Please Mr. Postman

original song written and composed by Robert Bateman, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q778055
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Please Mr. Postman

Summary

Please Mr. Postman is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Please Mr. Postman's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Please Mr. Postman's composer is recorded as Robert Bateman[4].
  • Please Mr. Postman's composer is recorded as Freddie Gorman[5].
  • Please Mr. Postman's composer is recorded as Brian Holland[6].
  • Please Mr. Postman's genre is popular music[7].
  • Please Mr. Postman was performed by The Marvelettes[8].
  • Among the performers on Please Mr. Postman was The Beatles[9].
  • Please Mr. Postman was performed by The Carpenters[10].
  • Please Mr. Postman was performed by Drifters[11].
  • Please Mr. Postman's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Please Mr. Postman was published on 1961[13].
  • Please Mr. Postman's lyricist is recorded as Robert Bateman[14].
  • Please Mr. Postman's lyricist is recorded as Freddie Gorman[15].
  • Please Mr. Postman's lyricist is recorded as Brian Holland[16].
  • Please Mr. Postman's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Please Mr. Postman'}[17].
  • Please Mr. Postman's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].
  • Please Mr. Postman's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Horizon[19].

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Marvelettes[8], The Beatles[9], The Carpenters[10], and Drifters[11].

Publication

Please Mr. Postman was released on 1961[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is popular music[7].

Why It Matters

Please Mr. Postman ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_please-mr-postman_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Please Mr. Postman}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/please-mr-postman}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 19d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer The Marvelettes, The Beatles, The Carpenters +1
    Form of creative work song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0701670236, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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