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Gladys Horton
1945May, 30

Gladys Horton

Gladys Horton, American singer (d. 2011)
Gladys Catherine Horton (May 30, 1945 – January 26, 2011) (various sources cite her year of birth as 1944) was an American R&B and pop singer, famous for being the founder and lead singer of the popular Motown all-female vocal group The Marvelettes.

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