The Marvelettes' Gladys Horton-Please Mr. Postman(Live)

This concert in 2005 featured the original lead singer of the Marvelettes, Gladys Horton(1944-1/26/2011) performing her 1961 hit "Please Mr. Postman". Please note,the singers who are backing her are NOT original members of the Marvelettes. Funk Brothers Jack Ashford (tamborines)and Joe Hunter (keyboards) are seen playing with her.
1/27/11 NOTE: Gladys Horton passed away at age 66 in a nursing home in Sherman Oaks, California where she had been recouperating from a stroke on January 26, 2011. While her voice has been stilled, her singing will live on with her fans here and abroad and will always be a part of the musical fabric that made up the Motown Sound. Thank you, Gladys. God Bless and take your rest.

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Music

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• Motown
• Soul
• R&B
• Marvelettes
• Gladys
• Horton
• Please
• Mr.
• Postman

[Desiree50]

I said the same thing when i was watching this on PBS,But maybe Gladys requested no close ups.I had heard she had a stroke.Any way i loved her and shes singing with the angels now.God bless her.

[Mikesch3333]

good :-)

[bongoksg]

Niesamowite to mało powiedziane...

[monolog14]

niesamowite

[AZjackstal]

Love her voice.

[StreetCornerMemories]

I've heard her and she did not sound like she did in 1963. The song was sped up. Notice in :50, she says "hey hey.,," in her current voice. Im sure she sang live when this was done but the video sound was edited.

[behdoc]

@zodiolestes

Exactly! I was THERE and she was NOT lip synching. They may have done something for the televised show but at the taping EVERYONE sang live.

[CharlesBarry]

FABLOUS !

[boybblue]

good bye Miss Horton!!!

[zodiolestes]

@ladymuziklover And just for the sake of argument? Lets just say that you're RIGHT? Lets say Gladys just had a stroke and Mr. Lubinsky Agreed to let her rip off her audience?? Why would someone LIP-SYNC HALF A SONG?

[ladymuziklover]

@zodiolestes omg and u call me idiotic?! who's shoutin in all caps and gettin all offended - u not me! have u heard of the old saying: mind ur business?