Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Three six nine!
- Pharmaeutical service and patient safety in hospitals
- A Mill on the Soar
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929-01-19
- Active to
- 2005-10-05
rock and indie
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 107,626
- Total plays
- 553,222
Tags
soulfunknorthern soul60sfemale vocalists
Shirley Ellis (Shirley Marie O'Garra, 19 January 1929 – 5 October 2005) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of Carribean origin. She is best known for her novelty hits "The Nitty Gritty" (1963) (US no. 8), "The Name Game" (1964) (US no. 3) and "The Clapping Song" (1965) (US no. 8 and UK no. 6). "The Clapping Song" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. By 1954 she had written two songs which were recorded by The Chords. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Shirley
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Shirley
- Family name
- Ellis
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- The Bronx
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
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- date of birth
- 1929-01-19
- date of death
- 2005-10-05
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- place of burial
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- birth name
- Shirley Marie O'Garra
- end of work period
- 1960-00-00
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