In 1961, five 17-year-old girls from Inkster, Michigan, using the name The Marvels, auditioned for Motown Records’ Berry Gordy, Jr. and Smokey Robinson but were sent home with the request to come back with something original. Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson, Georgeanna Tillman, Juanita Cowart, and Wanda Young returned with a song about a mail carrier … Continue reading The Story Behind “Please Mr. Postman” by The Marvelettes and How It Broke the Color Barrier