Gladys Horton Of The Marvelettes, 1990 *LIVE RARE* performance.

[@garryafter8946]

that is wonderful....she was 100% prepared, lined up great talent and she was READY to be a STAR again...RIP Gladys.

[@TheShabazzProduction]

She's great and looking fly and her background singers and band are all superb.

[@John60s70s]

I once saw Gladys Horton on Dick Clark's New Years Rockin Eve show. Unfortunately I accidentally erased my VHS recording of it. I also saw Gladys perform inside the Las Vegas Caesars Palace casino in 1996. It was a real pleasant surprise. I was happy for her.🙂

[@jimst.george669]

Beautiful Lady Gladys Horton-excellent performance. RIP! Thanks for posting!!

[@metromonthly]

Thanks for posting this. Due to the scarcity of later performances, this is really important. Gladys Horton is in good voice and sounds great.

[@Chanson60svinyl]

Thanks for watching!

[@jackjules7552]

Gladys did not sing on the original recording of Don't Mess With Bill." Wanda Young sang lead and Gladys was not invited to sing background either...that job was given to those awful Andantes.

[@dbrown9495]

She's gorgeous here!!

[@carlosupremefan]

Wow! Thank you for sharing! Loved watching this rare video of her performance. Rest in peace, Ms Gladys Horton. Never forgotten.

[@Chanson60svinyl]

Thanks for watching! X

[@Bananadiva1]

This clip proves that true talent lasts. What a phenomenal performance from one of Motown's finest icons. Much missed and never forgotten.

[@k.n.carter8089]

Gladys sounds great!

[@denisboswell2935]

Beautiful Gladys

[@Chanson60svinyl]

Thanks for watching x

[@deborahmccoy3837]

Yeah; Such A Sad Ending For Such An Awesome Person. She Started Out With Such Great Potential Her Possibilities Could Have Known No Bounds , Not To Mention The Other Ladies In The Group. I Wasn’t Even Aware That The Marvelettes Were The First Group That Sold One Million Copies For Motown. To Be A Product Of That Era, The Marvelettes Have A Great Positive Influence On Me. We Looked Up To Them. Gladys And The Marvelettes Didn’t Get The Credit That They Truly Deserved. I was Sincerely Sadden By The Way She Left Us. Peace Ms Gladys. You And Your Group Really Left Us Some Wonderful Memories.

[@phillycheez6288]

And Motown let The Marvelletes fall through the cracks 😔 without having their backs! Gladys left to care for her special needs son and Wanda had substance abuse issues that Motown could've @least got her rehab ir something. Smdh They had 10 hits! 2shy of The Supremes record.without that crossover success. Really sad

[@dansefureva7664]

Just a beautiful spirit

[@rozchristopherson648]

What a great performance !!!! 🧡

[@bernie1740]

The forgotten Motown star.

[@dbrown9495]

She's got the marvelettes sparkle!!!

[@Vincent50]

Awesome clip. Ms Gladys still had it going on. Great performance.

[@Chanson60svinyl]

Thanks for watching!

[@dbrown9495]

Sharp outfit and her hair is cute!!!

[@Ransomhandsome]

She sounded better than before!!

[@TheJohnnymotown]

Love me some Gladys....

[@MeMyselfMoi]

She’s Underrated

[@Beatle849]

Not to me.

[@LeRoszay]

Wow all these years this is the only live performance I’ve seen of Gladys in her later years . She look and sound amazing. How can we contribute to get her book published??

[@Chanson60svinyl]

We just have to be patient Vaughn Coleman (Gladys' son) is on it!

[@jackanthony976]

@@Chanson60svinyl Yes, let's get that book published!! I will buy it.

[@MUSICENCYLOPEDIA]

Good Afternoon Her book was finally published last week

[@kpitt1204]

@@MUSICENCYLOPEDIA I’m in the midst of reading it right now. It’s a page turner for sure!

[@ujimajame4601]

@@kpitt1204 And 617 pages!!!

[@dannyboi6530]

I didn’t know she had such a stage presence !!!!

[@MerqSeker]

Me neither!!!!!!!

[@doconnor1354]

Thanks for sharing this post.

[@martyrobinson4474]

what a great treasure! thanks for posting :)

[@Chanson60svinyl]

Thanks for watching!

[@phillycheez6288]

Actually to be politically correct BG gave The Marvelletes to Smokey who lost their name gambling. BG was too busy with his masterpiece The Supremes to care what happened to the 1st girl group that got them a hit out the park with Mr Postman. Rip Gladys Horton 🙏🏽

[@cdsouthsidec1]

​@@phillycheez6288 Great and interesting stories and facts. Sincerely With Gratitude, Carla ❤

[@jamielabadia7596]

A fantastic singer and spunky stage presence. I wish there were more real live clips available. My father had many of their early hits, and I can remember looking at the 45 sleeve picture trying to figure out who sang lead and back-up. (You never got any liner notes on the 45s.) So blessed to finally see Ms. Horton perform.

[@John60s70s]

I once saw Gladys Horton on Dick Clark's New Years Rockin Eve show. Unfortunately I accidentally erased my VHS recording of it. I also saw Gladys perform inside the Caesars Palace casino in 1996. It was a real pleasant surprise. I was happy for her.🙂

[@JLPerryTV]

I was hoping she would have sang “Too Many Fish”

[@stevenmajors479]

Love this. RIP Gladys. The Marvelous One.

[@bernie1740]

A great singer and a good dancer

[@benjaminadler6818]

Ms Horton deserved every dime she made from this tour despite the frauds, fakes, hustlers and opportunistic promoters who were "pimping" the name "Marvelettes" with unknown singers (black and white) until Kat Anderson came up with a game plan to patent the name, deservedly. Marvellets were something special, all of them.

[@stillstanding6031]

One of the great voices of the 60s. Too bad Berry sidelined her for 'light/bright' Wanda. That's show biz. Fabulous clip!!

[@Chanson60svinyl]

Yep...

[@thomasdelvin3683]

now wait a minite wanda bought a totally new grown up street voice to those hits such as baby must be a magician and dont mess with bill and the others. such as the hinter gets captured it was just that the motown machine couldn't handle more than one starr ina ny group

[@bernie1740]

Because Wanda’s married to Claudette Rogers cousin or brother

[@melvinpruitt3907]

What a shameful statement. We come in many shades as African Americans. When will we learn to stop the self hatred ? What does her shade have to do with anything? They were both beautiful, talented ladies.

[@stillstanding6031]

@@melvinpruitt3907 That was just my point!

[@phillycheez6288]

Another thing I would like to add about The Marvelous Marvelletes is that they could sing and dance at the same time as well as Martha and the Vandellas but The Supremes not so much...lol..but I like all 3 but my order is Marvelletes, Supremes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas! I'm glad Gladys didn't try to sing Don't mess with Bill like Wanda but in her key and her own spin! ❤🥰Legends.

[@jackjules7552]

We did not want to see the Supremes dance. Their voices were as sweet as honey and dancing was not necessary. Just a little shimmy here and there was all that was necessary of the Supremes as far as body movement goes.

[@earlgoodlett7593]

still my favorite group of all times

[@MerqSeker]

Wow she looks like an Egyptian goddess!

[@jamesbowling3267]

I love sister Wanda😍🥰

[@lenhales7842]

Omg love this and love Gladys.. she talked about writing her book but was it ever published?? Can’t find it on Amazon

[@Chanson60svinyl]

It was never published, but Gladys's son Vaughan has the finished manuscript he's looking for a publisher!

[@karlbythesea]

@@Chanson60svinyl hopefully he'll find one soon!!!! i love gladys so much :( RIP

[@kpitt1204]

It’s out!

[@lenhales7842]

@@kpitt1204 just ordered it on Amazon!

[@jackjules7552]

@@Chanson60svinyl Yes, it was finally published last year. It is called "A Letter From the Postman." It is 630 pages and is quite a dramatic book.

[@manuelesparza1081]

Gladys always had a nack on being extra creative

[@marshasmith1677]

When the hunter gets captured by the game!

[@jimjackson4111]

Yes!

[@marknorthwest93]

Dynamite performance!

[@loribehning2774]

Hey Gladys your elegant and Bad to the Bone I love you

[@leosiwanart764]

ฉันร้องกรี๊ดดดเดเลย !!! รักมากเกรดีส์😍

[@doconnor1354]

Great.

[@josephcrespo8193]

Love that Kiss!

[@fannycraddock99]

Wonderful thanks. Any idea where this was recorded?

[@Chanson60svinyl]

Still trying to find out! I know I had it written down somewhere!

[@fannycraddock99]

@@Chanson60svinyl Thanks

[@Chanson60svinyl]

Meadowbrook, 1990

[@Ransomhandsome]

Did she change some of the lyrics in order to get around copyright or royalty issues?

[@Chanson60svinyl]

Possibly...or because she felt like it!

[@bernie1740]

I always thought it was her singing in Don’t mess with bill all this time.

[@Chanson60svinyl]

Nope, that was wanda 😊👍

[@MerqSeker]

I thought the same thing as well. Did Wanda ever do comeback?

[@dbrown9495]

Put that soul hittin' on don't mess with bill!!!!!!!!

[@MeMyselfMoi]

Where did our love go supposed to be recorded by The Marvelettes but Ms. Horton turned it down. Sad how Gordy decided to put her on the background to make way for Wanda Young Rogers

[@stewartfenton7660]

It was because the Motown sound was getting more wimpy and Wanda could do that softer style, outside of that great soprano shriek that she could also do. Gladys was best on the early stuff, which is the stuff I love.

[@nicknikos5609]

Wow

[@stewartfenton7660]

She'd like to have gone out with the Marvelettes, but sadly only Katherine would still have been able. And she'd just had enough.

[@NOV123]

Where were Wanda and Katherine?

[@Chanson60svinyl]

Wanda was and is unable to perform, due to medical reasons, and Katherine did not join gladys.

[@marshasmith1677]

@@Chanson60svinyl I was a fortunate sixties person. My Father's musical influence; he use to sit in with the late great Wes Montgomery. Mom made him quit. But the musical ear is still here.

[@Soundofsilence-j4d]

THIS SHOW I SAW IN 1994 SAME REVIEW 3O YEARS OF ROCK N ROLL. WITH DONNIE BROOKS. YOU BELIEVE THERE ALL PASSED AWAY. SHE TOURED WITH MITCH RYDER. DONNIE BROOKS. SPIRATAL STAIR CASE. ALWILSON. GUITARIST FROM BAD FINGER. AND GARY LEWIS AND PLAY BOYS ALL PAASED AWAY EXCEPT GARY LEWIS SO SAD.

[@bernie1740]

I didn’t know she’s Jamaican

[@MerqSeker]

That explains Deliver The Letter, The Sooner The Better

[@staecyvandeyar]

She is not. Her mother is from the US virgin islands

[@staecyvandeyar]

She was born in florida

[@loribehning2774]

Hey Gladys this is Dan I sent you the text I want to sing with you

[@lucilleburnam3201]

She said it was his number lol.