associated_acts death_date years_active label image_size article_title name background birth_date genre image origin birth_name occupation
marvelettes marvin gaye , stevie wonder , david ruffin , jimmy , ruffin , edwin starr , bobby taylor & the vancouvers beatles , carpenters , the originals , 13 june 2006 1955 -- 2006 motown , fantasy , golden world , ric-tic 250 freddie gorman
 freddie gorman solo_singer april 11 , 1939 r & b/soul freddie gorman in europe.jpg detroit , michigan , us freddie gorman singer , songwriter , musician , record producer
freddie gorman

freddie gorman -lrb- born frederick cortez gorman , april 11 , 1939 -- june 13 , 2006 -rrb- was an american musician and record producer , most famous as a singer , songwriter for the motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s .
he was a native of detroit , michigan .
a member of the motown quartet the originals , freddie gorman was also a vital unsung component of the motown label 's formative development .
he co-wrote the label 's first # 1 pop hit `` please mr. postman '' , by the marvelettes .
in 1964 the biggest selling group of all time , the beatles released their version , and in 1975 the carpenters took it back to # 1 again .
this was the second time in pop history -lrb- after `` the twist '' by chubby checker -rrb- that a song reached # 1 in the us twice .
in 2006 , `` please mr. postman '' was inducted into the songwriters hall of fame .
