Sandie Shaw
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Sandie Shaw is an English
pop
singer, who was one of the most successful British
female singers of the 1960s. In 1967 she was the first UK act to win the Eurovision Song Contest
. She has been described as "the barefoot
pop princess of the 1960s".
, London
, England
. On leaving school, she worked at the nearby Ford
factory, and did some part-time modelling before coming second as a singer in a local talent contest. As a prize, she appeared at a charity concert in London
, where her potential was spotted by singer Adam Faith
. He introduced her to his manager, Eve Taylor, who won her a contract with Pye Records
in 1964 and gave her the stage name of "Sandie Shaw".
Taylor teamed Shaw with songwriter
Chris Andrews
, who wrote her first single, "As Long as You're Happy Baby", which failed to make the charts. However, for her second single Taylor gave her the Bacharach
and David
song "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
", which had been a #49 US
pop hit for singer Lou Johnson
. Shaw's version rose quickly to #1 in the UK Singles Chart
in the autumn of 1964, and also charted in the United States at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100
early the following year. "I’d Be Far Better Off Without You" was issued as the follow-up, but DJs preferred its B-side, "Girl Don't Come", also written by Andrews, and the sides were switched. "Girl Don't Come" reached #3 in the UK and became her biggest US hit, reaching #42. It was followed by further hits in the UK including "I'll Stop at Nothing", "Long Live Love", her second UK #1 in 1965, and "Message Understood". The singles were produced by Taylor, Andrews and Shaw herself (though she was never credited), with help from Pye Records arranger
Ken Woodman.
Sandie Shaw was a regular on popular British TV programmes of the time such as Top of the Pops
, Ready Steady Go!
and Thank Your Lucky Stars
. She was seen as epitomising the "swinging Sixties", and her trademark barefoot performances endeared her to the public at large. She also recorded most of her hit singles in Italian
, French
, German
and Spanish
boosting her popularity in Europe
. She was popular across South America
, performed behind the Iron Curtain
, and sang at concert
s in pre-revolutionary Iran
. Shaw also released several original albums in the 1960s: Sandie
; Me
; Love Me, Please Love Me
; The Sandie Shaw Supplement
and Reviewing the Situation
. These albums generally consisted of Andrews-penned songs mixed with cover version
s of songs made popular by other musician
s.
By 1967, Shaw's record sales were declining and her manager decided on more of a cabaret
appeal. She was invited by the BBC to represent the UK in that year's Eurovision Song Contest
in Vienna
. She had reservations as she felt it would destroy her credibility, but performed five songs on The Rolf Harris
Show, with the public voting that the one that should represent the country was the Bill Martin
/Phil Coulter
composition "Puppet on a String
". Although she disliked the song and thought it was unrepresentative of her material, the song won the contest by a near record margin of votes, and made Shaw the first person to win the contest for the UK. It gave her a third UK #1 single, a record for a female at the time. "Puppet on a String" also became a worldwide hit (though not in the US) and the largest-selling single of the year in Germany
, qualifying for a gold disc
for one million plus sales in the UK and Europe. Her Eurovision success almost did not happen; the BBC wanted to drop her because she had been the 'other woman' in a divorce case.
Fashion had become another of Shaw's trademarks, and in 1968 she began the Sandie Shaw fashion label, selling her own brand of clothing and shoes. In the same year she hosted her own TV show, The Sandie Shaw Supplement
, and issued an LP of the same title. Her last UK Top 10 hit (her eighth in total) came in the form of 1969's "Monsieur Dupont
," originally a German-language song. At the end of 1969, the single "Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now
" was released, which would become the inspiration for a hit
by The Smiths
15 years later. Shaw also produced her own album, Reviewing the Situation
, which contained versions of songs by more alternative artists such as Bob Dylan
and The Rolling Stones
and made Shaw the first known artist to cover a Led Zeppelin
song. Shaw ended 1969 by appearing on the BBC
's highly rated review of the sixties music scene Pop Go The Sixties
, performing There's Always Something There To Remind Me and the German version of Puppet On A String, Wiedehopf Im Mai, live on the show broadcast on BBC1, 31 December 1969.
and Joan of Arc
in Saint Joan
) and writing children's books. In 1977 she released two singles on the CBS
label, and the following year began a lifelong commitment to Sōka Gakkai Buddhism
.
Her second husband, Nik Powell
, introduced her to B.E.F.
She recorded a version of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" for their Music of Quality And Distinction album on the Virgin
label, which brought her back into the public eye. Chrissie Hynde
of The Pretenders
invited Shaw to perform a duet
rendition of "Girl Don't Come" at a Pretenders performance, and the two women began a long-term friendship. The following year Shaw wrote and recorded an album, Choose Life, to publicise the World Peace Exposition in London in March 1983. Later in the year, a new phase in her career began after she received a letter from "two incurable Sandie Shaw fans" - singer Morrissey
and lead guitarist Johnny Marr
of The Smiths - telling her that "The Sandie Shaw legend cannot be over yet — there is more to be done." Shaw's husband was a friend of Geoff Travis
of Rough Trade Records
, the label to which The Smiths were signed, and she agreed to record some of their songs. In April 1984, her version of "Hand in Glove
" (their first single) was released and peaked just inside the UK Top 30. She recorded a new version of her first hit "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" for the film Letter to Brezhnev
, and then released two covers of Lloyd Cole
songs as singles on the Polydor
label. 1986 saw her embark on her first university tour in almost 20 years, followed in 1988 by the album Hello Angel
, the name inspired by a postcard from Morrissey. Shaw embarked on two more successful university tours, and made appearances at Gay pride
and Peace festivals
.
The 1990s saw the release of many compilation album
s of Shaw's material on various minor labels, as well as reissues of some of her original albums. Shaw's autobiography, The World at My Feet, was published in 1991, and the following year she began studying at Oxford
and the University of London
and qualified as a psychotherapist in 1994. During that time, she recorded new versions of some of her 1960s songs for the album Nothing Less Than Brilliant
, released in 1994. It was also around this time that Shaw divorce
d Nik Powell and met her third husband, Tony Bedford.
Concentrating on a new career as a psychotherapist, Shaw opened The Arts Clinic in 1997 with her husband, to provide psychological healthcare and creative development to those in the creative industries. The clinic is now styled "Barefoot Therapy: The Arts Clinic" and continues to provide psychological support for those in the fields of entertainment, media and sports. In 1998 she was invited to join the Royal Society of Musicians
as an Honorary Professor of Music.
Shaw also embarked on a successful legal battle to establish ownership of her entire recording catalogue, and began working with contemporary acts and producers, reworking much of her 1960s and 1980s material. In 2003, Shaw licensed her recording catalogue worldwide to EMI
, continued to develop her Arts Clinic, and began executive coaching and mentoring. Meanwhile, EMI released compilations of her French and Italian recordings, and the following year released similar compilations in Spanish and German. Newly-remastered versions of Reviewing the Situation and Hello Angel also were issued with bonus tracks, and toward the end of the year a 4-CD box set entitled Nothing Comes Easy
was released. Also in 2003, actress Ashley Williams portrayed Shaw on an episode of the American
television series
American Dreams
, performing "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" on American Bandstand
.
During this decade, she reneged on previous declarations of hatred for the Eurovision Song Contest and announced that she was proud of her Eurovision past on the BBC show Making Your Mind Up. She also briefly sat in for Brian Matthew
on his long-running BBC Radio 2
Saturday morning show Sounds of the 60s
in December 2006. On 26 February 2007, in honour of her 60th birthday, Shaw released a new version of "Puppet on a String" on her website
. The re-tooled version, called "Puppet's Got A Brand New String," had a complete overhaul in sound and vocals under the supervision of her friend Howard Jones
and mixer Andy Gray. The schlager
style of the song was replaced with a calmer melody.
In April 2010, Shaw appeared on the UK ITV
television program
me Loose Women
, and revealed that she was returning to recording and would be singing the theme song
to the British film
, Made in Dagenham
. She also took the opportunity to criticise the Eurovision Song Contest
saying that it was bad when she did it, but has now got even worse.
In August 2010, she appeared at Vintage, an upmarket festival on the Goodwood estate in West Sussex
, as a special guest of Wayne Hemingway
(Red or Dead
) who organised the event. As well as hosting her own main stage set with numerous female guest singers, she also performed cameos on other stages, including singing "Downtown
" with composer Tony Hatch
and an orchestra in the cabaret tent.
On Boxing Day 2010, she appeared on BBC Radio 4
's Desert Island Discs
.
She is Jools Holland
's special guest on his 2011 Tour.
at the Greenwich Register Office in London
. Their daughter Gracie was born in February 1971. Her marriage to Banks ended in 1978.
In 1982, she married Nik Powell
, co-founder of the Virgin Group
and chairman of the European Film Academy
. They had two children together.
She is currently married to her third husband, Tony Bedford.
In August 2007, Shaw revealed that she had had 'corrective' surgery on her iconic feet, which she described as "ugly": the surgery left her unable to walk until October 2007.
Note: It would be nearly impossible to list all the albums ever released containing Shaw's material (many major and minor labels have released compilations of her work since the 1960s), so only original albums and 'main' compilations are listed, along with the EMI releases which have been issued since Shaw licenced her catalogue to them.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer, who was one of the most successful British
United Kingdom
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female singers of the 1960s. In 1967 she was the first UK act to win the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1967
The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the twelfth Eurovision Song Contest. The presenter became confused whilst the voting was taking place, and declared the United Kingdom's entry to be the winner before the last country, Ireland, had announced its votes...
. She has been described as "the barefoot
Barefoot
Barefoot is the state of not wearing any footwear. Being barefoot is regarded as a human's natural state, though for functional, fashion and social reasons footwear is worn, at least on some occasions...
pop princess of the 1960s".
Early life and career
Sandra Goodrich was born and brought up in DagenhamDagenham
Dagenham is a large suburb in East London, forming the eastern part of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and located east of Charing Cross. It was historically an agrarian village in the county of Essex and remained mostly undeveloped until 1921 when the London County Council began...
, London
London
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, England
England
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. On leaving school, she worked at the nearby Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
factory, and did some part-time modelling before coming second as a singer in a local talent contest. As a prize, she appeared at a charity concert in London
London
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, where her potential was spotted by singer Adam Faith
Adam Faith
Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5...
. He introduced her to his manager, Eve Taylor, who won her a contract with Pye Records
Pye Records
Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man...
in 1964 and gave her the stage name of "Sandie Shaw".
Taylor teamed Shaw with songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
Chris Andrews
Chris Andrews (singer)
Chris Andrews is a singer and successful songwriter whose musical career started in the 1960s.-Career:...
, who wrote her first single, "As Long as You're Happy Baby", which failed to make the charts. However, for her second single Taylor gave her the Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
and David
Hal David
Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...
song "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
" Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written in the 1960s by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David.-First charting versions:...
", which had been a #49 US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pop hit for singer Lou Johnson
Lou Johnson (singer)
Lou Johnson is an American soul singer and pianist who was active as a recording artist in the 1960s and early 1970s.-Life and career:...
. Shaw's version rose quickly to #1 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in the autumn of 1964, and also charted in the United States at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
early the following year. "I’d Be Far Better Off Without You" was issued as the follow-up, but DJs preferred its B-side, "Girl Don't Come", also written by Andrews, and the sides were switched. "Girl Don't Come" reached #3 in the UK and became her biggest US hit, reaching #42. It was followed by further hits in the UK including "I'll Stop at Nothing", "Long Live Love", her second UK #1 in 1965, and "Message Understood". The singles were produced by Taylor, Andrews and Shaw herself (though she was never credited), with help from Pye Records arranger
Arrangement
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
Ken Woodman.
Sandie Shaw was a regular on popular British TV programmes of the time such as Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
, Ready Steady Go!
Ready Steady Go!
Ready Steady Go! or simply RSG! was one of the UK's first rock/pop music TV programmes. It was conceived by Elkan Allan, head of Rediffusion TV. Allan was assisted by record producer/talent manager Vicki Wickham, who became the producer. It was broadcast from August 1963 until December 1966...
and Thank Your Lucky Stars
Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)
Thank Your Lucky Stars was a British television pop music show made by ABC Television, and broadcast on ITV from 1961 to 1966. Many of the top bands performed on it, and for millions of British teenagers it was essential viewing...
. She was seen as epitomising the "swinging Sixties", and her trademark barefoot performances endeared her to the public at large. She also recorded most of her hit singles in Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
boosting her popularity in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. She was popular across South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
, performed behind the Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain
The concept of the Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989...
, and sang at concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
s in pre-revolutionary Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. Shaw also released several original albums in the 1960s: Sandie
Sandie
Sandie is the first album or L.P. by 1960s British singer Sandie Shaw. Released in February 1965 on the Pye label, it was her only original album to enter the UK chart and peaked at Number 3...
; Me
Me (Sandie Shaw album)
Me is the second album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. It was released by Pye Records in November 1965, just eight months after her debut, but unfortunately did not follow its success - though her singles were still selling well...
; Love Me, Please Love Me
Love Me, Please Love Me
Love Me, Please Love Me is the third original album or LP by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. It was issued by Pye Records in November 1967, several months after Shaw's triumph in that year's Eurovision Song Contest...
; The Sandie Shaw Supplement
The Sandie Shaw Supplement
The Sandie Shaw Supplement was a television show hosted by 1960s British singer Sandie Shaw in 1968 and also the name of her fourth original album released in November of that year by Pye Records and re-issued shortly afterwards on the Marble Arch label...
and Reviewing the Situation
Reviewing the Situation
-Personnel:*Sandie Shaw - vocals*Geoff Peach- tenor sax, flute & vocals*Rodney Hill - guitar*Brent Pickthall - bass Guitar & backing vocals*Ian Wallace - drums...
. These albums generally consisted of Andrews-penned songs mixed with cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
s of songs made popular by other musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
s.
By 1967, Shaw's record sales were declining and her manager decided on more of a cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
appeal. She was invited by the BBC to represent the UK in that year's Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. She had reservations as she felt it would destroy her credibility, but performed five songs on The Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris, CBE, AM is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, composer, painter and television personality.Born in Perth, Western Australia, Harris was a champion swimmer before studying art. He moved to England in 1952, where he started to appear on television programmes on which he drew the...
Show, with the public voting that the one that should represent the country was the Bill Martin
Bill Martin
Bill Martin is a Scottish songwriter, music publisher and impresario.-Biography:...
/Phil Coulter
Phil Coulter
Phil Coulter is an artist with an international reputation as a successful songwriter, pianist, music producer, arranger and director. His success has spanned four decades and he is one of the biggest record sellers in Ireland...
composition "Puppet on a String
Puppet on a String
"Puppet on a String" is the name of the Eurovision Song Contest-winning song in 1967 by British singer Sandie Shaw. It was her thirteenth UK single release....
". Although she disliked the song and thought it was unrepresentative of her material, the song won the contest by a near record margin of votes, and made Shaw the first person to win the contest for the UK. It gave her a third UK #1 single, a record for a female at the time. "Puppet on a String" also became a worldwide hit (though not in the US) and the largest-selling single of the year in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, qualifying for a gold disc
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
for one million plus sales in the UK and Europe. Her Eurovision success almost did not happen; the BBC wanted to drop her because she had been the 'other woman' in a divorce case.
Fashion had become another of Shaw's trademarks, and in 1968 she began the Sandie Shaw fashion label, selling her own brand of clothing and shoes. In the same year she hosted her own TV show, The Sandie Shaw Supplement
The Sandie Shaw Supplement
The Sandie Shaw Supplement was a television show hosted by 1960s British singer Sandie Shaw in 1968 and also the name of her fourth original album released in November of that year by Pye Records and re-issued shortly afterwards on the Marble Arch label...
, and issued an LP of the same title. Her last UK Top 10 hit (her eighth in total) came in the form of 1969's "Monsieur Dupont
Monsieur Dupont (Sandie Shaw song)
"Monsieur Dupont" is the twenty-first single by British singer Sandie Shaw. Originally sung by German singer Manuela in 1967, Shaw's version became her last big hit of the 1960s. It reached number six in the UK charts, making it her eighth Top 10. In English, Monsieur Dupont means Mr...
," originally a German-language song. At the end of 1969, the single "Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now
Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now
"Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now" is the twenty-third single by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw, and her final single of that decade, marking the end of a string of singles which had made her the most successful British female singer of that era...
" was released, which would become the inspiration for a hit
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" is a single by The Smiths that reached #10 on the UK Singles Chart in June 1984 before its inclusion on the compilation album, Hatful of Hollow...
by The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
15 years later. Shaw also produced her own album, Reviewing the Situation
Reviewing the Situation
-Personnel:*Sandie Shaw - vocals*Geoff Peach- tenor sax, flute & vocals*Rodney Hill - guitar*Brent Pickthall - bass Guitar & backing vocals*Ian Wallace - drums...
, which contained versions of songs by more alternative artists such as Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
and The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
and made Shaw the first known artist to cover a Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
song. Shaw ended 1969 by appearing on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's highly rated review of the sixties music scene Pop Go The Sixties
Pop Go The Sixties
Pop Go The Sixties! was a one-off, seventy five-minute TV special originally broadcast in colour on 31 December 1969, to celebrate the major pop hits of the 1960s. The show was a co-production between the United Kingdom's BBC and Germany's ZDF broadcasters...
, performing There's Always Something There To Remind Me and the German version of Puppet On A String, Wiedehopf Im Mai, live on the show broadcast on BBC1, 31 December 1969.
After 1970
Although she began writing songs, her contract with Pye expired in 1972. She retired from life as a pop singer and began working on other ventures, including co-writing a full-length rock musical, songwriting, acting in stage productions (she played Ophelia in HamletHamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
and Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" , is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the...
in Saint Joan
Saint Joan (play)
Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises what is known of her life based on the substantial records of her trial. Shaw studied the transcripts...
) and writing children's books. In 1977 she released two singles on the CBS
CBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
label, and the following year began a lifelong commitment to Sōka Gakkai Buddhism
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
.
Her second husband, Nik Powell
Nik Powell
Nik Powell is one of the co-founders of the Virgin Group with Richard Branson. After operating a mail-order company, a small record shop, and a recording studio, the partners established Virgin Records in 1972...
, introduced her to B.E.F.
B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation)
B.E.F. are a band/production company formed by former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh who later became Heaven 17 .-History:Ware and Marsh's first release as B.E.F...
She recorded a version of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" for their Music of Quality And Distinction album on the Virgin
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
label, which brought her back into the public eye. Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde
Christine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde is an US musician best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band the Pretenders. She is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and has been the only constant member of the band throughout its history.-Early life and career:Hynde is the daughter of a part-time...
of The Pretenders
The Pretenders
The Pretenders are an English rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde , James Honeyman-Scott , Pete Farndon , and Martin Chambers...
invited Shaw to perform a duet
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
rendition of "Girl Don't Come" at a Pretenders performance, and the two women began a long-term friendship. The following year Shaw wrote and recorded an album, Choose Life, to publicise the World Peace Exposition in London in March 1983. Later in the year, a new phase in her career began after she received a letter from "two incurable Sandie Shaw fans" - singer Morrissey
Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
and lead guitarist Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr is an English musician and songwriter. Marr rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths, with whom he formed a prolific songwriting partnership with Morrissey. Marr has been a member of Electronic, The The, and Modest Mouse...
of The Smiths - telling her that "The Sandie Shaw legend cannot be over yet — there is more to be done." Shaw's husband was a friend of Geoff Travis
Geoff Travis
Geoff Travis is the founder of both Rough Trade Records and the Rough Trade chain of record shops. A former drama teacher and owner of a punk record shop, Travis founded the Rough Trade label in 1978.-Biography:...
of Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
, the label to which The Smiths were signed, and she agreed to record some of their songs. In April 1984, her version of "Hand in Glove
Hand in Glove
"Hand in Glove" is a song by the British alternative rock band The Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. It was released as the band's first single in May 1983 on independent record label Rough Trade Records. "Hand in Glove" peaked at number three on the UK Indie Chart,...
" (their first single) was released and peaked just inside the UK Top 30. She recorded a new version of her first hit "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" for the film Letter to Brezhnev
Letter to Brezhnev
Letter to Brezhnev is a 1985 British comedy film about working class life in contemporary Liverpool. It was written by Frank Clarke and directed by Chris Bernard. It starred Alfred Molina, Peter Firth, Tracy Lea, Alexandra Pigg, Margi Clarke amongst others...
, and then released two covers of Lloyd Cole
Lloyd Cole
Lloyd Cole is an English singer and songwriter, known for his role as lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989, and for his subsequent solo work.-Early life:...
songs as singles on the Polydor
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
label. 1986 saw her embark on her first university tour in almost 20 years, followed in 1988 by the album Hello Angel
Hello Angel
-Personnel:*Sandie Shaw - vocals*Kevin Armstrong - guitar*Danny Cummings - percussion*James Eller - bass*Deon Estus - bass*Reeves Gabrels - guitar*Chrissie Hynde - harmonica*Johnny Marr - guitar*Andy Rourke - bass*Tim Sanders - soprano saxophone...
, the name inspired by a postcard from Morrissey. Shaw embarked on two more successful university tours, and made appearances at Gay pride
Gay pride
LGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity...
and Peace festivals
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
.
The 1990s saw the release of many compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s of Shaw's material on various minor labels, as well as reissues of some of her original albums. Shaw's autobiography, The World at My Feet, was published in 1991, and the following year she began studying at Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
and the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
and qualified as a psychotherapist in 1994. During that time, she recorded new versions of some of her 1960s songs for the album Nothing Less Than Brilliant
Nothing Less Than Brilliant
Nothing Less Than Brilliant is a compilation album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. Released in 1994 by Virgin Records, it contains several new recordings of her hit singles from the 1960s as well as some in their original forms. It also features some songs recorded in the 1980s....
, released in 1994. It was also around this time that Shaw divorce
Divorce
Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
d Nik Powell and met her third husband, Tony Bedford.
Concentrating on a new career as a psychotherapist, Shaw opened The Arts Clinic in 1997 with her husband, to provide psychological healthcare and creative development to those in the creative industries. The clinic is now styled "Barefoot Therapy: The Arts Clinic" and continues to provide psychological support for those in the fields of entertainment, media and sports. In 1998 she was invited to join the Royal Society of Musicians
Royal Society of Musicians
The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain is a charity in the United Kingdom that supports musicians. It is the oldest music-related charity in Great Britain, founded in 1738 as the "Fund for Decay'd Musicians" by a declaration of trust signed by 228 musicians, including Edward Purcell ,...
as an Honorary Professor of Music.
Shaw also embarked on a successful legal battle to establish ownership of her entire recording catalogue, and began working with contemporary acts and producers, reworking much of her 1960s and 1980s material. In 2003, Shaw licensed her recording catalogue worldwide to EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
, continued to develop her Arts Clinic, and began executive coaching and mentoring. Meanwhile, EMI released compilations of her French and Italian recordings, and the following year released similar compilations in Spanish and German. Newly-remastered versions of Reviewing the Situation and Hello Angel also were issued with bonus tracks, and toward the end of the year a 4-CD box set entitled Nothing Comes Easy
Nothing Comes Easy
Nothing Comes Easy is a boxed set of four CDs by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw released in 2004. It contains digitally remastered versions of EVERY A and B-side to the singles she released in the UK from 1964 to 1988, plus several rare and unreleased recordings....
was released. Also in 2003, actress Ashley Williams portrayed Shaw on an episode of the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
American Dreams
American Dreams
American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...
, performing "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" on American Bandstand
American Bandstand
American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...
.
During this decade, she reneged on previous declarations of hatred for the Eurovision Song Contest and announced that she was proud of her Eurovision past on the BBC show Making Your Mind Up. She also briefly sat in for Brian Matthew
Brian Matthew
Brian Matthew is a veteran English broadcaster, who became well known in the 1960s. He is still broadcasting on radio for the BBC, having presented Sounds of the 60s since 1990, often employing the same vocabulary and the same measured delivery he used in previous decades.-Early life and...
on his long-running BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
Saturday morning show Sounds of the 60s
Sounds of the 60s
Sounds of the 60s is a long-running Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio 2 that features recordings of popular music made in the 1960s. It was first broadcast on 12 February 1983 and introduced by Keith Fordyce who had been the first presenter of the TV show Ready Steady Go! in 1963...
in December 2006. On 26 February 2007, in honour of her 60th birthday, Shaw released a new version of "Puppet on a String" on her website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
. The re-tooled version, called "Puppet's Got A Brand New String," had a complete overhaul in sound and vocals under the supervision of her friend Howard Jones
Howard Jones (musician)
Howard Jones is a musician, singer and songwriter. According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, "Jones is an accomplished singer-songwriter who was a regular chart visitor in the mid 1980s with his brand of synthpop. Jones, who was equally popular in the U.S., appeared at Live...
and mixer Andy Gray. The schlager
Schlager
Schlager music is a style of popular music prevalent in Central and Northern Europe and the Balkans and also in France and Poland. In Portugal, it was adapted and became pimba music...
style of the song was replaced with a calmer melody.
In April 2010, Shaw appeared on the UK ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
me Loose Women
Loose Women
Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...
, and revealed that she was returning to recording and would be singing the theme song
Theme music
Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...
to the British film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, Made in Dagenham
Made in Dagenham
Made in Dagenham is a 2010 British film directed by Nigel Cole. The film stars Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike and Jaime Winstone. It dramatises the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968 that aimed for equal pay for women...
. She also took the opportunity to criticise the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
saying that it was bad when she did it, but has now got even worse.
In August 2010, she appeared at Vintage, an upmarket festival on the Goodwood estate in West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, as a special guest of Wayne Hemingway
Wayne Hemingway
Wayne Andrew Hemingway, MBE is an English fashion designer and co-founder of Red or Dead. He is also chairman of the South Coast Design Forum, and chair of Building For Life .Hemingway is the son of Canadian Mohawk chief and former wrestler Billy Two Rivers...
(Red or Dead
Red or Dead
Red or Dead is a fashion designer and manufacturer, started in London in 1982 by Wayne Hemingway and his wife Geraldine Hemingway. They manufacture products such as shoes, spectacles, bags and watches.- Brand name :...
) who organised the event. As well as hosting her own main stage set with numerous female guest singers, she also performed cameos on other stages, including singing "Downtown
Downtown (Petula Clark song)
"Downtown" is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch which, as recorded by Petula Clark, became an international hit – No. 1 in the US and No. 2 in the UK – at the end of 1964.-Original recording:...
" with composer Tony Hatch
Tony Hatch
Anthony Peter "Tony" Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, pianist, music arranger and producer.-Early life and early career:...
and an orchestra in the cabaret tent.
On Boxing Day 2010, she appeared on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
's Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs is a BBC Radio 4 programme first broadcast on 29 January 1942. It is the second longest-running radio programme , and is the longest-running factual programme in the history of radio...
.
She is Jools Holland
Jools Holland
Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, and television presenter. He was a founder of the band Squeeze and his work has involved him with many artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Who, David Gilmour and Bono.Holland is a...
's special guest on his 2011 Tour.
Personal life
On 6 March 1968 Shaw married fashion designer Jeff BanksJeff Banks
Jeff Banks CBE is a Welsh designer of men's and women's clothing, jewellery, and home furnishings. Born in Ebbw Vale, Wales, Banks co-founded the fashion chain Warehouse in the late 1970s...
at the Greenwich Register Office in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. Their daughter Gracie was born in February 1971. Her marriage to Banks ended in 1978.
In 1982, she married Nik Powell
Nik Powell
Nik Powell is one of the co-founders of the Virgin Group with Richard Branson. After operating a mail-order company, a small record shop, and a recording studio, the partners established Virgin Records in 1972...
, co-founder of the Virgin Group
Virgin Group
Virgin Group Limited is a British branded venture capital conglomerate organisation founded by business tycoon Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel, entertainment and lifestyle. Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding...
and chairman of the European Film Academy
European Film Academy
The European Film Academy is an initiative of a group of European filmmakers who came together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988.- European Film Academy :...
. They had two children together.
She is currently married to her third husband, Tony Bedford.
In August 2007, Shaw revealed that she had had 'corrective' surgery on her iconic feet, which she described as "ugly": the surgery left her unable to walk until October 2007.
Singles
Catalogue numbers, dates of release, and A-side/B-side configurations all refer to initial UK releases only. Information may vary for releases in other territories.| Date of issue | A-side A-side and B-side A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or... |
B-side A-side and B-side A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or... |
Label and catalogue number | UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
Australia (Kent Report) | Canada (RPM) | US (Billboard Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... ) |
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| July 1964 | "As Long as You're Happy Baby" | "Ya-Ya--Da-Da" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 15671 |
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| September 1964 | "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me " Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written in the 1960s by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David.-First charting versions:... " |
"Don't You Know" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 15704 |
1 | 16 | 1 | 52 |
| December 1964 | "Girl Don't Come" | "I'd Be Far Better Off Without You" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 15743 |
3 | 48 | 2 | 42 |
| February 1965 | "I'll Stop At Nothing" | "You Can't Blame Him" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 15783 |
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| May 1965 | "Long Live Love" | "I've Heard About Him" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 15841 |
1 | 12 | 6 | 97 |
| September 1965 | "Message Understood Message Understood "Message Understood" is the sixth single by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. Released in September 1965, it was written by Shaw's usual songwriter Chris Andrews and became her fifth consecutive top-ten hit single in the UK, reaching number six.... " |
"Don't You Count On It" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 15940 |
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| November 1965 | "How Can You Tell" | "If Ever You Need Me" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 15987 |
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| January 1966 | "Tomorrow" | "Hurting You" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17036 |
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| May 1966 | "Nothing Comes Easy" | "Stop Before You Start" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17086 |
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| August 1966 | "Run" | "Long Walk Home" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17163 |
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| November 1966 | "Think Sometimes About Me" | "Hide All Emotion" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17212 |
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| January 1967 | "I Don't Need Anything" | "Keep in Touch" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17239 |
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| March 1967 | "Puppet on a String Puppet on a String "Puppet on a String" is the name of the Eurovision Song Contest-winning song in 1967 by British singer Sandie Shaw. It was her thirteenth UK single release.... " |
"Tell The Boys" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17272 |
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| July 1967 | "Tonight in Tokyo" | "You've Been Seeing Her Again" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17346 |
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| September 1967 | "You've Not Changed You've Not Changed "You've Not Changed" is the fifteenth single by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. This was the first single A-side to be written by Chris Andrews since "Think Sometimes About Me" almost a year previously. Shaw feels that at the time this was her best single for some time and it reached Number... " |
"Make Me Cry" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 173778 |
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| January 1968 | "Today" | "London" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17441 |
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| April 1968 | "Don't Run Away" | "Stop" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17504 |
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| June 1968 | "Show Me" | "One More Life" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17564 |
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| August 1968 | "Together Aerial Ballet Aerial Ballet is the third album by Harry Nilsson released in 1968.Aerial Ballet was Nilsson's second album for RCA Victor, and was titled after the highwire circus act of his grandparents. It consists almost entirely of songs written by him, including "One", which later became a Number Five hit... " |
"Turn on the Sunshine" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17587 |
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| October 1968 | "Make It Go"/"Those Were the Days Those Were the Days (song) "Those Were the Days" is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" , written by Boris Fomin with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism... " Double A-side |
See note, left | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17611 |
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| February 1969 | "Monsieur Dupont Monsieur Dupont (Sandie Shaw song) "Monsieur Dupont" is the twenty-first single by British singer Sandie Shaw. Originally sung by German singer Manuela in 1967, Shaw's version became her last big hit of the 1960s. It reached number six in the UK charts, making it her eighth Top 10. In English, Monsieur Dupont means Mr... " |
"Voice in the Crowd" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17675 |
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| May 1969 | "Think It All Over Think It All Over "Think It All Over" is the twenty-second single by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. It was her final single to be written by Chris Andrews and was influenced by the German oompah bands that were popular at the time. The single peaked just outside the U.K. Top 40, and became Shaw's final... " |
"Send Me a Letter" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17726 |
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| September 1969 | "Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now "Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now" is the twenty-third single by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw, and her final single of that decade, marking the end of a string of singles which had made her the most successful British female singer of that era... " |
"So Many Things To Do" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17821 |
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| January 1970 | "By Tomorrow By Tomorrow "By Tomorrow" is a single by British singer Sandie Shaw. This was her first single of the 1970s after a highly successful string of singles the previous decade. Although it is a favourite amongst fans, it was not a commercial success.... " |
"Maple Village" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17894 |
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| June 1970 | "Wight Is Wight Wight Is Wight "Wight Is Wight" is a French song by Michel Delpech. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Released in 1969, the hippy influenced song became a hit in France, and was recorded the following year in English by the British singer Sandie Shaw... " |
"That's The Way He's Made" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 17954 |
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| February 1971 | "Rose Garden" | "Maybe I'm Amazed" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 45040 |
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| June 1971 | "Show Your Face Show Your Face "Show Your Face" is a single by British singer Sandie Shaw. It was released in 1971 and did not have the impact on the chart that many of her singles had the previous decade. Although the song had a religious theme, Shaw has stated that she is not a Christian and was not one at the time the song... " |
"Dear Madame" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 45073 |
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| February 1972 | "Where Did They Go Where Did They Go "Where Did They Go" is a song by American singer Peggy Lee which was later covered by British singer Sandie Shaw.... " |
"Look at Me" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 45118 |
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| August 1972 | "Father and Son" | "Pity the Ship" | Pye Records Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... 7N 45164 |
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| June 1977 | "One More Night" | "Still So Young" | CBS Records CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... CBS 5371 |
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| August 1977 | "Just a Disillusion Just A Disillusion "Just a Disillusion" is a single by British singer Sandie Shaw. Though most famous for her 1960s singles on the Pye label, this song was released in 1977 on Epic Records. The disco track did not bring Shaw back into the limelight , but she has stated that in hindsight it is a very good song.... " |
"Your Mama Wouldn't Like It" | CBS Records CBS Records CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J... CBS 5513 |
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| April 1982 | "Anyone Who Had a Heart" | "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (instrumental Instrumental An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments.... ) |
Virgin Records Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny... VS 484 |
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| April 1983 | "Wish I Was Wish I Was "Wish I Was" is a 1983 single by British singer Sandie Shaw. Shaw was most famous for being the most successful British female singer of the 1960s, thanks to a string of hit singles on the Pye Records label... " |
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| April 1984 | "Hand in Glove Hand in Glove "Hand in Glove" is a song by the British alternative rock band The Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. It was released as the band's first single in May 1983 on independent record label Rough Trade Records. "Hand in Glove" peaked at number three on the UK Indie Chart,... " |
"I Don't Owe You Anything" | Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove... RT 130 |
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| May 1986 | "Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken? Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken "Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken" is a song by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions later covered by Sandie Shaw in 1986. Shaw had made a comeback two years earlier thanks to Morrissey and Johnny Marr of The Smiths and having released a cover of their song "Hand in Glove" discussed making an album with... " |
"Steven (You Don't Eat Meat)" | Polydor Records Polydor Records Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone... POSP 793 |
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| July 1986 | "Frederick Frederick (song) "Frederick" is a rock song written by Patti Smith, and released as lead single from Patti Smith Group 1979 album Wave. The song is dedicated to Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarplayer of the Detroit band MC5 and Smith's future husband... " |
"Go Johnny Go" | Polydor Records Polydor Records Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone... POSP 811 |
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| September 1988 | "Please Help the Cause Against Loneliness Please Help The Cause Against Loneliness "Please Help the Cause Against Loneliness" is a song by British singer Sandie Shaw and the first single from her 1988 album Hello Angel. Having released a string of hit singles in the 1960s, Shaw had semi-retired from public life in the early 1970s and had released only a few records with minimal... " |
"I Will Remain" | Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove... RT 220 |
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| November 1988 | "Nothing Less Than Brilliant Nothing Less Than Brilliant (song) "Nothing Less Than Brilliant" is the final single by British singer Sandie Shaw, and the second single from her Hello Angel album.Shaw initially became a star in the 1960s when she scored eight Top 10 singles in the UK alone, including three Number Ones , and became the first British act to win the... " |
"Love Peace" | Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove... RT 230 |
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| November 1994 | "Nothing Less Than Brilliant" (re-issue) | "(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me" | Virgin Records Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny... VSC 1521 |
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UK EPs
- (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me (1964)
- Long Live Love (1965)
- Talk About Love (1965)
- Message Understood (1966)
- Tomorrow (1966)
- Nothing Comes Easy (1966)
- Run With Sandie (1966)
- Sandie Shaw In French (1967)
- Sandie Shaw In Italian (1967)
- Tell The Boys (1967)
UK studio albums
- Sandie (UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
No. 3, 1965, U.S.Billboard 200The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
#100) - MeMe (Sandie Shaw album)Me is the second album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. It was released by Pye Records in November 1965, just eight months after her debut, but unfortunately did not follow its success - though her singles were still selling well...
(1965) - Love Me, Please Love MeLove Me, Please Love MeLove Me, Please Love Me is the third original album or LP by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. It was issued by Pye Records in November 1967, several months after Shaw's triumph in that year's Eurovision Song Contest...
(1967) - The Sandie Shaw SupplementThe Sandie Shaw SupplementThe Sandie Shaw Supplement was a television show hosted by 1960s British singer Sandie Shaw in 1968 and also the name of her fourth original album released in November of that year by Pye Records and re-issued shortly afterwards on the Marble Arch label...
(1968) - Reviewing the SituationReviewing the Situation-Personnel:*Sandie Shaw - vocals*Geoff Peach- tenor sax, flute & vocals*Rodney Hill - guitar*Brent Pickthall - bass Guitar & backing vocals*Ian Wallace - drums...
(1969) - Choose Life (1983)
- Hello AngelHello Angel-Personnel:*Sandie Shaw - vocals*Kevin Armstrong - guitar*Danny Cummings - percussion*James Eller - bass*Deon Estus - bass*Reeves Gabrels - guitar*Chrissie Hynde - harmonica*Johnny Marr - guitar*Andy Rourke - bass*Tim Sanders - soprano saxophone...
(1988)
UK compilation albums
- The Golden Hits of Sandie ShawThe Golden Hits Of Sandie ShawThe Golden Hits of Sandie Shaw is a compilation album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. Released in April 1966 by Pye Records on their budget Golden Guinea label, it contains all of the "A" sides and "B" sides of all her UK chart singles from 1964 to the end of 1965, which was technically...
(1966) - Puppet on a StringPuppet on a String (album)Puppet on a String is the name of Sandie Shaw's third full-priced album, released on the Pye label in May 1967 on the back of her Eurovision success....
(1967) - Nothing Less Than BrilliantNothing Less Than BrilliantNothing Less Than Brilliant is a compilation album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. Released in 1994 by Virgin Records, it contains several new recordings of her hit singles from the 1960s as well as some in their original forms. It also features some songs recorded in the 1980s....
(UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
No. 64, 1994) - Pourvu Que Ça Dure - Chante En FrançaisPourvu Que Ça Dure - Chante En FrançaisPourvu Que Ça Dure - Chante En Français is a compilation album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw containing a selection of French-language recordings of some of her original hits...
(2003) - La Cantante Scalza - Canta In ItalianoLa Cantante Scalza - Canta In ItalianoLa Cantante Scalza - Canta In Italiano is an album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw and features a compilation of her hits recorded in the Italian language. It was released by EMI in 2003....
(2003) - Wiedehopf Im Mai - Sandie Shaw Singt Auf DeutschWiedehopf Im Mai - Sandie Shaw Singt Auf DeutschWiedehopf Im Mai - Sandie Shaw Singt Auf Deutsch is a compilation album by 1960s British pop singer Sandie Shaw featuring all her German language recordings, many of which are versions of her hits...
(2004) - Marionetas En La Cuerda - Sandie Shaw Canta En EspañolMarionetas En La Cuerda - Sandie Shaw Canta En EspañolMarionetas En La Cuerda - Sandie Shaw Canta En Español is a Spanish-language album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. It is a compilation of her recordings in this language, featuring Spanish versions of many of her hits....
(2004) - Nothing Comes EasyNothing Comes EasyNothing Comes Easy is a boxed set of four CDs by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw released in 2004. It contains digitally remastered versions of EVERY A and B-side to the singles she released in the UK from 1964 to 1988, plus several rare and unreleased recordings....
(4CD box set) (2004) - The Very Best of Sandie ShawThe Very Best Of Sandie ShawThe Very Best of Sandie Shaw is a compilation by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. Released in 2005 by EMI, it contains digitally remastered versions of all her most popular hit singles from 1964 to 1988...
(UK No. 60, 2005) - The CollectionThe Collection (Sandie Shaw album)The Collection is a compilation album by British singer Sandie Shaw released in 2007 shortly after her 60th birthday. Released as a budget-priced album by EMI , it contains mostly recordings from the 1960s including A-sides The Collection is a compilation album by British singer Sandie Shaw...
(2007)
Note: It would be nearly impossible to list all the albums ever released containing Shaw's material (many major and minor labels have released compilations of her work since the 1960s), so only original albums and 'main' compilations are listed, along with the EMI releases which have been issued since Shaw licenced her catalogue to them.
See also
- List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
- List of Peel sessions
- List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
- List of performers on Top of the Pops
External links
- Official website
- [ Biography at Allmusic.com]