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Wanda Young Dies: Singer For The Marvelettes On ‘Please Mr. Postman’ Was 78

Wanda Young, one of the original Marvelettes on Motown’s Tamla label in the 1960s and later the group’s lead singer, has died. She was 78 and passed on Dec. 15 in Garden City, Michigan from ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Wanda Young, Member of Motown’s The Marvelettes Who Sang on Hit “Please Mr. Postman,” Dies at 78

The Marvelettes were teenagers in 1961 when they recorded the song, which went on to become Motown's first No. 1 pop hit. By The Associated Press Wanda Young, a member of Motown’s chart-topping The ...
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Wanda Young of Motown's The Marvelettes, dead at 78

Wanda Young, best known as a member of Motown's popular and chart-topping The Marvelettes, has died at age 78. Meta Ventress, Young's daughter, told the New York Times that her mother died on Dec. 15 ...
The Baytown Sun

‘Forever Motown’ plays powerful tribute

Forever Motown, a Holiday Celebration” offered a powerful musical tribute Saturday evening at the Lee College Performing Arts ...
Pitchfork

The Marvelettes’ Wanda Young Dies at 78

Wanda Young, a singer in the Motown group the Marvelettes, has died, the Universal Music Group–operated uDiscoverMusic.com reports. No cause of death was given. Former Miracles singer Claudette ...
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Wanda Young, member of The Marvelettes, dead at 78

Wanda Young, a singer with the 1960s Motown group The Marvelettes, whose 1961 hit Please Mr. Postman was a No. 1 hit, died Dec. 15. She was 78. Young died in Garden City, Michigan, her daughter, Meta ...
Medicine Buffalo

The Legends of Motown, Starring The Temptations and The Marvelettes, to Perform

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo welcomes The Legends of Motown starring The Temptations and The Marvelettes at 8 p.m. on Feb. 14 -- Valentine's Day -- in the ...
The Lima News

‘Forever Motown’ to hit Van Wert

VAN WERT — G.C. Cameron has been in the Motown circle from the start of his career. When the former lead singer of The Spinners joined “Forever Motown,” a full-stage production featuring the music of ...
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Wanda Young, Motown’s The Marvelettes Singer, Dies at 78

Wanda Young, a member of the 1960s girl group “The Marvelettes” who sang the lead vocals on “Don’t Mess With Bill” among other chart-toppers, died Dec. 15 in Garden City, Michigan. She was 78. Young’s ...
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Wanda Young, member of Motown’s The Marvelettes, dies at 78

DETROIT (AP) — Wanda Young, a member of Motown’s chart-topping The Marvelettes, has died in suburban Detroit. She was 78. Meta Ventress told The New York Times in a story published Saturday that her ...
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Wanda Young, member of The Marvelettes, dies at 78

The Marvelettes singer Wanda Young, whose girl group helped lay the foundation for Motown Records’ monumental success during the 1960s, died earlier this month in Garden City, Michigan, according to ...