On", the two seemed to tap very deeply into the darker side of human behavior and the effect unrequited love can produce on an individual.

"I'll Keep Holding On" is basically the story of a woman hot on the trail of a man she loves- and she's not even considering that "NO" could be acceptable answer from this man. Wanda Young Rogers is the lead on this track and when you compare her breathy, sultry style on "Don't Mess With Bill" to her subliminally dangerous delivery here, you have to gain deep respect for the woman, for the group, to be able to effectively cover the wide spectrum of Motown's landscape from Teen Favorites to Adult matters of love.

"I'll Keep Holding On" is very much the aural version of a classic Film Noir classic. The music mix is dark, black, shadowy and menacing-especially on the mono mix. Drums, guitars, pianos, bass, chains slashed against the studio floor all are mixed into one mass where everything sounds as if every musician was playing in the world's largest and longest cavern. Everything sounds as if it's taking place way, way, WAY back in the background. Pay special attention to the horns as they dramatically cut in at key points. They would be right at home in Joan Crawford's "Midlred Pierce" or "Daisy Kenyon."

Find this song, download it- it's one of the Marvelettes' and Motown's most incredible songs.

Film Noir information from Wikipedia

1.^ See, e.g., Biesen (2005), p. 1; Hirsch (2001), p. 9; Lyons (2001), p. 2; Silver and Ward (1992), p. 1; Schatz (1981), p. 112. Outside the field of noir scholarship, "dark film" is also offered on occasion; see, e.g., Block, Bruce A., The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV, and New Media (2001), p. 94; Klarer, Mario, An Introduction to Literary Studies (1999), p. 59.

2.^ Naremore (2008), pp. 4, 15–16, 18, 41; Ballinger and Graydon (2007), pp. 4–5, 22, 255.

8.^ See, e.g, Ballinger and Graydon (2007), p. 4; Bould (2005), p. 12; Place and Peterson (1974).


pictured above (left to right): Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson (Schaffner), Wanda Young (Rogers)

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I slid this a LOT; engaging in a prodigious amount of slider adjustments and even pulled out my favorite tonal contrast filter (Color Efex Pro) to accentuate the snow details and the wicked cool pine bough shadow on our dilapidated mailbox. You'd be quite amused at how many 'fixes' this mailbox has undergone over the years! Is it weird to say you love your mailbox?

And I really love the old man's mailbox garden ♥ ... and my favorite season (of course) is in the early summer when the clematis vines crawl up and into the mailbox. I'm sure our postman loves to stick his hand into the tangle of clematis blossoms and spiderwebs!! Perhaps that is why I am still standing and waiting for him?

I posted a couple more images in the comments of the day after "The Chicago Snowmageddon" (who thinks up these names): a view towards the house and one towards the street. The snowman and sledding photos are still to come!

"Happy Sliders Sunday!" & "Happy Soundtrack Monday!"
♫ The Marvelettes – Please Mr. Postman ♫

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Flickr Gladys Horton, right, joined the ancestors on Jan. 27, 2011. Horton was the lead vocalist for The Marvelettes who had the first smash hit for Motown Records in 1961.
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Select the image of the magnifying glass right above the image to the right, on the subsequent webpage, select "All Sizes," and finally on the last webpage select "Original Size" to read an article or to see the image clearly.

I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history of People of Color.

Please feel free to leave any comments or thoughts or impressions... I look forward to reading them!

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from top to bottom: sexy wanda young rogers, beautiful gladys horton, gorgeous katherine anderson schaffner

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If you've never heard the song, you'd do well to check it out.

Often, some of the best songs are the ones rarely, if ever heard. This one by the group sounds like the audio equivilent of one of those classic black-and-white film-noir thrillers.

In its mono version, "I'll Keep Holding On" sounds dark, menacing and dangerous. Wanda Rogers turns in a chilling performance as the ultimate hunter who has no intention of turning loose the man she loves.

I once read a review of this song as "music to go mental by." It's a fitting description as the beat itself will grab you by the legs and hang you upside down.

Drummer Benny Benjamin drives the bass drum so relentlessly in places your'll find your dancing feet begging for mercy. In fact, Benny and bassist James Jamerson play like such a tight unit, you wonder how anyone could humanly play so well together.

Also take note of the use of the horn section- there are areas where horns suddenly flare out of nowhere to comment on the action- again, the effect is like a Hitchock thriller.

One of my favorites, and hopefully a new favorite for you.

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Vozes maravilhosas e muito R&B.

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"Oh yes, wait a minute Mr. Postman
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Well, I'm not waiting on a letter, but I am waiting on a pair of shoes. Come on, Mr. Postman. I think that might be a Ms. Postwoman, but you can't just go changing lyrics, now can you? ha.

Anyway, I decided that this theme is hard. I probably could've come up with something better, but I was tired of trying to think of something, so I snapped this from Cutter's car and called it a day.

Up tomorrow: nature!

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Motown certainly didn't lack beautiful women and here are three of Motown's lovely ladies of song...

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This is a European record sleeve for Motown greats, The Marvelettes. I love the photo used because it shows how the group matured from the teen look starting with "Please Mr. Postman" to the adult chic and sopistication in their later years.

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To hear an album track from one of the group's, and Motown's, best albums (The Marvelettes a.k.a. "The Pink Album") go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng_vJYd94To
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pretty, sexy, beautiful ladies of song.

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The Marvelettes: L-R Georeanna Tilman, Katherine Anderson, Wanda Rogers, Gladys Horton

Motown had many fantastic artists and the Marvelettes, especially during their earlier "teen" sound period- '61-'64, were the group that you always knew you'd have a great, fun time listening to. They had a joy that came out in the grooves and proved to be amazingly versatile performers, equal to the Temptations when it came to pulling an unespected switch between the two leads, Gladys Horton and Wanda Rogers on record.

"Locking Up My Heart" is the best example- Gladys takes the lead and Wanda comes in on the falsetto parts. It's an uproarious, fun-tastic listening experience. Other hits from this period include "He's A Good Guy (Yes He Is)", "As Long As I Know He's Mine", "Playboy", "Beechwood 4-5789" and many others.

The Beach Boys sang about "Fun, Fun, Fun" The Marvelettes would agree that's what music is all about.

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The Marvelettes- L-R: Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson (behind Gladys), Georgeanna Tillman, Wanda Rogers

Motown had many fantastic artists and the Marvelettes, especially during their earlier "teen" sound period- '61-'64, were the group that you always knew you'd have a great, fun time listening to. They had a joy that came out in the grooves and proved to be amazingly versatile performers, equal to the Temptations when it came to pulling an unespected switch between the two leads, Gladys Horton and Wanda Rogers on record.

Smokey Robinson wrote and produced "You're My Remedy" and it ranks up with the best from Motown. It's groove and clever lyrics recall elements of his work with the Temptations on their hit "The Way You Do The Things You Do". It's wall-to-wall Marvelettes-fun, with excellent leads by Wanda Rogers and some powerful backing vocals by Gladys, Georeanna and Katherine.

Other hits from this period include "He's A Good Guy (Yes He Is)", "As Long As I Know He's Mine", "Playboy", "Beechwood 4-5789" and many others.

The Beach Boys sang about "Fun, Fun, Fun" The Marvelettes would agree that's what music is all about.

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Flickr The MARVELETTES - The Albums 1966 to 1972
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The second part of the Marvelettes albums sees them with less chart success, but the musical quality of these albums was far better.
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Flickr The MARVELETTES - The Albums 1960 to 1964
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The Marvelettes are my favourite Motown female vocal group, So I have decided to do four montages of them, this is the first one for their albums from 1960 to 1964.
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Flickr The MARVELETTES - Singles 1960 to 1964
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Flickr The Marvelettes - 1940
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Barbara (bottom left) & Mary Eloise (second row right).
Barbara & Mary Eloise Barbara & Mary Eloise joined these ladies in a dance group under the name of "The Marvellettes"
They performed with them until 1943 when Barbara joined the Marine Corps and Mary Eloise joined the USO.

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Flickr the marvelettes in full bloom

i want this tattooed all over my body.
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Flickr The Marvelettes greatest hits


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Flickr TS305 2009-09-19 SG1S4425 KCooke Return Of The Marvelettes
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Tamla
Return Of The Marvelettes

Track Listing
1 So I Can Love You
2 Marionette
3 That's How Heartaches Are Made
4 A Breath Taking Guy
5 No More Tear Stained Make Up
6 Uptown
7 Someday We'll Be Together
8 After All
9 Our Lips Just Seem to Rhyme Every Time
10 Fading Away
11 Take Me Where You Go
12 I'll Be in Trouble


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Flickr The Marvelettes


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Flickr 141/365
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Mister postman look and see
If there's a letter in your bag for me...

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Flickr The first Motown group to really make a mark in the national music scene was the all-women vocal group, the Marvelettes. Gladys Horton, upper left, joined the ancestors on Jan. 27, 2011.
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The Marvelettes were a pioneering vocal group from Inkster, Michigan, near Detroit. They scored the first major hit at Motown Records in 1961.
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Flickr Marvelettes, The - My Baby Must Be A Magician - F - 1967
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French Issue !
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Flickr The Marvelettes
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Motown's first successful female vocal group, the Marvelettes are most notable for recording the companies first US #1 pop hit, "Please Mr. Postman", and for setting the precedent for later Motown girl groups such as Martha and the Vandellas and The Supremes. During their eight-year run on the Billboard charts, the group scored nineteen top forty American R&B singles and ten top forty American pop singles. Of these hits, three were top ten pop singles and nine were top ten R&B singles, and one, "Please Mr. Postman," was number one on both charts.

Vintage African American photography courtesy of Black History Album, The Way We Were.

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Flickr The Marvelettes
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Motown's first successful female vocal group, the Marvelettes are most notable for recording the companies first US #1 pop hit, "Please Mr. Postman", and for setting the precedent for later Motown girl groups such as Martha and the Vandellas and The Supremes. During their eight-year run on the Billboard charts, the group scored nineteen top forty American R&B singles and ten top forty American pop singles. Of these hits, three were top ten pop singles and nine were top ten R&B singles, and one, "Please Mr. Postman," was number one on both charts.

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Flickr The Marvelettes
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Motown's first successful female vocal group, the Marvelettes are most notable for recording the companies first US #1 pop hit, "Please Mr. Postman", and for setting the precedent for later Motown girl groups such as Martha and the Vandellas and The Supremes. During their eight-year run on the Billboard charts, the group scored nineteen top forty American R&B singles and ten top forty American pop singles. Of these hits, three were top ten pop singles and nine were top ten R&B singles, and one, "Please Mr. Postman," was number one on both charts.

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Flickr the marvelettes- wanda rogers
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Flickr the marvelettes- wanda rogers
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Flickr the marvelettes
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Flickr the marvelettes
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Flickr the marvelettes
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Flickr the marvelettes- katherine anderson schaffner
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Flickr the marvelettes
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Sultry, Sexy, Beautiful Ladies of Motown
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Flickr the marvelettes
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Flickr THE MARVELETTES


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Flickr The Marvelettes!
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Flickr The Platters, Cornell Gunter's Coasters, & The Marvelettes
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Show in the Sahara
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Flickr SOMEDAY SOMEWAY
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Flickr Nancy and the Marvelettes

Forgive my awful photo taking. Another Nancy Lp for my collection and a Marvelettes 45 Sean gave me.
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Flickr The Marvelettes
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Flickr the marvelettes- gladys horton
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1OQbwlMx64
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Flickr the marvelettes- wanda young rogers
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Flickr the marvelettes- katherine anderson schaffner
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Flickr motown: the marvelettes- he was really sayin' somethin'
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Flickr The Marvelettes - "Beechwood 4-5789"
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Another great dance tune on Tamla.

Found 1 Feb 08 @ Antique Mall/Flea Market in Corydon, IN.

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Flickr too many fish in the sea
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Flickr The Marvelettes "Playboy" LP
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Flickr The-Marvelettes-4

My good friend Wanda Rogers on the left.
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Flickr the marvelettes on aug. 2nd!


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Flickr Wanda Young of The Marvelettes, 1967
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Flickr The Marvelettes in 1962
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Flickr The Marvelettes
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Flickr Wanda Young of the Marvelettes
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Flickr The Return of the Marvelettes

Their last LP from 1970.
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Flickr The Marvelettes

Probably my favorite Motown group.
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Flickr The Marvelettes in Full Bloom


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Flickr The Marvelettes


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Flickr Motown's first all-girl group, the Marvelettes, in a publicity photo.
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The release of Dreamgirls has sparked broad discussions on the historical and cultural significance of the Motown sound of the 1960s.
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Flickr The Marvelettes reunite for our our xmas single.
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It's actually Heather with our pals Anna and Ellen from the Shee Bee Gees.
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Flickr the marvelettes motown album
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the marvelettes
1969 album
sophisicated soul

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