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Wanda Young, Motown’s The Marvelettes Singer, Dies at 78

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told the New York Times that she died from complications of chronic obstructed pulmonary disease.Born on Aug. 9, 1943 in Eloise, Mich., Young was still a teenager when she joined the quintet of singers who would become known as The Marvelettes on Berry Gordy, Jr.’s Motown Records.Young replaced Georgia Dobbins in a group of high school classmates consisting of Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson, Georgeanna Tillman and Juanita Cowart after they banded together for a talent show under the name Casinyets.

Her impressive vocal range won Horton over, and the two become co-lead singers when they signed to Motown in 1961. Led by Horton, “Please Mr.

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