Wanda Young, a member of the legendary Motown girl group the Marvelettes, has died at the age of 78.
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In 1965, after a period of lineup changes, a rivalry of sorts with the Supremes, and a music industry that shifted its interest from girl groups to the British Invasion, Young — who by this time married Bobby Rogers of the Miracles, taking his last name — took lead of the Marvelettes, first on the single “I’ll Keep Holding On” and then on a trio of A-sides penned by the Miracles’ Smokey Robinson, “Don’t Mess With Bill,” “My Baby Must Be a Magician,” and “The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game.
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