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Through marriages, Doris Coley became Doris Coley Kenner, after that Doris Kenner-Jackson. Delivered on August 2 ,1941, in Passaic, NJ, she and senior high school friend Beverly Lee became a member of up with Shirley Owens and Addie Harris to start out a performing group, the Poquellos. Classmate Mary Jane …

The Shirelles were the very first main female vocal band of the rock era, defining the so-called girl group sound making use of their soft, sweet harmonies and yearning innocence. Their music was a mixture of pop/rock and roll and R&B — specifically doo wop and simple uptown spirit — …