The Shirelles were originally formed in 1958 in Passaic, NJ, by four high school friends: DorisColey (later Doris Kenner-Jackson), Addie "Micki" Harris, Shirley Owens (later Shirley Alston), and Beverly Lee.
Micki Harris died of a heart attack during a performance in Atlanta on June 10, 1982, upon which point the group went into what turned out to be a temporary retirement; the three remaining charter members recorded together for the last time on a 1983 Dionne Warwick record.
Doris Kenner-Jackson passed away after a bout with breast cancer in Sacramento on February 4, 2000.
when shirley alston reeves, addie "micki" harris, doriscoley (who would later become doris kenner-jackson) and beverly lee banded together to form the shirelles, they could not have known that they—four african-american school girls from new jersey—would wind up changing the course of music history.
on 4 february2000, the world lost another shirelle as doris kenner-jackson succumbed to breast cancer in sacramento, california.
divastation.com mourns the loss of both micki harris and doris kenner-jackson, as we are eternally indebted to these four original funky divas.
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