My favorite song from her.

I love this song also. This is my favorite from Shriley:

The woman is sinfully underrated. Whenever I hear her style of singing, its no wonder where many of the 90s female R&B singers got their style from.

She's to them what Charlie Wilson was to them.

Harlepolis said:

The woman is sinfully underrated. Whenever I hear her style of singing, its no wonder where many of the 90s female R&B singers got their style from.

She's to them what Charlie Wilson was to them.

You mean what Charlie Wilson was to male singers in the '90s? Yeah I agree.

daPrettyman said:

I love this song also. This is my favorite from Shriley:

yeah,this is my favorite song by her too

Ya'll R 4getting the 1 that kicked it off 4 Shirley!

JabarR74 said:

Ya'll R 4getting the 1 that kicked it off 4 Shirley!

I didn't forget it. It's not my favorite from her, but it is a great song.

Shirley gets much love from these ears

Yet another lady from the 80's that never really got the props she deserved

This ones a fave of mine . . .

JabarR74 said:

Ya'll R 4getting the 1 that kicked it off 4 Shirley!

Dude people know that ALL too well!

She performed the song recently.

Caramelpfe said:

Shirley gets much love from these ears

Yet another lady from the 80's that never really got the props she deserved

This ones a fave of mine . . .

Co-to-the-sign ! This is what Zapp's slowjams made so great ... a fine blend of her powervoice mixed

with Fender Rhodes, horn-arrangements, guitar-chops, etc.... toptune ! Glad it got reposted on youtube.

A brief stage-appearance during a Zapp-show... Roger gets crazay !

It's OK but her absolute BEST is "No More"....

Pick up....pick up

The phone...the phone

Pick up....pick up

The phone...the phone

IIIIIII don't

I don't

I don't wanna be alone

Come on baby

Pick up the phone

I need some lovin'

And I'm all alone

Come on baby

Pick up the phone

You gonna satisfy me or WHAT

PICK UP THE LINE!

Harlepolis said:

The woman is sinfully underrated. Whenever I hear her style of singing, its no wonder where many of the 90s female R&B singers got their style from.

She's to them what Charlie Wilson was to them.

There was a drag queen that got a lot of her style from Shirley Murdock also. She went on tour as Shirley Murdock, she went to Shirley Murdock's family reunion, and she even slept with a man that thought he was sleeping with Shirley Murdock. I bet that guy thought that Shirley was a stone cold freak because in order to fool him, you know the drag queen could only either blow him or take it up the ass but never let him see the front.

her tightest jam imo

i just read the post above me ... in tears

Shango said:

i just read the post above me ... in tears

The drag queen was on the Sally Jesse Raphael show back in either the late 1980s or early 1990s telling her story. I forget how she got caught but I think she was trying to buy something or check into a hotel or something as Shirley Murdock. She wasn't impersonating Shirley Murdock as a look-a-like act in a show, she was actually trying to live Shirley Murdock's life. It was either Shirley or her management that was trying to sue the drag queen at the time.

On the same show, there was a gay man that was hooking up with people and making them believe that he was Sidney Portier's son. I think they said that Sidney didn't even have a son.

... i wonder though if around this time Shirley was already dating Zapp-keyboardist Dale Gegroat. I think they married later.

Shango said:

... i wonder though if around this time Shirley was already dating Zapp-keyboardist Dale Gegroat. I think they married later.

Oh, I didn't say the drag queen slept with Shirley's boyfriend. The drag queen slept with a member of her band (the drag queen's band, not Shirley's band) and he thought he was actually playing for the real Shirley Murdock out on tour. I'm telling ya, this drag queen went all out trying to be Shirley Murdock.

vainandy said:

Shango said:

i just read the post above me ... in tears

The drag queen was on the Sally Jesse Raphael show back in either the late 1980s or early 1990s telling her story. I forget how she got caught but I think she was trying to buy something or check into a hotel or something as Shirley Murdock. She wasn't impersonating Shirley Murdock as a look-a-like act in a show, she was actually trying to live Shirley Murdock's life. It was either Shirley or her management that was trying to sue the drag queen at the time.

On the same show, there was a gay man that was hooking up with people and making them believe that he was Sidney Portier's son. I think they said that Sidney didn't even have a son.

daPrettyman said:

vainandy said:

The drag queen was on the Sally Jesse Raphael show back in either the late 1980s or early 1990s telling her story. I forget how she got caught but I think she was trying to buy something or check into a hotel or something as Shirley Murdock. She wasn't impersonating Shirley Murdock as a look-a-like act in a show, she was actually trying to live Shirley Murdock's life. It was either Shirley or her management that was trying to sue the drag queen at the time.

On the same show, there was a gay man that was hooking up with people and making them believe that he was Sidney Portier's son. I think they said that Sidney didn't even have a son.

6 famous impostors

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David Hampton: ‘Sidney Poitier’s son’

One night outside Studio 54, bouncers stopped David Hampton until he said he was actor Sidney Poitier’s son. He began using "David Poitier" as a way to get free meals and lodging or handouts from celebrities such as Calvin Klein, Gary Sinise, or Melanie Griffith. He was arrested and convicted of fraud, and in 2003 died of AIDS-related complications. His story became the basis for the play and movie, “Six Degrees of Separation,’’ where he was played by Will Smith.

Yep. That's him. These folks took him in. I can see playing that con on average Joe's but these folks were celebrities. You would think they would have called Sidney Portier and checked it out or something.

vainandy said:

Shango said:

... i wonder though if around this time Shirley was already dating Zapp-keyboardist Dale Gegroat. I think they married later.

Oh, I didn't say the drag queen slept with Shirley's boyfriend. The drag queen slept with a member of her band (the drag queen's band, not Shirley's band) and he thought he was actually playing for the real Shirley Murdock out on tour. I'm telling ya, this drag queen went all out trying to be Shirley Murdock.

Yeah, i understood that ... funny stuff ! The Shirley/Dale-thought just popped up during this topic lol.

vainandy said:

It's OK but her absolute BEST is "No More"....

Pick up....pick up

The phone...the phone

Pick up....pick up

The phone...the phone

IIIIIII don't

I don't

I don't wanna be alone

Come on baby

Pick up the phone

I need some lovin'

And I'm all alone

Come on baby

Pick up the phone

You gonna satisfy me or WHAT

PICK UP THE LINE!

vainandy said:

daPrettyman said:

6 famous impostors

• Next
• Previous

David Hampton: ‘Sidney Poitier’s son’

One night outside Studio 54, bouncers stopped David Hampton until he said he was actor Sidney Poitier’s son. He began using "David Poitier" as a way to get free meals and lodging or handouts from celebrities such as Calvin Klein, Gary Sinise, or Melanie Griffith. He was arrested and convicted of fraud, and in 2003 died of AIDS-related complications. His story became the basis for the play and movie, “Six Degrees of Separation,’’ where he was played by Will Smith.

Yep. That's him. These folks took him in. I can see playing that con on average Joe's but these folks were celebrities. You would think they would have called Sidney Portier and checked it out or something.

I KNOW!!! That is just crazy! Especially with all of the agents and managers in Hollywood, they should have known better.

^ I still watch that movie dumbfounded by those people who took dude in. I would've known something was up IMMEDIATELY after he said he was Sidney's son, like "for real?! You could've fooled me, I've read on Sidney's bio, I didn't see you in family pictures..."

Then I called for POLICE!

Timmy84 said:

vainandy said:

It's OK but her absolute BEST is "No More"....

Pick up....pick up

The phone...the phone

Pick up....pick up

The phone...the phone

IIIIIII don't

I don't

I don't wanna be alone

Come on baby

Pick up the phone

I need some lovin'

And I'm all alone

Come on baby

Pick up the phone

You gonna satisfy me or WHAT

PICK UP THE LINE!

OMG, I remember dancing to this song in junior high. I also remember seeing her open for Luther during the Give Me The Reason tour. Such a great performer.

daPrettyman said:

Timmy84 said:

OMG, I remember dancing to this song in junior high. I also remember seeing her open for Luther during the Give Me The Reason tour. Such a great performer.

Junior High?! Hell, you're still a baby. I was already finished with high school and was shakin' ass to this jam when I was in business school.

I'm surprised that you guys didn't mention "Truth Or Dare" which I believe was the first single from her debut album.

Are you really sleeping with that girl?

SoulAlive said:

I'm surprised that you guys didn't mention "Truth Or Dare" which I believe was the first single from her debut album.

Are you really sleeping with that girl?

That's another ass shaker and my second favorite from her.

Timmy84 said:

I remember people used to make fun of me because I had Shirley Murdock's greatest hits on my shelf in my college dorm. "Who the HELL is that?" I'd be all "Y'all don't know nuffin bout that. Pipe down."

As We Lay and Go On Without You are my faaaavorite songs from her. You just made me wanna pull out the CD and update the iPod.

And I remember being like O_o when I found out that Six Degrees was a true story. I don't know how the real wanna be Portier did it, but Will was quite convincing.

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