When the "stars" from your era start disappearing!

I was driving home from school today and heard a brief bio on Gladys Horton, lead singer of the Marvelettes, who died today in a nursing home in Sherman Oaks. According to one report, she was born in 1944 and in another it said 1945. Either way, she was a contemporary. And I just can't imagine being in a nursing home at my age!

The Marvelettes' big hit was "Wait a Minute Mr. Postman" and "Beechwood 4-5789," both faves of mine. They are considered pretty significant historically, but they never had big hits after their first flash of fame. Apparently Gladys Horton left the group in the late '60's to have her first child. She had two sons, and one of them was handicapped. The info I read said that she never really got back into the music scene very much, since she felt she needed to care for her son.

It's a little thought-provoking to reflect on those long-ago years, to look at the hair styles, the dresses, to hear the songs once more.

And to think that it's been all those years ago!

My how things have changed!