Doris Coley

Through marriages, Doris Coley became Doris Coley Kenner, then Doris Kenner-Jackson. Born on August 2 ,1941, in Passaic, NJ, she and high school friend Beverly Lee joined up with Shirley Owens and Addie Harris to start a singing group, the Poquellos. Classmate Mary Jane Greenberg invited them to audition for her mother, Florence Greenberg, who had a label called Tiara Records. Singing their original song "I Met Him on a Sunday," they won a school talent contest and after auditioning for their classmate's mother, they were offered a recording contract. Obtaining their parents' permission, they signed with Tiara. After renaming themselves The Shirelles, the first single issued was a recording of "I Met Him on a Sunday." Florence Greenberg felt that a bigger label would do a better job promoting the record, so she leased it to Decca Records. "I Met Him on a Sunday" went to number 49 pop in spring 1958.



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