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American musician

Person · Open Library

Works
14

Top works

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1933-05-03
Active to
2006-12-25
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Listeners · Last.fm

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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Shirley
Family name
Brown
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Occupation
singer
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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