The Shirelles

The Shirelles, tjej-popgrupp bildad i Passaic, New Jersey, USA år 1958.

The Shirelles bestod av de fyra sångerskorna Doris Coley, Addie "Micki" Harris, Beverly Lee, och Shirley Owens, som senare bytte namn till Shirley Alston och Shirley Alston Reeves. De kände varandra sedan high school i New Jersey. Sin debut i större sammanhang gjorde de 1958 på legendariska Apollo Theater i New York. Gruppen kom att influera senare kvinnliga artister, och även manliga. Gruppen fick sina största hits under det tidiga 1960-talet. "Soldier Boy" (Florence Greenburg/Luther Dixon), "Tonight's the Night" (Luther Dixon/Shirley Owens), "Mama Said" (Willie Denson/Luther Dixon), "Then He Kissed Me" (Phil Spector/Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry), "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King), "Dedicated to the One I Love" (Ralph Bass/Lowman Pauling) och "Baby It's You" (Burt Bacharach/Mack David/Barney Williams), som The Beatles spelade in som cover på deras LP-album "Please Please Me" utgiven i Storbritannien 22 mars 1963, är några stora hits gruppen framfört. The Beatles spelade också in "Boys" (Luther Dixon/Wes Farrell) som The Shirelles tidigare spelat in. 

Gruppen fortsatte under 1970-talet med en mindre men stadig publik fram till 1982 då man beslöt upplösa gruppen. The Shirelles invaldes i Rock and Roll Hall of Fame år 1996.

Diskografi
Studioalbum
 1961: Tonight's the Night
 1961: The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings
 1962: Baby It's You 
 1962: The Shirelles and King Curtis Give a Twist Party (med King Curtis)
 1963: Foolish Little Girl 
 1963: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
 1965: The Shirelles Swing the Most
 1965: Hear and Now
 1967: Spontaneous Combustion (Livealbum)
 1968: Eternally, Soul (med King Curtis)
 1972: Happy and in Love 
 1973: The Shirelles 
 1976: The Shirelles: Let's Give Each Other Love

Samlingsalbum
 1963: Greatest Hits 
 1964: The Shirelles Sing the Golden Oldies
 1967: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
 1972: Remember When
 1975: The Very Best of The Shirelles

Singlar
 1958: I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde) / I Want You To Be My Boyfriend
 1959: Dedicated to the One I Love / Look a Here Baby
 1960: Tonight's the Night / The Dance is Over
 1960: Will You Love Me Tomorrow / Boys
 1961: Mama Said / Blue Holiday
 1961: A Thing of the Past / What a Sweet Thing That Was
 1961: Big John / Twenty-One
 1961: Baby It's You / The Things I Want To Hear (Pretty Words)
 1962: Soldier Boy / Love Is a Swingin' Thing
 1962: Welcome Home, Baby / Mama, Here Comes the Bride
 1962: Stop the Music / It's Love That Really Counts (In the Long Run)
 1962: Everybody Loves a Lover / Instant Love
 1963: Foolish Little Girl / Not For All the Money In the World
 1963: Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye / I Don't Want to Hurt You
 1963: What Does a Girl Do? / Don't Let it Happen to Us
 1963: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World / 31 Flavors
 1964: Tonight You're Gonna Fall In Love With Me / 20th Century Rock N'Roll
 1964: Sha-la-la / Everybody Loves A Lover
 1964: Thank You Baby / Dooms Day
 1964: Maybe Tonight / Lost Love
 1964: Are You Still My Baby / I Saw a Tear
 1965: March (You'll Be Sorry) / Everybody's Goin' Mad
 1965: My Heart Belongs To You / Love That Man
 1966: Shades of Blue / After Midnight
 1967: Don't Go Home (My Little Darlin') / Nobody Baby After You
 1967: Last Minute Miracle / March

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