翻訳と辞書 |
Shirley Ellis : ウィキペディア英語版 | Shirley Ellis
Shirley Marie O'Garra (stage name: Shirley Ellis; married name: Shirley Elliston;〔Whitburn, J. (2010). ''The Billboard book of top 40 hits''. New York: Billboard Books. p. 214. ISBN 0307985121〕 19 January 1929 – 5 October 2005) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian origin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rateyourmusic.com )〕 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. ==Cover versions== Cover versions of her hits have been recorded by Madeline Bell, The Belle Stars, Laura Branigan, Aaron Carter, Gary Glitter, Ricardo Ray, Pia Zadora, Southern Culture on the Skids, Gladys Knight and the Pips (a version of "The Nitty Gritty", produced by Norman Whitfield) as well as a 1980s high energy dance version of The Name Game by actor and personality "Divine" aka. Harris Glenn Milstead.〔 In addition, her song "Soul Time" was sampled by the UK band, The Go! Team for their single "Bottle Rocket".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=diddywah.blogspot.com )〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shirley Ellis」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|