Gladys Horton, Lead Singer of The Marvelettes, R. I. P.

Gladys Horton, the lead singer of the Marvelettes, whose 1961 recording of "Please Mr. Postman" became the first #1 pop hit in the history of Motown Records, passed away on Wednesday at Sherman Oaks, California at age 65.  She did not recover after having suffered a stroke.

Here is a 1960s kinescope of the Marvelettes' performance of "Mr. Postman" on a syndicated Detroit-based musical-variety television program entitled Teen Town.