# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shirley-ellis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:46:22.212Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shirley-ellis"
name: "Shirley Ellis"
slug: "shirley-ellis"
description: "Shirley Marie O'Garra was an American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian heritage. She is best known for her novelty hits \"The Nitty Gritty\", \"The Name Game\", and \"The Clapping Song\". \"The Clapping Song\" sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc."
tagline: "American singer (1929–2005)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-01-19"
deathDate: "2005-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.12
  momentum:             0.4616182572614109
  historical:           9.739278666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1709569/"
    handle:    "nm1709569"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/144660"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "شيرلي إليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "شيرلى اليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "شرلی الیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Ellis"
    title: "Shirley Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Ellis"
    title: "Shirley Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Ellis"
    title: "Shirley Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "شرلی الیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Ellis"
    title: "Shirley Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Ellis"
    title: "Shirley Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/68aafb3e-cfc2-4549-8dd5-e1d8753dd697"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439346"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3456300"
    title: "Shirley Ellis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump