John Ellison
John Ellison | |
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Ellison at the 2010 Greenbelt Harvest Picnic | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Willie John Ellison |
| Born | 11 August 1941 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.