| Genres: |
Easy Listening,
Pop / Rock,
Vocals
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| Descriptive "tags": |
60s, oldies, pop, female vocalists, girl groups, soul, girl group, motown
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| Decades Active: |
1960s,
1970s,
1980s,
1990s,
2000s
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| Links online: |
Discography,
Official Homepage,
Wikipedia
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Biography
Formed in Passaic, New Jersey, USA, the Shirelles are possibly the archetypal ‘girl-group’; Shirley Owens (10 June 1941, Passaic, New Jesey, USA), Beverly Lee (b. 3 August 1941), Doris Kenner (b. Doris Coley, 2 August 1941, North Carolina, USA, d. 5 February 2000, Sacramento, California, USA) and Addie ‘Micki’ Harris (b. 22 January 1940, d. 10 June 1982) were initially known as the uncomfortably named Poquellos. School friends for whom singing was simply a pastime, the quartet embarked on a professional career when a classmate, Mary Jane Greenberg, recommended them to her mother. Florence Greenberg, an aspiring entrepreneur, signed them to her Tiara label, on which the resultant single, ‘I Met Him On A Sunday’, was a minor hit. This inspired the inauguration of a second outlet, Scepter Records, where the Shirelles secured pop immortality with ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’. Here, Alston’s tender, aching vocal not only posed...
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