Shirley Ellis

Shirley Ellis was an American singer known for playful, rhythm-driven pop and novelty songs from the early 1960s. Her recordings often used sing-along hooks, wordplay, and call-and-response phrasing, and she is associated with tracks such as "The Name Game" and "The Clapping Song." Her style blended pop and R&B rhythms with a novelty sensibility that made her recordings distinctive.