Cover versions of her hits have been recorded by Madeline Bell, The Belle Stars, Laura Branigan, Aaron Carter, Gary Glitter, Ricardo Ray, Pia Zadora, Southern Culture on the Skids, Gladys Knight and the Pips (a version of "The Nitty Gritty", produced by Norman Whitfield) as well as a 1980s high energy dance version of The Name Game by actor and personality "Divine" aka.
Shirley Bassey | Shirley Temple | Shirley MacLaine | Ellis Island | Shirley Williams | Shirley | Shirley Jones | Shirley Knight | Shirley Jackson | Kerry Ellis | Clough Williams-Ellis | Bret Easton Ellis | Tinsley Ellis | John Ellis | Albert Ellis | Tracee Ellis Ross | Shirley, New Zealand | Shirley Henderson | Laverne & Shirley | Ellis Park Stadium | Ellis Park | Warren Ellis | Shirley Eikhard | Shirley Collins | Shirley Clarke | Perry Ellis | Jimmy Ellis | James Shirley | Carson Ellis | Shirley Verrett |
The Belle Stars furthered this with "The Clapping Song" (their first top 20 hit), a remake of the 1965 Shirley Ellis hit, and then "Mockingbird", a hit for Inez and Charlie Foxx in 1969 and James Taylor and Carly Simon in 1974.