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Sheena Easton
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Scottish singer (born 1959)
Film & TV
Bellshill, Scotland, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr; 27 April 1959) is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records. Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop hits "9 to 5" —…
Known for
- The Sound of 007 — Self2022
- St Andrew’s Day at the BBC — Self2021
- Young Blades2005
- Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster — Professor Fiona Pembrooke (voice)2004
- Back to the 80's 1981 — singer2004
- The Legend of Tarzan — Robin Doyle (voice)2001
- Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles — Self2000
- The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 — Self2000
- Where Are They Now? — Self1999
- Rove — Self1999
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Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr, 27 April 1959) is a two-time Grammy Award winning Pop singer and actress originally from Bellshill, Scotland. Sheena became famous for being the subject of the UK TV programme "The Big Time", a late 70s reality TV series which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract. She suceeded spectacularly by having two singles in the U.K. top 10 at the same time in 1980. She eventually signed with EMI Records. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sheena+Easton"
Key facts
- Born
- Sheena Shirley Orr , ( 1959-04-27 ) 27 April 1959 (age 67) , Bellshill , Lanarkshire , Scotland
- Occupations
- Singer actress songwriter
- Spouse s
- Sandi Easton (m. 1979–1979) , Rob Light (m. 1985–1986) , Tim Delarm (1997–1998) , John Minoli (2002–2003)
- Genres
- Pop dance R&B Adult contemporary music
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Works
- Sheena Easton discography
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Labels
- EMI MCA Universal RT Industries
- Website
- sheenaeaston .com
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bellshill
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Educated at
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.sheenaeaston.com
- Image
- EastonLive2009.jpg
- Residence
- Henderson
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Sheena Easton
- date of birth
- 1959-04-27
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
- social media followers
- 112000
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Encyclopedic overview
Sheena Shirley Easton (née Orr; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and actress who rose to prominence in the reality television series The Big Time: Pop Singer (1980). Her record sales worldwide are estimated at 20 million copies, and she became the first artist in Billboard history to have a top-five hit on each of the Billboard primary singles charts. Her commercial prominence in the 1980s led to collaborations with Prince, Kenny Rogers, Babyface, L.A. Reid and Nile Rodgers.
Born and raised in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Easton signed a record deal with EMI Records, and her debut single, "Modern Girl", was released in February 1980. It reached number 8 in the United Kingdom and number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Her follow–up single, "9 to 5", was equally successful, peaking at number 3 in the United Kingdom whilst in the United States it reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It achieved commercial success in a number of international territories, and was certified Gold in Canada, United Kingdom and the United States. Her debut album, Take My Time (1981), performed well commercially, and by mid–1981, she had recorded and released "For Your Eyes Only" as the theme song for the James Bond movie of the same name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sheena Easton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.