The Marvelettes were an American singing girl group on the Motown label. Motown's first successful female vocal group, the Marvelettes are most notable for recording the label's 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. Behind both the Supremes and the Vandellas, they're the third most successful all-female singing group in Motown's roster, and in the entire 1960s. History The beginnings The group that became the first Motown success story had pretty small beginnings. Lacking confidence in their singing ab

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