Artist
The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes is a r&b artist from Inkster, Michigan, U.S. formed in 1960. 39 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
R&B · Inkster, Michigan, U.S. · Best r&b albums
- 39
- Releases
- 1961–2024
- Active years
- 1960
- Formed
Artist
The Marvelettes is a r&b artist from Inkster, Michigan, U.S. formed in 1960. 39 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
R&B · Inkster, Michigan, U.S. · Best r&b albums
Most popular
Sophisticated Soul
2013
The Marvelous Marvelettes
1994
Playboy
1962
The Return of the Marvelettes
1970
The Marvelettes
1967
Marvels and Miracles
2024
Hooked
2024
Blues Memory (R&B Classic Hits)
2022
The Masquerade (60'S Rhythm n Blues Hits)
2022
Playboy (2022 Digitally Remastered)
2022
I'm Hooked
2021
Good Luck Charm
2021
Country Marvels
2021
So Long Baby
2021
Goddess of Love
2020
No Apology Accepted
2018
All The Love I Got
2018
Please Mr. Postman (2018 Digitally Remastered)
2018
Love Letters
2017
Dream Baby
2017
Someday Someway
2015
Happy Days
2015
Forever
2014
Angel
2014
The Marvelettes Recorded Live On Stage
2013
In Full Bloom
2013
Smash Hits Of '62
2013
Deliver: The Singles 1961-1971
2013
Forever More: The Complete Motown Albums Vol. 2
2012
Forever: The Complete Motown Albums, Volume 1
2009
The Definitive Collection
2008
Marvelous
2006
The Marvelettes' Greatest Hits
1966
The Marvelettes were an American all-girl group who achieved popularity in the early to mid-1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson (now Schaffner), Georgeanna Tillman (later Gordon), Juanita Cowart (now Cowart Motley), and Georgia Dobbins, who was replaced by Wanda Young (now Rogers) prior to the group signing their first deal. They were the first major successful act of Motown Records after the Miracles and its first significantly successful girl group after the release of the 1961 number-one single, "Please Mr. Postman", one of the first number-one singles recorded by an all-female vocal group and the first by a Motown recording act. Founded in 1960 while the group's founding members performed together at their glee club at Inkster High School in Inkster, Michigan, they eventually were signed to Motown's Tamla label in 1961. Some of the group's early hits were written by band members and some of Motown's rising singer-songwriters such as Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, who played drums on a majority of their early recordings. Despite their early successes, the group was eclipsed in popularity by groups like the Supremes, with whom they shared an …
