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Essentially the most pop-oriented of Motown’s major female acts, the Marvelettes didn’t project simply because strong an identity because the Supremes, Mary Wells, or Martha Reeves, but recorded a number of hits, including Motown’s first number 1 single, “Please be sure to Mr. Postman” (1961). “Postman,” and also other chirpy …

Florence Glenda Ballard was created in Rosetta, MS, June 30, 1943, the ninth of 15 siblings. The family members shifted to Detroit before she changed ten to make use of the city’s flourishing job marketplace. Ballard got music classes, sang in her school’s choir, and constructed a reputation being a …