# Katherine Anderson

Katherine Elaine Anderson Schaffner (born January 16, 1944) is an American singer, famed for her tenure in the Motown all-female singing group the Marvelettes. Though not known for any lead spots acquired by Gladys Horton, Wanda Young, or Ann Bogan, Schaffner's role was as notable as she was the only member to survive the group's several incarnations that occurred during the 1960s until breaking up in 1970. == Biography == Although born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, katherine anderson was raised in the Detroit suburb of Inkster, Michigan, where she developed a fondness for singing in her teens.