The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (1965) HQV

When the Marvelettes’ “Please Mr. Postman“ became Motown’s first No. 1 pop hit 50 years ago next month, no one at the label expected they would be the group to do it. The Marvelettes had 22 additional pop hits, including “Playboy,“ and “Don’t Mess With Bill,“ performing by 1965 as a trio. During that time, both the Beatles and the Carpenters covered “Please Mr. Postman.“ On Dec. 13, to mark the group’s first pop hit, Universal Music is releasing “The Marvelettes: Forever More, Complete Motown Albums Vol. 2.“