Katherine Member of Motown R&B Trio The Marvelettes Has Died

Katherine Anderson-Schaffner, a founding member of Motown lady group The Marvelettes, has reportedly died. On Wednesday (September 20), the information was revealed via Facebook by the vocalist’s daughter, Keisha Schaffner.

“Some known as her Kat – some known as her Sis, Gamma – Momma Okay however my sister and I known as her MOM,” Schaffner wrote. “She was not only a Mother to us however to many. Many individuals would come and sit at her desk. Now should you ever sat and mentioned, ‘Kat I would like to speak.’ You already knew you had been going to get true, uncut, unedited council. She wasn’t going to let you know what you wished to listen to however what it’s best to hear. I keep in mind mates saying I’m coming over and I might say, ‘I’m not residence;’ the response can be I’m going to speak to your mother. My response would at all times be you understand how that’s going to go proper? Two hours and a field of tissue later sitting at her kitchen desk, your counseling session was over. The humorous half is you’d come again for extra.”

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Born on January 6, 1944 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Katherine Elaine Anderson first started her profession as a background singer for mates Gladys Horton and Georgia Dobbins for the 1961 Inkster Excessive Faculty expertise present. At 17 years outdated, Anderson, together with fellow backing vocalists Georgeanna Tillman and Wyanetta Cowart named their group The Casinyets, later touchdown an audition with Motown Data. Signed that very same yr, the 5 girls had been renamed The Marvelettes, releasing the one “Please Mr. Postman,” which grew to become Motown’s first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Sizzling 100, the place it remained for 13 weeks.

Dobbins, who died in 2020, was in the end changed by Wanda Younger, who died in 2021. Like different pop and R&B teams of the Sixties, The Marvelettes had a rotation of members, ending in 1969 with their ninth and closing album, In Full Bloom. Following the group’s disbandment, Anderson retired from singing, and lived in Detroit till her passing.