Biography: Shirley Ellis, Shirley Goodman, Shirley Gunter, Shirley Johnson, Shirley Jones, Shirley King, Shirley Murdock, Sallie Martin, Sho-Nuff, Shola Ama,

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Shirley Ellis Biography, Photos, Pictures

New York vocalist and composer Shirley Ellis was in the Metronomes before earning fame as co-composer and performer of some enjoyable soul novelty tunes in the mid-’60s

Shirley Goodman Biography, Photos, Pictures

Shirley Goodman enjoyed one of the more remarkable second acts in pop music history, resurfacing some two decades after her initial success as half of the hitmaking R&B duo Shirley & Lee with the early disco smash “Shame, Shame, Shame

Shirley Gunter Biography, Photos, Pictures

Shirley Gunter was one of the first women in rock & roll and helped to pave the way for other women to lead their own groups Like Wanda Jackson, Etta James, LaVerne Baker, Esther Phillips, and Brenda Lee, she was a pioneer

Shirley Johnson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Like so many African American vocalists, Shirley Johnson started out singing in church and then went on to embrace secular music The Chicago resident, whose influences range from Mahalia Jackson to Koko Taylor, Etta James, and Ruth Brown, is a gritty, big-voiced blues singer who can also handle soul and gospel

Shirley Jones Biography, Photos, Pictures

Singer Shirley Jones of the Philly soul vocal group the Jones Girls was born into a singing family The Detroit native’s mother, Mary Frazier Jones, was one of RCA Records’ first gospel artists

Shirley King Biography, Photos, Pictures

The daughter of the legendary BB King, vocalist Shirley King carried on the family tradition to become a favorite among Chicago’s North Side blues club denizens Born September 26, 1949 in West Memphis, Arkansas, she pursued a career as an exotic dancer before turning to the blues in 1991; a year later she and harpist Chicago Beau recorded her debut LP, Jump Through My Keyhole, a showcase for her husky wail

Shirley Murdock Biography, Photos, Pictures

Singer/songwriter Shirley Murdock is best known for the ethereal ballad “As We Lay,” which was produced by Roger Troutman Murdock started out singing gospel music in her native Toledo

Sallie Martin Biography, Photos, Pictures

Proclaimed “The Mother of Gospel” by the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses, Sallie Martin is widely credited with introducing spiritual music to the masses; while her rough, unmodulated voice lacked the finesse of many of the singers in her wake, she was an artist who nevertheless commanded absolute respect from both her audiences and peers, and her innovations forever altered not only the music but also the business behind it

A Mississippi funk band, Sho-Nuff has never attained much commercial success recording for Malaco The Jackson ensemble began in 1975 Its original members were lead vocalist Frederick Young, guitarist Lawrence Lewis, keyboardist James Lewis, bassist Sky Chambers, drummer Bruce Means, conga player Albert Bell, and Jerod Minnis

After making it big in her native UK, soul-pop princess Shola Ama issued her American debut In Return in fall 2000 Her first album, 1997’s Much Love, went platinum and earned Ama four Top Ten hits, and the BRIT award for Best British Female the following year

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