Someone at soulfuldetroit.com's forum posted a thread about the surviving members of the Marvelettes winning their name back from imposter group purveyor Larry Marshak from an e-mail sent by Jon "Bauser" Bauman, chairman of the Truth in Music committee, which basically is there to stop impostor groups from performing as legendary rock and roll groups from the '50s, '60s and '70s. This is taken from the e-mail (not all of it):

The way has been cleared in a court settlement for Katherine Anderson
Schaffner and the Estate of Gladys Horton to register the name
"The Marvelettes" on the basis of their superior rights in relation to
longtime claimant and imposter group purveyor Larry Marshak.
Marshak can now call his "product" "A TRIBUTE TO THE MARVELETTES",
all in the same size type font, or my favorite, "Larry Marshak's Tribute
to the Marvelettes", in which case "Larry Marshak's Tribute" has to be
at least 75% the size of "the Marvelettes". There is also some financial
consideration involved.

That means whatever money comes from the name The Marvelettes will finally go to Katherine and Gladys Horton's surviving family.

This is good news for the first superstar group of Motown.

[Edited 12/6/12 18:16pm]

BEAUTIFUL!!!

I wonder how this ass clown was allowed to take the name to begin with.

I remember seeing a Marvelettes cd online several years ago and i was

thinking dang they still look young but i bet it was the imposter group.

I'm glad John "Sha Na Na Bowser" Bouman continues to fight the fight

to protect the legacy of these artists.

Yay!

phunkdaddy said:

I wonder how this ass clown was allowed to take the name to begin with.

I remember seeing a Marvelettes cd online several years ago and i was

thinking dang they still look young but i bet it was the imposter group.

I'm glad John "Sha Na Na Bowser" Bouman continues to fight the fight

to protect the legacy of these artists.

Even around 16 when I first saw a picture of a group disguised as the Marvelettes, I knew it wasn't really the Marvelettes. The real-life Marvelettes had struggled with getting their name back for years.