# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gladys-horton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:39.228Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gladys-horton"
name: "Gladys Horton"
slug: "gladys-horton"
description: "Gladys Catherine Horton was an American R&B and pop singer, notable for being the founder and lead singer of the all-female vocal group the Marvelettes, the first successful Motown girl group."
tagline: "American singer (1945–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gladys_Horton_1963_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-05-30"
deathDate: "2011-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.21
  momentum:             1.105196249801367
  historical:           11.250436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395598/"
    handle:    "nm0395598"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "غلاديس هورتون"
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    title: "قلادیس هورتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Horton"
    title: "Gladys Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "گلادیس هورتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Horton"
    title: "Gladys Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Horton"
    title: "Gladys Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Horton"
    title: "Gladys Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Horton"
    title: "Gladys Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Horton"
    title: "Gladys Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Horton"
    title: "Gladys Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gladys Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0de740a2-a651-4d76-9cd5-54912a64070f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump