And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: August 21st, 1961, 55 years ago today ... a musical date worth writing home about. For that was the day the Motown label released “Please Mr. Postman.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While many listeners have surely dedicated Stevie B’s 1990 smash ballad “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” to a romantic ...
In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Stevie B is the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few songs capture the innocence of young love quite like “Please Mr. Postman,” a sweet plea of young love that made chart history ...
A lot begins here. Motown Records should've scored its first #1 months earlier, with the Miracles' pop masterpiece "Shop Around," but Lawrence Welk and his accordion got in the way. But the Motown pop ...
The Carpenters official music video for "Please Mr Postman" WITH MICKEY MOUSE AND THE WHOLE DISNEY GANG!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! fun little factoid: Karen Carpenter used to collect Disney memorabilia I ...
The Marvelettes were teenagers in 1961 when they recorded the song, which went on to become Motown's first No. 1 pop hit. By The Associated Press Wanda Young, a member of Motown’s chart-topping The ...
The five-piece originally performed the cover on ITV special The Carpenters Tribute, but have recorded a studio version for the new movie. 'Please Mr Postman' was first released by The Marvelettes as ...