The Name Game

This article is about the song. For the word games, see word chain and Shiritori. For the American Horror Story: Asylum episode, see The Name Game (American Horror Story).
"The Name Game"
Single by Shirley Ellis
from the album The Name Game
B-side"Whisper to Me Wind"
ReleasedNovember 1964 (1964-11)[1]
Genre
Length2:39
LabelCongress
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Charles Calello

"The Name Game" is a song co-written and performed by Shirley Ellis[2] as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person's name.[3] She explains through speaking and singing how to play the game. The first verse is done using Ellis's first name; the other names used in the original version of the song are Lincoln, Arnold, Tony, Billy, Marsha, and Nick.

  1. ^ "45cat - Shirley Ellis - The Name Game / Whisper To Me Wind - Congress - USA - CG-230".
  2. ^ "The Name Game". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Three Six Nine! Shirley Ellis Name Game / Soul Time Home Page". keepkey.yochanan.net.