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The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell
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Wikipedia article
'"The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell"' is a song recorded American country music group The Statler Brothers. The song was released in November 1978 as the third and final single from their album 'Entertainers... On and Off the Record'.
Content
Written by group members Don Reid and Harold Reid, the song is an uptempo recollection on various details in the life of the eponymous Shirley Jean Berrell, a woman whom the narrator knows. At the end of the song, the narrator then reveals the one detail that he does not know about her: "where she is right now".
Critical reception
'Cashbox' published a positive review of the song, which stated that "This song...is tailor made for the group. The foursome lightheartedly carry a listener down memory lane again and their vocal harmonizing never sounded better."
Chart performance
References
Category:1978 songs
Category:1978 singles
Category:Mercury Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Jerry Kennedy
Category:Songs written by Don Reid (singer)
Category:Songs written by Harold Reid
Category:The Statler Brothers songs
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