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Shirley Owens (born June 10, 1941, Henderson, North Carolina) was the member of the hit group, The Shirelles. As well as Owens, the Shirelles consisted of classmates of hers from Passaic High School, New Jersey: Addie Harris, Doris Coley, and Beverly Lee. However, her strong, distinctive voice meant that Owens was the natural choice for lead singer. Owens enjoyed a string of hits with the Shirelles throughout the 1960s. Through marriages, she became Shirley Owens Alston and later, Shirley Alsto
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Shirley
- Family name
- Owens
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Henderson
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Decca
- Image
- ShirleyAlstonReeves.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-06-10
- Commons category
- Shirley Owens
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
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