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"
Released
November 1964 (1964-11)[1]
Genre
R&B
novelty
Length
2:39
Label
Congress
Songwriter(s)
Shirley Ellis
Lincoln Chase
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.
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