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Encyclopedia > Please Mr. Postman

"Please Mr. Postman" is a hit single by The Marvelettes for the Motown label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. The song features Marvelettes lead singer Gladys Horton hoping that the mailman has brought her a letter from her boyfriend, who is away at war. The Marvelettes was an American singing girl group on the Motown label, most famous for recording the labels first US #1 pop hit, Please Mr. ... Motown Record Company, L.P., also known as Tamla-Motown outside of the United States, is a record label specializing in the musical genres of R&B, pop, soul music, and hip-hop music. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main U.S. singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Marvelettes in the early 1960s. ... Mailman can be: mail carrier, a person who delivers mail GNU Mailman, e-mail software This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


This song is really by Camilo Sesto.


The song has been frequently covered, including a cover done by The Beatles for their With the Beatles. LP. The Beatles (L-R, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon), in 1964, performing on The Ed Sullivan Show promoting their first U.S. hit song, I Want To Hold Your Hand, and ushering in the British Invasion of American popular music. ... With the Beatles was The Beatles second album, recorded four months after the bands first album and released in late 1963. ...



 

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