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unusual facts about The Marvelettes


Georgeanna

Georgeanna Tillman (1943-1980), American R&B and soul singer who was an original member of the Motown girl group The Marvelettes


Don't Mess with Bill

"Don't Mess with Bill" is a million-selling, Gold-certified single recorded by The Marvelettes.

Ivy Jo Hunter

Hunter also produced and wrote songs for Motown artists like The Marvelettes, The Temptations and Gaye, for whom he produced the Top 40 hit single "You" in 1968, and The Contours' 1964 hit, "Can You Jerk Like Me".

Regal Theater, Chicago

"Little" Stevie Wonder recorded his famous live version of the number-one hit single "Fingertips" at a Motortown Revue there in June 1962 that included Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Mary Wells, and The Marvelettes.


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Al Cleveland

He had a long and distinguished writing career, initially for New York artists on the Wand/Sceptre labels such as Dionne Warwick(e) and Tommy Hunt, as well as Gene Pitney before moving to Motown, where he provided songs for Smokey & The Miracles, the Marvelettes, David Ruffin, the Four Tops and Chuck Jackson before hitting the big time with a co-authorship of Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On?" and "Save the Children."

Katie Anderson

Katherine Anderson (born 1944), American Motown singer with the Marvelettes

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes' version appears in a bar fight scene in Mean Streets (1973), directed by Martin Scorsese.