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The Marvelettes pose together in matching dresses and necklaces, with Gladys Horton seated at the center and Katherine Anderson, Wyanetta Cowart, Wanda Young, and Georgeanna Tillman standing around her.
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The Marvelettes pose together in matching dresses and necklaces, with Gladys Horton seated at the center and Katherine Anderson, Wyanetta Cowart, Wanda Young, and Georgeanna Tillman standing around her.
the Marvelettes The Marvelettes (from left to right): Katherine Anderson, Wyanetta Cowart, Gladys Horton (seated), Wanda Young, and Georgeanna Tillman, c. 1964.

the Marvelettes

American singing group
Also known as: the Casinyets, the Marvels
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the Marvelettes, American girl group formed in 1961 whose principal members were Gladys Horton (b. May 30, 1945, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.—d. January 26, 2011, Sherman Oaks, California), Wanda Young (b. August 9, 1943, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.—d. December 15, 2021, Garden City), Georgeanna Tillman (b. February 6, 1943, Detroit—d. January 6, 1980, Detroit), Katherine Anderson (b. January 16, 1944, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.), and Wyanetta Cowart (b. 1944, Detroit). Originally billed as the Casinyets (a name...

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