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name	Shirley Ellis
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dbo:genre	pop music dbr:Soul_music
Subject	American female singers 2005 deaths 20th-century American singers American rhythm and blues singers 1929 births American soul musicians American people of West Indian descent People from the Bronx Songwriters from New York American people of Bahamian descent American people of Montserratian descent
abstract	Soul singer - songwriterBorn in 1941 in Bronx, New York, NY, U.S.A., to Carribean parents. She is best known for her novelty hits %22The Nitty Gritty%22 (1963), %22The Name Game%22 (1964) and %22The Clapping Song%22 (1965) %22The Clapping Song%22 sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.She co-wrote herself all her solo hits along with manager, producer and songwriting partner Lincoln Chase. She retired from the record business in 1968.
dbo:abstract	Shirley Marie O'Garra (stage name: Shirley Ellis; married name: Shirley Elliston; 19 January 1929 – 5 October 2005) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian origin. She is best known for her novelty hits %22The Nitty Gritty%22 (1963) (US no. 8), %22The Name Game%22 (1964) (US no. 3) and %22The Clapping Song%22 (1965) (US no. 8 and UK no. 6). %22The Clapping Song%22 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.
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is mo:performer of	The Name Game Other Songs The Name Game Kansas City Shy One Stardust The Nitty Gritty Such A Night C.C. Rider I Never Will Forget Stagger Lee Whisper To Me Wind Bring It On Home To Me The Clapping Song

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