Shirley Goodman

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Shirley Goodman (born June 19, 1936 in New Orleans , Louisiana as Shirley Mae Goodman , † July 5, 2005 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American R&B singer who performed in both the 1950s and mid-1970s Years of international success.

Career

Shirley & Lee

Shirley Goodman's career began with her school friend Leonard Lee (born June 29, 1936 - October 23, 1976) in the singing duo Shirley & Lee. Their debut single I'm Gone on Aladdin Records reached 2nd place on the Billboard R&B charts in 1952. The title, which later had a great influence on the development of Jamaican Ska and Reggae , was written and produced by Dave Bartholomew . As a musician were Bartholomews band with pianist Allen Toussaint , bassist Frank Fields, Earl Palmer on drums, and saxophonist Lee Allen , Alvin Tyler and Herb Hardesty involved in the recording.

In the mid-1950s they changed their musical style. The rock 'n' roll title Let the Good Times Roll , written by Leonard Lee, ranked 20th on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1956 . The next single, I Feel Good , also made it into the top 40 of the pop singles chart. In 1962, the duo separated. Leonard Lee then recorded a few unsuccessful solo records.

Session singer

Goodman moved to California in the mid-1960s. As a session singer she was involved in recordings by Dr. John's 1968 album Gris-Gris (for example I Walk on Gilded Splinters ), Sonny & Cher and Jackie DeShannon with. She can be heard as a background singer on the Rolling Stones song Let It Loose ( Exile on Main Street , 1972).

Shirley & Company

At the end of 1974 she got the offer from the singer, producer and record label owner Sylvia Robinson to sing the lead vocals on the disco title Shame, Shame, Shame , which she had written . Jesus Alvarez took over the male vocal part, the instrumental track was recorded by the studio musicians Walter Morris (guitar), Bernadette Randle (keyboards), Seldon Powell (saxophone), Jonathan Williams (bass) and Clarence Oliver (drums). The single, published as Shirley & Company on Vibration ( All Platinum ), developed into one of the first worldwide disco hits in early 1975 and reached number 12 in the Billboard charts, number 6 in Great Britain and top position in Germany for three weeks. The follow-up singles Disco Shirley and Cry Cry Cry were far less successful, and Shirley Goodman retired from the music business a little later.

Shirley Goodman died on July 5, 2005 in Los Angeles.

Discography (selection)

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Let the Good Times Roll
  US 20th 09/08/1956 (9 weeks)
I feel good
  US 38 05/01/1957 (1 week)
I've been loved before
  US 88 08/08/1960 (6 weeks)

Shirley & Lee

Albums

  • Let the Good Times Roll (Aladdin 807, 1956)
  • Let the Good Times Roll (Imperial 9179, 1962)
  • The Legendary Masters Series, Vol. 1 (United Artists UA-LA069-H2, 1973, Capitol / EMI 1990)
  • The Best of Shirley & Lee (Ace 1982)
  • The Sweethearts of the Blues (4 CD box set, Bear Family, 2000)

Singles

  • I'm Gone / Sweethearts (Aladdin 3153, 1952)
  • Shirley Come Back to Me / Baby (Aladdin 3173, 1953)
  • Shirley's Back / So in Love (Aladdin 3192, 1953)
  • Feel So Good / You'd Be Thinking of Me (Aladdin 3289, 1955)
  • Let the Good Times Roll / Do You Mean to Hurt Me So (Aladdin 3325, 1956)
  • I Feel Good / Now That It's Over (Aladdin 3338, 1956)
  • When I Saw You / That's What I Wanna Do (Aladdin 3362, 1957)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Shame, shame, shame
  US 12 02/22/1975 (16 weeks)
  UK 6th 02/08/1975 (9 weeks)
  DE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 03/10/1975 (21 weeks)
  CH 2 05/09/1975 (14 weeks)
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 05/15/1975 (28 weeks)
Disco Shirley
  DE 41 07/21/1975 (1 week)
Cry Cry Cry
  US 91 06/21/1975 (2 weeks)

Shirley & Company

Albums

  • Shame, Shame, Shame (Vibration 1975)

Singles

  • Shame, Shame, Shame / More "Shame" (Vibration 532, 1975)
  • Cry Cry Cry / Cry Cry Cry (Instrumental) (Vibration 535, 1975)
  • Disco Shirley / Keep On Rolling On (Vibration 539, 1975) °
  • I Like to Dance / Jim Doc Kay (Vibration 542, 1976)

° in Europe partly with other B-sides

In Germany and other European countries the records were sold by Shirley & Company on Philips .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny on Allmusic
  2. ↑ Shirley & Lee Biography by Bryan Thomas on Allmusic
  3. ^ A b Joel Whitburn: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits . 7th edition. Billboard Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-8230-7690-3 , p. 569.
  4. ↑ Richie Unterberger, Linernotes for the CD publication by Dr. John's 1968 album Gris-Gris
  5. ↑ Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit-Bilanz, Deutsche Chart Singles 1956-1980 . Taurus-Press, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 187 and 346.
  6. ↑ Charts US
  7. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
personal data
SURNAME Goodman, Shirley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goodman, Shirley Mae (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 2005
Place of death los Angeles