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Shirley & Company: The Shame, Shame, Shame Story

Bob Fisher, unpublished, March 2015

'SHAME, SHAME, SHAME' was one of the earliest disco hits to break out international eventually selling several million copies around the world. It topped Billboard's R&B and Disco charts and made No 12 on the US pop charts. It reached No 6 in England but reached No 1 in Holland, Germany and several other European territories.

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