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- Shirley_Ellis abstract "Shirley Ellis (born 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 "The Nitty Gritty" (1963) (US #8), "The Name Game" (1964) (US #3) and "The Clapping Song" (1965) (US #8/UK #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 Records, but retired from the music industry in 1968.".
- Shirley_Ellis activeYearsEndYear "1968".
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- Shirley_Ellis alias "Shirley Ellis".
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- Shirley_Ellis background "solo_singer".
- Shirley_Ellis birthDate "1929-01-19".
- Shirley_Ellis birthDate "1941".
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- Shirley_Ellis birthYear "1941".
- Shirley_Ellis deathDate "2005-10-05".
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- Shirley_Ellis genre Pop_music.
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- Shirley_Ellis occupation Singing.
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- Shirley_Ellis alias "Shirley Ellis".
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- Shirley_Ellis birthDate "1929-01-19".
- Shirley_Ellis birthName "Shirley Marie Elliston".
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- Shirley_Ellis dateOfBirth "1941".
- Shirley_Ellis deathDate "2005-10-05".
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- Shirley_Ellis name "Ellis, Shirley".
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- Shirley_Ellis yearsActive "1958".
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- Shirley_Ellis comment "Shirley Ellis (born 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 "The Nitty Gritty" (1963) (US #8), "The Name Game" (1964) (US #3) and "The Clapping Song" (1965) (US #8/UK #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.".