Remembering Gladys Horton on her 75th Birthday

[carlo]

Listening to some of the Marvelettes' early music tonight and remembering Gladys Horton on what would have been her 75th Birthday. Always loved and remembered!

[WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance]

Probably one of the best write ups I ever read about Gladys was a blogger who remarked that Gladys embodies the attitude, "I am not here for your bulls--t." I can go with that. Gladys got down to brass tacks. She could paint a beautiful, romantic picture as well as the rest of them [["Tonight Was Made for Love") but had Gladys come along in the 70s, I'd wager she would have been on a par with the Tina Turners, Millie Jacksons and Shirley "Woman to Woman" Browns of music.

[marv2]

One of my favorite ladies. Happy Birthday [[In Heaven) to Ms. Gladys Horton!

[daviddesper]

Have heard "Too Many Fish in the Sea" often on my Sirius radio lately. Gladys at her best!!!

[carlo]

but had Gladys come along in the 70s, I'd wager she would have been on a par with the Tina Turners, Millie Jacksons and Shirley "Woman to Woman" Browns of music.

I can see it! Would have also loved to have read that book that she was working on.

[splanky]

Gladys was so damn real. Still miss her and will always love her work...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us18AUBM2RI

[WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance]

I can see it! Would have also loved to have read that book that she was working on.

That would really be great if we could. I think she would have kept it real without being trashy or disrespectful. Just pure honesty.

[motown01]

Found this online recently. A 2011 article which covered Gladys' funeral and some interviews with the other Marvelettes:

https://prince.org/msg/8/374639

[carlo]

Found this online recently. A 2011 article which covered Gladys' funeral and some interviews with the other Marvelettes:

https://prince.org/msg/8/374639

Thanks for sharing this great article. I had read Mark Taylor's book on the Marvelettes over a decade ago and it was a decent read. This article provided some additional information that I don't remember reading about in his book. I didn't realize that Gladys had three sons, as I thought she only had two. I also didn't know that one of them was tragically shot and killed in the early 90's. She really suffered through a lot. It sounds like she was a great mother, in addition to being a pioneering artist.

[kenneth]

Thanks for sharing this great article. I had read Mark Taylor's book on the Marvelettes over a decade ago and it was a decent read. This article provided some additional information that I don't remember reading about in his book. I didn't realize that Gladys had three sons, as I thought she only had two. I also didn't know that one of them was tragically shot and killed in the early 90's. She really suffered through a lot. It sounds like she was a great mother, in addition to being a pioneering artist.


I never heard that about Gladys' son either, though I know that Katherine's son Jason [[Tony) Schaffner died the same way, and probably around the same time in the early 90s. I remember the article [[which I think I ran across when I was looking at the collectables I was posting here) had the headline: "Jason [[Tony) Schaffner [has died]...he 'never met a stranger'" [according to his mother].

[Motown Eddie]

[[Beleated) Happy 75th Birthday in Paradise to The Mavelettes' Gladys Horton.