Mrs postman the marvelettes biography movie

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It is the debut single by the Marvelettes for the Tamla Motown label, [ 3 ] notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot singles chart. Postman" became a number-one hit again in early when The Carpenters ' cover of the song reached the top position of the Billboard Hot Postman" has been covered several times, including by the British rock group the Beatles in The song " Feel It Still " by Portugal.

The Man draws on "Please Mr. Postman" [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and includes a credit for Brian Holland. Marvels' original lead singer Georgia Dobbins needed an original song for their audition and got a blues song from her friend William Garrett, which she then reworked for the group. Dobbins left the group after the audition and was replaced. Freddie Gorman, himself a Detroit postman and another songwriting partner of Holland before Holland became part of the Holland—Dozier—Holland team was also involved in the final reworking.

Songwriting credits for "Please Mr. Postman" have been inconsistent.