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- Shirley_Ellis abstract "Shirley Marie O'Garra (stage name: Shirley Ellis; married name: Shirley Elliston; 19 January 1929 [though her Social Security card shows 20 Jan 1927] – 5 October 2005) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian 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. Ellis was originally in the group The Metronomes and she went on to marry the lead singer, Alphonso Elliston. All her solo hits were written by her and her manager, record producer, and songwriting partner, Lincoln Chase.Ellis had recording contracts with the Kapp Records subsidiary Congress and later Columbia and Bell, but retired from the music industry in 1968.".
- Shirley_Ellis activeYearsEndYear "1968".
- Shirley_Ellis activeYearsStartYear "1958".
- Shirley_Ellis alias "Shirley Ellis".
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- Shirley_Ellis birthDate "1929-01-19".
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- Shirley_Ellis deathDate "2005-10-05".
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- Shirley_Ellis genre Pop_music.
- Shirley_Ellis genre Soul_music.
- Shirley_Ellis occupation Singing.
- Shirley_Ellis recordLabel Bell_Records.
- Shirley_Ellis recordLabel Columbia_Records.
- Shirley_Ellis recordLabel Congress_Records.
- Shirley_Ellis recordLabel Kapp_Records.
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- Shirley_Ellis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Elliston".
- Shirley_Ellis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Shirley Ellis".
- Shirley_Ellis alias "Shirley Ellis".
- Shirley_Ellis associatedActs "The Metronomes".
- Shirley_Ellis background "solo_singer".
- Shirley_Ellis birthDate "1929-01-19".
- Shirley_Ellis birthName "Shirley Marie O'Garra".
- Shirley_Ellis birthPlace "Bronx, New York City, NY, US".
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- Shirley_Ellis deathDate "2005-10-05".
- Shirley_Ellis deathPlace "Bronx, New York City, NY, US".
- Shirley_Ellis genre Pop_music.
- Shirley_Ellis genre Soul_music.