The Shirelles were an American girl group formed in Passaic, New Jersey in 1957. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens (later Shirley Alston Reeves)...
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Baby It's You (redirect from Baby It's You (The Shirelles song))
recorded by the Shirelles and the Beatles and was a hit for both. The highest-charting version of "Baby It's You" was by the band Smith, who took the track...
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Will You Love Me Tomorrow (category The Shirelles songs)
recorded in 1960 by the Shirelles; released as a single that November, it became the first song by an African-American girl group to top the Billboard Hot 100...
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Said" is a song performed by the Shirelles, written by Luther Dixon and Willie Denson. It became a top-ten hit, on both the pop and R&B charts, when it...
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and Wes Farrell, originally recorded by the Shirelles at Bell Sound Studios in New York City and released as the B-side of their "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"...
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Greenberg and made famous by the girl group the Shirelles. Released as a single in 1962, it met with great success, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 for three...
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The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings is the sophomore album from American soul girl group The Shirelles, released in 1961. The album has received...
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"Dedicated To The One I Love" is a song written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass that was a hit for the "5" Royales, the Shirelles, the Mamas & the Papas and...
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Baby It's You! (redirect from Baby It's You! The Musical)
rock hits of the 1960s, with a special emphasis on songs by the Shirelles and other acts signed to Scepter Records. The show "tells the story of Florence...
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"Tonight's the Night" is a song by the American girl group the Shirelles, from their 1961 album Tonight's the Night. Written by Luther Dixon and Shirley...
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The Shirelles and King Curtis Give a Twist Party is a 1962 collaborative album between American blues and rhythm and blues saxophonist King Curtis and...
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U.S. state (redirect from States of the USA)
GovInfo. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020. Lehman, Jeffrey; Phelps, Shirelle (2005). West's Encyclopedia...
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Shirley Owens (category The Shirelles members)
Shirelles Chart. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBillboard.com,_The_Shirelles_Chart (help) "SHIRELLES – full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company...
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Tonight's the Night is the debut album by American girl group the Shirelles, released in December 1960 by Scepter Records. It contains the hit song "Will...
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girl group The Shirelles. Editors of AllMusic Guide scored this release 3.5 out of five stars, with critic Richie Unterberger noting that "the music was...
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Penguins, the Robins, Bill Haley & His Comets, Otis Williams, the Cadets, the Everly Brothers, the Shirelles, the Regents, and the Crystals. Though the Beach...
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and music executive with several popular singers in the 1960s including Dionne Warwick, the Shirelles, Tammi Terrell, Chuck Jackson, and B.J. Thomas. Greenberg...
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Russian film about World War II "Soldier Boy" (The Shirelles song), a 1962 number-one single by The Shirelles "Soldier Boy" (short story), a 1982 science...
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Doris Coley (category The Shirelles members)
lead singer) of the Shirelles. Doris was the lead singer on their biggest hit, "Dedicated to the One I Love". She initially left the group in 1968, but...
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Jewish influence in rhythm and blues (section Jewish-owned record companies and the promotion of African American music)
the recording business, such as Florence Greenberg, who started the Scepter label in 1959, and signed the African American girl group, the Shirelles....
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TV Girl (redirect from Grapes Upon the Vine)
backing track is created from a looped sample of the intro to The Shirelles' 1960 single "The Dance is Over". In a post to Reddit, Petering writes he "....
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King. Their first success was "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", recorded by the Shirelles and a hit in 1961. Goffin later wrote lyrics for songs with several...
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ongoing power struggles with rival gangs such as the Baldies and the Wongs. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Price; its screenplay...
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100 songs of 1961. The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 6, 1962, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January...
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Donnie tells them he needs a song for the Shirelles. The couples compete for the job. In Donnie's office the next morning, Carole and Gerry present "Will...
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The Cramps, Buddy Holly, The Shirelles, and The Velvet Underground. The album was preceded by the singles "Return of the Grievous Angel" and "All I...
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List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees (redirect from List of members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
of Fame. Retrieved January 2, 2008. "The Shirelles". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 2, 2008. "The Velvet Underground". Rock and Roll Hall...
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Maxine Brown ("One Step at a Time"), as well as The Shirelles, The Guess Who, and Chuck Jackson. Another of the trio's songs, "Let's Go Get Stoned", gave Ray...
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Dionne Warwick (category The Apprentice contestants)
Counts" – destined to be recorded by Scepter-signed act the Shirelles – caught the attention of the President of Scepter Records, Florence Greenberg, who...
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"Dedicated to the One I Love", a 1957 song by The Shirelles "The One I Love" (R.E.M. song), a 1987 song and a top ten hit in the US. "The One I Love" (David...
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