1. ‘Please Mr. Postman’
was the only no.1 hit
they had
"Please Mr. Postman", one of the
first number-one singles recorded
by an all-female vocal group and the
first by a Motown recording act
1960’s girl band
The first Motown act to reach
Number One on the charts
The Marvelettes
Please Mr. Postman
Released
August 21, 1961
"Please Mr. Postman" became a
number-one hit again in early 1975
when The Carpenters' cover of the
song reached the top position of the
Billboard Hot 100
The song is about a woman awaiting
a letter from her lover; therefore
showing the time period as letters
were the main means of
communication.
One of the very earliest girl-group
sensations, paving the way for the
genre.