Shirley Alston Reeves (born June 10, 1941), born Shirley Owens, is an American soul singer who was the main lead singer of the hit girl group the Shirelles...
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in Passaic, New Jersey in 1957. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens (later Shirley Alston Reeves), Doris Coley (later Doris Kenner-Jackson), Addie...
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district. He was first elected to replace retiring Representative Shirley Chisholm. Owens shepherded the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 through...
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Passaic, New Jersey after her mother's death. With schoolmates Shirley Owens (later Shirley Alston Reeves), Addie "Micki" Harris and Beverly Lee, she formed...
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from their 1961 album Tonight's the Night. Written by Luther Dixon and Shirley Owens, the song dealt with a woman's feelings before losing her virginity...
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Shirley Owens-Hicks is an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. She represented the 6th Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House...
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Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry. Although Shirley Owens was the group's main lead singer, Tonight's the Night also features...
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actress Shirley Temple, who was six years old at the time, Shirley MacLean Beaty was born on April 24, 1934, in Richmond, Virginia. Her father, Ira Owens Beaty...
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Ford. Bishop Owens was born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Elder William Owens and Martha [Thomas] Owens. The fifth of eight children, Bishop Owens and his family...
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"Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized...
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Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's...
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pop singer, best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me" Shirley Owens (1941 – ), singer, member of the Shirelles Charlie Rose (1942 – ), television...
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Shirley Anita Chisholm (/ˈtʃɪzəm/ CHIZ-əm; née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first...
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Ousley) – 1:56 "Love Is a Swinging Thing" (Willie Denson, Dixon, and Shirley Owens) – 2:12 "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" (Jessie Hill) – 2:19 "New Orleans" (Ousley) –...
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then lengthened later. When first presented with the song, lead singer Shirley Owens thought it was "too country", but relented after a string arrangement...
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and Carole King) – 2:30 "It's Mine" (Denson) – 2:31 "I Saw a Tear" (Shirley Owens) – 2:25 "I Don't Want to Cry" (Dixon and Chuck Jackson) – 2:18 "Rainbow...
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Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, CH, PC (née Catlin; 27 July 1930 – 12 April 2021) was a British politician and academic...
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Massachusetts State Senate. Owens was born in Demopolis, Alabama, on July 6, 1937. He went to the English High School of Boston. Owens also attended Boston University...
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Massachusetts House of Representatives seat that was being vacated by Shirley Owens-Hicks. She defeated former Boston deputy superintendent and Newark,...
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one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The members of the quartet were Shirley Owens (the main lead singer), Doris Coley, Beverly Lee, and Addie "Micki"...
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Harris – lead and backing vocals Beverly Lee – lead and backing vocals Shirley Owens – lead and backing vocals "Baby It's You - The Shirelles | Songs, Reviews...
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Harris – lead and backing vocals Beverly Lee – lead and backing vocals Shirley Owens – lead and backing vocals Additional personnel Luther Dixon – production...
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1–2 "I Met Him on a Sunday" (Doris Coley, Addie Harris, Beverly Lee, Shirley Owens) "The Bells" (Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Iris Gordy, Elgie Stover)...
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drummer (d. 1994) 1941 – Mickey Jones, American drummer (d. 2018) 1941 – Shirley Owens, American singer 1941 – Jürgen Prochnow, German actor 1941 – David Walker...
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Rose West (section Caroline Owens)
each Tuesday. Several days later, Owens moved into 25 Cromwell Street and shared a room with Anne Marie, whom Owens noted was "very withdrawn". Rose,...
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Shirley Barbara de la Hunty AO, MBE (née Strickland; 18 July 1925 – 11 February 2004), known as Shirley Strickland during her early career, was an Australian...
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(1952–2004), actor (New York City, grew up in Princeton) Shirley Alston-Reeves (born Shirley Owens, 1941), lead singer of The Shirelles (grew up in Passaic)...
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Shirelles was "Tonight's the Night", co-written by the group's lead singer Shirley Owens. The song reached No. 39 in 1960, and another recording of the song...
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aimer la vie" ("Love Is a Swingin' Thing") Luther Dixon, Pierre Saka, Shirley Owens, Willie Denson 2:00 4. "Baby c'est vous" ("Baby It's You") Burt Bacharach...
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Shirley Temple's Storybook is a 1958–61 American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations...
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