Shirley Brown · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Residents Seeking Environmental Justice
- 100+ women of Bristol
- Words of Life
- Sweethearts
- Break the Chain
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- Listeners
- 66,426
- Total plays
- 302,880
Tags
soulfemale vocalistsstaxfunkSouthern Soul
Shirley Brown is a soul singer, born January 6, 1947 in West Memphis, Arkansas. She had a classic Soul background, having started to sing in a Baptist Church in St Louis, Missouri at the end of 10. Very much a singer in the southern Deep Soul tradiiton, she is one of the few vocalists whose range and power invite comparison with Aretha Franklin. She had sung professionally since the age of 22, and recorded for small labels in St Louis and Nashville. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Shirley+Br
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Shirley
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Stax Records
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- date of birth
- 1947-01-06
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
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