John Ellison
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 . 
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