Gladys Horton, Marvelettes co-founder, dies at 66  'Please Mr.
Postman' singer suffers stroke  <p>Gladys Horton, center</p>
Gladys Horton, center  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gladys Horton, a co-
founder of the Marvelettes who helped put fledgling Motown
Records on the musical map with its first No. 1 hit "Please Mr.
Postman," has died at age 66.  Horton died Wednesday at a
nursing home in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles, where she
had been recovering from a stroke, her son Vaughn Thornton said.
Horton was a teenager in the Detroit suburb of Inkster when she
and friends formed a group they called "The Casinyets," short
for "Can't Sing Yet."  By the time she was 15, Motown had given
the group a new name and a hit song in "Please Mr. Postman." The
tune, more pop-oriented than much of Motown's early recordings,
was later covered by the Beatles and others.  "Gladys was a
very, very special lady, and I loved the way she sang with her
raspy, soulful voice," Motown founder Berry Gordy said in a
statement. "We will all