Monday, 26 January 2009

Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song

Today's sweetmeat is Shirley Ellis. Ellis is almost impossible to find on record or CD, and she is not often found on the intermong.

Shirley Ellis came from an age when a woman's voice on a record was not a breathless whisper or a vocoded monstrosity, but rather a hurricane. I'd love to know when she finds time to breathe on the records she cut.

I make no apology for the stupid dancing clip because Shirley is so difficult to find that I had to settle for this foolery. Salute the protagonist's bandy legged cool and enjoy Shirley at smooth speed.

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