The Marvelettes were teenagers in 1961 when they recorded the song, which went on to become Motown's first No. 1 pop hit.
The teens were students at Inkster High School outside Detroit, and along with Georgia Dobbins, a graduate, were members of a singing group called The Casinyets. Young replaced Dobbins when Gordy signed the group.
Songs like “Twistin’ Postman,” “Playboy” and “Too Many Fish in the Sea” followed “Please Mr. Postman.” The group would later record such hits as “Don’t Mess With Bill,” “The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game” and “My Baby Must Be a Magician.”“I told her constantly, ‘All these people love you,’” Ventress told the“She didn’t wake up every day thinking of the Marvelettes, but she never lost that glamour,” Ventress added.
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