Gladys Horton of the Marvelettes - "Beechwood 4-5789" Live - 1992

[@gerrydieffenbach8363]

She had so many struggles and setbacks in her life that it's so wonderful to see her looking and sounding great on stage. Thanks for posting this.

[@JukeboxJoeB]

It's nice to finally see the REAL lead singer of the Marvelettes for a change!

[@nyra4154]

Exactly!! She deserves all the accolades and recognition

[@davidoverholt251]

Beachwood 45789, my cousin would dial on her pink Princess phone with the lighted dial while I was watching Maverick! The best of times!

[@MUSICENCYLOPEDIA]

@@nyra4154 Good Afternoon. You're speaking facts! I met Gladys and she was down to earth. Her son is finally publishing her memoirs this month

[@PaulA-px4kx]

Ms Horton was a very talented lady, and had a truly wonderful voice & style....

[@mrrich49motown]

❤🌹❤️🌹❤️

[@Brickcitygirl]

RIH! Gladys Horton. not to mention my favorite Someday, Someway

[@ImaCaMan]

Gladys was the best. Man, she could belt them out.

[@JLPerryTV]

She was definitely an entertainer and icon!

[@raymondortiz1113]

Wonderful lady had a great voice rest in peace

[@Bananadiva1]

Gladys always sounded amazing. True talent.

[@mikevallen999]

Legendary soulful talent...and pretty too .

[@sdreines]

She sounds fabulous 💗💗💗nothing beats the original 💜 thank you

[@hildacox8656]

I was a teenager when this song came out. The marvelletts were fierce, with many hits. A lot of times the flip side of record was a hit 2.

[@jussix48]

Her excellency...! 🕵🏼‍♀️🎶🙂❤️👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@moonrayz4]

background singers are excellent

[@cafewa100]

Great memories flood my mind as i listen once again to this great GREAT song..Thank you for the Memories.

[@supremesfan2]

Love you Gladys Horton.

[@robertkolesnik3982]

I absolutely love this song.

[@NOV123]

She had a string of hit records!!

[@Mytesweet2]

Thank You...

[@johnmason5574]

One of my favorite songs. The Marvelettes were so overshadowed by other groups of the time. I liked a lot of their songs.

[@hotrodbob1118]

Rest in Peace, Gladys

[@TheShabazzProduction]

Gladys was a fine brown sister from Trinidad. That was me on the phone trying to reach her.

[@한정일-g6z]

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[@joemcgee1172]

Sweet heart!

[@earlgoodlett7593]

keep it comeing wish yall would make anew records

[@cliffordhauenstein7425]

I was a long time member of The Doo Wop Society of Southern California. We finally had to call it quits because so many of these great performers lived back east and as they got older it was hard to get them to travel so far for a concert...really sad to have to have let the club go! The number Beechwood-45789 was really 234-5789 (23-45789)...is anyone out there old enough to understand why this was the real number???

[@jamielabadia7596]

Sure do Cliff!!! Telephones would have letters groups associated with the numbers. To make it easier to remember the first two exchange numbers, they would often give it a word name. The first two letters of the word would contain letters from the first two numbers' associated letter group. (except of course Q, which was used in telegraphy and teletype signaling.) "Pennsylvania 6-5000 is another example. Growing up in Schenectady, our "exchange" word was Excalibur. (39x-xxxx) Brother,.....do I feel ancient.

[@MerqSeker]

So sad that such a great voice was not acknowledged by the group that gave Motown its first hit. One big slap in the face was not even putting them in the Motown Museum in New York. The other one was not inviting them to the 25th Anniversary of Motown. So many slaps in the face. But that was just two. Also Motown bought their name or copyrighted it and tried to put a Marvelettes group with none of the members! Talk about slaps in the face! I love the Marvelettes and remember grooving to their songs. They had so many hits. I loved The Hunter Gets Captured B The Game. I also loved My Baby Must Be A Magician, but there were so many other ones like Too Many Fish In the Sea. I loved their themes too, so real to life. I also loved Danger Heartche Straight Ahead. Gordy could have put them on the Dick Clark Show if he wanted to, th same way he put the Supremes up there, same with Ed Sullivan.

[@rudolphbradshaw6124]

Had a major crush on her

[@jackjules7552]

Was Diana Ross in the audience singing along with Gladys?

[@scotttaylor6184]

Band is too loud I just want to hear that legendary voice of Gladys Horton

[@Leatherbro]

Sad but true, these girls (the Marvelettes were among one of the more talented groups along with Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. However the Marvelettes were one of the most neglected groups that Motown had during that time. Shame!!!!

[@jackjules7552]

I don't see that Motown neglected them. Smokey Robinson even gave them a second wind of stardom when he started writing and producing for them in the mid-sixties. They always had songs on the charts no matter how low they charted. They went from having five to four and then to three members and yet they continued on. However, they could have made more TV appearances but they made but few appearances on national TV. I don't think they were even invited to be on the Ed Sullivan Show as most of the other Motown groups had been. They were not invited to appear on Shindig either. I think the death knell was when Gladys Horton decided to leave the group in 1967 reducing the group down to two members. An unknown singer became the third member, the first member who was not an original member. Gladys, who was the original lead singer kept the group balanced and was able to keep the group focused. However, after Gladys left, Wanda became a problem with her alcohol and drug addictions and Motown just wrote them off. Even Gladys admitted in interviews that the Marvellettes were not as versatile as the Supremes and did not sound good singing all those show tunes that the Supremes incorporated into their nightclub act.

[@sirblack1619]

@@jackjules7552 I disagree with saying that the Supremes were very versatile. The Supremes could not handle Soul and R&B music which by 67 was topping the charts. Wanda's voice definitely fit Soul and R&B music. The Marvelettes were neglected by Motown despite having great material. How did they not get to do Shindig nor Ed Sullivan when Don't Mess with Bill was a huge hit? Motown did not push their material as much as they did the Supremes after they had their first #1 hit. Management did not do right by them either. But at the end of the day The Marvelettes were an amazing group with two lead singers, distinct soulful sound, dance moves that wowed audiences and were very beautiful. Which is why I will take them over any other act on Motown.

[@MUSICENCYLOPEDIA]

@@sirblack1619 Facts. Gladys' son Vaughn is publishing her memoirs this month