WANDA YOUNG, a member of MOTOWN girl group THE MARVELETTES, has died in suburban DETROIT at the age of 78 on DECEMBER 15th of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.YOUNG and THE MARVELETTES were just teenagers when they recorded "Please Mr. Postman," a favorite of THE BEATLES, in 1961, who recorded it for their second U.K. album The song was MOTOWN s first #1 pop hit. The all-female group was signed by BERRY GORDY to MOTOWN s TAMLA label and included, .
Motown singer Wanda Young from the Marvelettes has died at 78 years old. Young also performed under the name Wanda Rogers. Young performed backup vocals.
Updated March 15, 2021
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