The Shirelles had a "sound," a term that men and women from the Sixties vocal-group period use with a great deal of reverence. Shirley Alston Reeves, who did the vast majority of team's direct vocals, wasn't a gospel shouter like Arlene Smith from the Chantels.in a car or truck — the a single exactly where they're sporting leather-

To today, I think that her voice could work on up to date radio. She established the highway map with the results of Janet Jackson, Madonna — anyone who could sing but wasn't an actual crooner like Aretha or Patti LaBelle or Gladys Knight. I even now question artists while in the studio to "sing this like Diana Ross would." Thus far, not a s