Talk:Lorraine Ellison

Birth and death dates
There seems to be confusion over both Ms Ellison's birth and death dates. The article (currently) matches this page, which refers to assistance from family members including her grand-daughter, and gives dates of 17 March 1931 - 31 January 1983. However, most other sites, including Allmusic, give her date of death - which one would think would be well attested - as 17 August 1985. There is also confusion over her birth - as well as the 1931 date, there is 1935 (Joel Whitburn), and 1943 (Allmusic). Can anyone help to resolve this? Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:38, 15 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Wouldn't it be prudent to at least have a mention of this unclarity in the article itself? 82.136.215.96 (talk) 15:35, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
 * As a belated footnote, most sources now seem to agree on the 1931 and 1983 dates, as in this article. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:45, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

I dig you baby.
states "best known for her [...] cover of Jerry Butler's "I Dig You Baby."" and in the same paragraph "and her first hit was the 1965 R&B hit "I Dig You Baby" (later made into a pop smash by Jerry Butler)."

According to and  the song was written by "Samuel Bell, Lorraine Ellison, Dennis Lambert". Anyone have a better source for LE covering JB's song? -- Jeandré (talk), 2009-06-28t21:38z


 * You're right, there do seem to be conflicting (or at least difficult to reconcile) sources on this. I don't have the record, so can't pursue it much further.  If someone could sort out Ms Ellison's vital dates, at the same time, it would be good!  Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:45, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh may her soul rest in peace. And I will always love her song" stay with me " Precious Connel (talk) 13:14, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

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