John Ellison

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John Ellison
Ellison at the 2010 Greenbelt Harvest Picnic
Background information
Birth name	Willie John Ellison
Born	(1941-08-11) 11 August 1941 (age 83) Montgomery, West Virginia, United States
Origin	Rochester, New York, United States
Occupation(s)	Writer, composer, musician
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1960s-present

John Ellison (born 11 August 1941) is an American/Canadian musician, best known for writing the song "Some Kind of Wonderful." He was born in Montgomery, West Virginia, and was raised in Landgraff, West Virginia, a small, poverty-stricken coal mining village near Welch, West Virginia, and is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, receiving his Canadian citizenship in 2006.