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Sheena Easton

Sheena Shirley Easton (née Orr; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer and actress. She came into the public eye in an episode of the first British musical reality television series The Big Time: Pop Singer, which recorded her attempts to gain a record deal and her eventual signing with the EMI label. Easton's first two singles, "Modern Girl" and "9 to 5" (later released as "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" in the United States), both entered the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart simultaneously. She became one of the most successful British female recording artists of the 1980s.

Sheena Easton
Easton performing live in November 2009
Background information
Birth nameSheena Shirley Orr
Born (1959-04-27) 27 April 1959 (age 63)
Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • actress
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1978–present
Labels
Websitesheenaeaston.com

A six-time Grammy Award nominee, Easton is a two-time winner, winning the award for Best New Artist in 1982[1] and Best Mexican-American Performance in 1985[2] for her duet with Mexican singer Luis Miguel on the 1984 single "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres". She has recorded 15 studio albums, released a total of 55 singles and had 20 consecutive US singles, including 15 Top 40 hits, seven Top 10's and one number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1981 and 1991. She has received five RIAA-certified Gold albums and one Platinum album. In Canada, she scored three Gold albums and two Platinum albums. With 25 Top 40 international hit singles, Easton has sold over 40 million records worldwide.

Easton became the first and only recording artist in Billboard history to have a Top 5 hit on each of Billboard's primary singles charts: "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" (Pop and Adult Contemporary), "We've Got Tonight" with Kenny Rogers (Country and Adult Contemporary) and "Sugar Walls" (R&B and Dance).

Easton's other hit singles include the James Bond-theme "For Your Eyes Only", "You Could Have Been with Me", "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)", "Almost Over You", "Strut", "U Got the Look" and "The Arms of Orion" with Prince, "The Lover in Me" and "What Comes Naturally". She has worked with prominent singers, writers and producers, such as Prince, Christopher Neil, Kenny Rogers, David Foster, Luis Miguel, L.A. Reid, Babyface, Patrice Rushen and Nile Rodgers.

Life and career

1959–1980: Early life and career beginnings

Sheena Shirley Orr was born on 27 April 1959, at Bellshill Maternity Hospital in North Lanarkshire, Scotland,[3] the youngest of six children of Annie and steel mill labourer Alex Orr. She has two brothers, Robert and Alex, and three sisters, Marilyn, Anessa, and Morag. Her earliest-known public performance as a singer was in 1964 at the age of five, when she sang "Early One Morning" for her uncle and aunt and various relatives at the couple's 25th wedding anniversary celebration.[4]

Easton's father died in 1969 and her mother had to support the family. According to Easton's website, despite her mother's heavy workload she was always available for her children: "Sheena always speaks very highly of her mum and the wonderful job she did in bringing up her and her siblings, including teaching them all to read at home before they were even enrolled in school."[4]

Easton did not consider a singing career until she saw the movie The Way We Were, with Barbra Streisand. Streisand's singing over the opening credits "overtook" the young girl and convinced her that what she wanted most was to be a singer and to have the same effect on others.[5]

Her top grades in school earned her a scholarship to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, where she trained from 1975 to 1979 as a speech and drama teacher by day, while singing with a band called "Something Else" by night at local clubs.[4] She chose to study teaching rather than performing, because it was a course of study that would let her perfect her craft as a singer.[4]

In 1979, she married Sandi Easton, the first of her four husbands. They divorced after eight months, and Sheena decided to keep the surname Easton. That year, one of her tutors coaxed her into auditioning for Esther Rantzen, producer of the BBC programme The Big Time. Rantzen was planning a documentary film to chronicle a relative unknown's rise to pop-music stardom. Easton was selected as the subject for the programme; EMI executives awarded her a contract, and Christopher Neil was assigned as her recording producer. Deke Arlon became her first manager, and Easton spent much of 1980 being followed by camera crews, who filmed her throughout the process of her audition through to making her first EMI single, "Modern Girl". In the course of the filming, she met and sang for Dorothy Squires, Dusty Springfield and Lulu, whose manager Marion Massey told her that she saw Easton as a potential TV star with her own series, but not as a pop singer for the 1980s as she lacked "rugged individuality".

The encounter with Massey (then Marion London), at which Lulu was present, was filmed and included in the broadcast, at which time Massey was not entirely incorrect, as "Modern Girl" had flopped on its release, peaking at number 56 in just three weeks on the UK Singles Chart in April 1980.[6] However, once the programme aired in August 1980, "Modern Girl" was reissued and the track and its follow up "Nine to Five" both leapt into the top 10, disproving Massey's prediction. In a revised and extended version of this episode of The Big Time, broadcast in 1981; this special concluded with news of Easton's breaking into the American market.[7]

1981–1982: "9 to 5", James Bond, Take My Time

Easton's first single, the disco-tinged soft-synth-pop tune, "Modern Girl", was released in the UK before The Big Time aired, reaching number 56. At the end of the show, Easton was still unsure of her future as a singer. The question was resolved soon after the show aired, when her second single, "9 to 5", reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and was certified a Gold single in 1980. "Modern Girl" re-entered the chart subsequently and climbed into the top 10, being certified a Silver single, and Easton found herself with two songs in the UK top 10 simultaneously. During 1980, Easton was voted "Best British Female Singer" by the Daily Mirror Pop & Rock Awards, "Best Newcomer" by Capital Radio, and "Best Female Singer" by the TV Times Readers Awards.[citation needed]

"9 to 5" was Easton's first single release in the United States, although it was renamed "Morning Train (Nine To Five)" for its release in the US and Canada to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton's hit movie title song "9 to 5". "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" became Easton's first and only number 1 hit in the US and topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts in Billboard magazine. "Modern Girl" was released as the follow-up and peaked at number 18, and before 1981 was over she had a Top 10 hit in both the US and UK with the Academy Award-nominated James Bond movie theme "For Your Eyes Only". The song was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe award in 1982 in the category "Best Music (Original Song)".[8] Easton's US success culminated in her winning the Grammy Award for "Best New Artist" for 1982.[1] Easton actually appears in the opening credits of For Your Eyes Only, performing the song; as of 2022, she remains the only Bond theme singer to be featured in this way.[9]

Easton's first three US albums, Sheena Easton (1981) (retitled edition of Take My Time), You Could Have Been with Me (1981), and Madness, Money & Music (1982), were all in the same soft rock/pop vein.[citation needed] The title track from You Could Have Been with Me made it in to the US top 15; however, by the end of 1982, she saw her sales slumping.[citation needed] Easton was one of the first artists to record "Wind Beneath My Wings" (included on Madness, Money & Music), which later was a hit for Bette Midler.

Then, in 1982, Easton undertook her first US tour. Her performance in Los Angeles was videotaped and broadcast on HBO and later released on VHS and Laserdisc as Sheena Easton Live at the Palace, Hollywood.

On 8 November 1982 she appeared in the Royal Variety Performance in front of the Queen Mother singing Maybe This Time.[10]

1983–1987: Best Kept Secret, Todo Me Recuerda a Ti, A Private Heaven and No Sound but a Heart

In January 1983, Easton duetted with Kenny Rogers and had a top 10 hit in the US with "We've Got Tonight", a cover of the Bob Seger song. The recording also earned her a number 1 single on the Country chart, and it reached the UK Top 30. Around the time of her hit record with Rogers, Easton headlined Act One, a one-hour variety special broadcast on NBC that featured Rogers and a cameo appearance by Johnny Carson.

October 1983 saw the release of the album Best Kept Secret and its first single, the synthesized dance-pop tune "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)", became her fourth Top 10 hit. The single was Grammy-nominated for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" of 1983.[11] The follow-up single, "Almost Over You", reached the US Top 30 and was a number 4 AC chart hit. "Almost Over You" was very popular in Asia and was covered by Chinese singer Cass Pang. It also became a hit on the Country charts for Lila McCann in 1998.[citation needed]

In 1984, Easton recorded a Spanish-language single, "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" ("I Like You Just the Way You Are"), a duet with Mexican star Luis Miguel. The single earned her a second Grammy, this time for Best Mexican-American Performance. The track was taken from the album Todo Me Recuerda a Ti (1984), and reissued by Capitol/EMI-Latin in 1989, which featured Spanish-language covers of seven previous Easton recordings and three new tracks.[citation needed] In the same year, she also made a transformation into a sexy dance-pop siren, changing her performance style in the process. She was rewarded with the biggest-selling US album of her career, RIAA certified gold & platinum A Private Heaven (1984), and her sixth Top 10 US single, "Strut". In the UK, however, the move was not a commercial success, as Easton would find herself shut out of the UK top 75 for the next three years.

Her career on the rise in the US, Easton was again Grammy nominated, this time for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" in 1984.[11] She was also one of the first artists to have a music video banned because of its lyrics rather than its imagery; some broadcasters refused to air the sexually risqué "Sugar Walls",[citation needed] which had been written for her by Prince (using the pseudonym Alexander Nevermind). "Sugar Walls" was named by Tipper Gore of the Parents Music Resource Center as one of the "Filthy Fifteen", a list of songs deemed indecent because of their lyrics, alongside Prince's own "Darling Nikki".[citation needed] The song eventually hit number 3 on the R&B singles chart, number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 1 on the Billboard Dance Chart in 1985.

Easton's follow-up to A Private Heaven, entitled Do You (1985), was produced by Nile Rodgers and achieved gold status, although it failed to generate any breakout singles of the chart calibre of "Strut" or "Sugar Walls". In late 1985, Easton contributed "It's Christmas (All Over the World)" to the holiday release Santa Claus: The Movie. In 1987, the release of a follow-up album, No Sound But a Heart (1987),[12] was hampered in the United States after an initial single release, "Eternity" (another Prince composition), failed to reach the pop, R&B or adult contemporary charts.[13] The album's release moved from February to June;[12] then in August the release was further held up as Easton's attorneys asked that the album be delayed after EMI Records was absorbed into EMI/Manhattan.[14] (This did not prevent the album from being released in Canada, Europe and other territories.)

Songs from the album were covered by other artists: Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris featured "Wanna Give My Love" and "What if We Fall in Love" on a 1987 duet album named for the latter song; Celine Dion recorded "The Last to Know" on 1990's Unison while Mexican singer Yuri featured the tune on her album Espejos De Alma (1995); Patti LaBelle covered "Still in Love" on 1989's Be Yourself; Pia Zadora recorded "Floating Hearts" on 1989's Pia Z. No Sound But a Heart eventually did get released in the United States in 1999, with four bonus tracks, including Easton's contributions to the soundtrack of the 1986 film About Last Night, "Natural Love" and the Top 50 single "So Far, So Good".

1987–1990: "U Got the Look" and The Lover in Me

In 1987, Easton appeared in Prince's concert film Sign o' the Times, during which she sang duet vocals for Prince's hit, "U Got the Look", which became a number 2 hit in the US. This led to Grammy nominations for "Best R&B Vocal, Duo or Group" and "Best R&B Song" of 1987.[15] The track also returned Easton to the UK hit parade for the first time in nearly four years, although Easton is not credited on the label for the song's single release. During her time collaborating with Prince, Easton was encouraged to write her own material. The most successful effort from their co-writes was "The Arms of Orion", another duet with Prince and a single from 1989's Batman soundtrack. The song reached number 36 on the US Billboard Chart and number 27 in her native UK. She also co-wrote the song "Love '89" with Prince for Patti LaBelle's album Be Yourself and "La, La, La, He, He, Hee", which Prince recorded for the B-side of the single "Sign o' the Times". Tabloid press linked the two romantically, which she has always denied.[16]

In November 1987, Easton made her first dramatic acting appearance on the television program Miami Vice. She played a singer named Caitlin Davies, whom Sonny Crockett was assigned to protect until her court appearance to render crucial testimony against certain corrupt music industry mavens. Sonny and Caitlin ended up married by the end of the episode, the first of five episodes for Easton.

By the spring of 1988, a volume of the Miami Vice soundtrack was released and featured "Follow My Rainbow", which Easton had finished singing on her last appearance just moments before her character was eliminated.

The song also appeared on her next album The Lover in Me (1988), RIAA gold-disc debut released the following autumn on her new label MCA Records, that put Easton back on the US and UK charts after the release of No Sound But a Heart was cancelled in the US. This album features Urban R&B and Dance-pop, and a sexier image.[citation needed] The title song from The Lover in Me reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK number 15 and became her biggest pop hit since "Morning Train". It also became a number 5 hit on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart. It was followed on the US R&B chart by "Days Like This" (number 35), which missed the Billboard Hot 100. The third single, the Prince-penned "101", made it to number 2 on the Billboard Dance chart.[17] A final single was released "No Deposit, No Return" and failed to chart. The album received positive reviews and featured collaborations with L.A. Reid and Babyface, Prince, Angela Winbush and Jellybean Benitez.

In 1990, Easton revisited her home country of Scotland to perform at a festival (The Big Day) in Glasgow. After announcing that it was "good to be back home" in an American accent, she had bottles (some containing urine) thrown at her and, visibly shaken, she was forced to cut her set short. She vowed never to perform in Scotland again.[18]

1991–1996: What Comes Naturally, Modern Girl (Live in San Diego), No Strings, and My Cherie

In 1991, What Comes Naturally became the last of Easton's albums to chart in the United States, peaking at number 90. The title song was also her last Top 40 single to date, reaching number 19. It also became her first hit in Australia since the mid-1980s, peaking at number 4.[19] Two other singles, "You Can Swing It" and "To Anyone," followed but failed to chart. "What Comes Naturally" remained on the US pop chart for 10 weeks and 11 weeks on the ARIA Chart in Australia. Easton has songwriting credits on three tracks. She is also one of the few pop artists to adopt the new jack swing sound with chart success from the early 1990s.

In 1992 an unofficial recording of "Modern Girl" (Live in San Diego) was released by "That's Life" recordings in Germany and Japan. The music was from her early output with EMI and became a sort of bootleg version of her concert when she performed stateside on her first worldwide tour in 1982.

Easton followed this with the non-charting but critically acclaimed No Strings (1993), an album of jazz standards produced by Patrice Rushen. It included her version of "The Nearness of You," which was also featured on the soundtrack of the film, Indecent Proposal, in which Easton appeared in a cameo role.

My Cherie (1995) was her last pop album to date to see domestic release in the United States. The album saw Sheena reunite with producer Christopher Neil for the first time in over a decade.

1996–1999: Freedom, Home and Colors of Christmas Tour

Easton contributed vocals to the soundtrack of All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 and voiced the character Sasha La Fleur on "Count Me Out" and "I Will Always Be With You". Easton also contributed the theme song "Are There Angels" to the soundtrack for Shiloh in 1997; and provided the song "A Dream Worth Keeping" for the 1992 animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest.

In 1997, she played 'Melissa McCammon', a recording star, who is visited by time travellers from the future in a second-season episode of the Canadian television series The Outer Limits entitled "Falling Star". The episode featured her singing two songs from My Cherie.

In the late 1990s, Easton retained an album contract with MCA Japan and released two discs of new material. However, neither album was originally released in the United States. Freedom, released in 1997 to coincide with the launch of her website and finally released in (Limited Edition) stateside in 2007, was a return to her trademark pop, including a remake of her debut single "Modern Girl".

In 1999 Universal/Victor released the self-produced acoustic set, Home. Also around this time, Sheena Easton Greatest Hits collection featuring 12 MCA singles recorded from 1988 to 1995 released and charted in Japan at number 98 (additional greatest hits collections surfaced in the US and UK, but did not chart).

Easton adopted a boy (Jake) and girl (Skylar) between 1995 and 1996. Motherhood led her to curtail her appearances and focus on casino gigs, corporate shows and theatrical work.[20] "Because I adopted my children, I could plan my timing", she told The Arizona Republic. "I knew exactly when they were coming along, so I knew when I had to change my life so it would be a stable life."[20]

Easton continued acting in America, starring in lead Broadway revivals of Man of La Mancha as (Aldonza) opposite Raul Julia in his last stage role (1992), and Grease as Rizzo (1996). Between 1994 and 1996, she played several characters in Gargoyles the animated series, including Lady Finella, the Banshee, Molly and Robyn Canmore. In 1999, she voice-acted a part-demon character, Annah-of-the-Shadows, in the computer game Planescape: Torment. She lives in Las Vegas with her two children and often performs in various casinos' entertainment venues. She voiced the character of Fiona Canmore for a scripted but unfinished episode of the cancelled animated feature, Team Atlantis.

In December 1998, Easton toured with "The Colors of Christmas" with artists Roberta Flack, Melissa Manchester, Peabo Bryson and Jeffrey Osborne. Windham Hill Records produced "The Colors of Christmas" disc by Robbie Buchanan of holiday music. Easton contributed two tracks, "The Place Where We Belong" (a duet with Jeffrey Osborne) and "The Lord's Prayer".

1999–2013: Fabulous, Re-issues

In 1999 New York based One Way Records reserved the rights to release all of Easton's EMI-America catalog. For the first time in the US, No Sound But a Heart was released, 12 years after the album was made available elsewhere. All of Easton's EMI back catalogue (with another exception of her Spanish-language album Todo Me Recuerda a Ti) was re-released and remastered with bonus tracks, incorporating B-sides and remixes.

Universal Japan released Best Ballads, a disc of ballads from her six previous albums from her MCA catalog with the exception of "For Your Eyes Only" for the Japanese market that failed to chart.

She also signed an album contract with Universal International UK and attempted a comeback with Fabulous (2000), an album of classic disco covers.[21] The first single, "Giving Up, Giving In", reached UK number 54, and the album charted at UK number 185. A second single, a cover of Donna Summer's hit "Love is in Control", with double A-side "Don't Leave Me This Way", was withdrawn. This was to be Easton's last album release to date. The album was released throughout Europe, Japan, Australia, and Argentina but not in the US. In Australia, "Fabulous" was released 24 February 2001 and Easton was asked to perform songs from the album to close out 2001 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras ceremonies.

In 2003, Easton contributed vocals to "If You're Happy", a cover for a Japanese disc called Cover Morning Musume-Hello Project. She also began to host Vegas Live, a talk show with Clint Holmes (later replaced by Brian McKnight). In 2004, she was inducted into the Casino Legends Hall of Fame at the Tropicana Resort & Casino.

2013–present: "The Spy Who Loved Me" and 42nd Street

In February 2013, Demon/Edsel Records (UK) reissued Easton's You Could Have Been with Me and Madness, Money & Music along with A Private Heaven and Do You in two compact disc packages remastered with bonus tracks, with the latter including the extended version of "Jimmy Mack" that has never been included on any of her reissues. In November 2014, a box set of Easton's first five albums in an original album series CD collection was released by Warner Music in the United Kingdom.

In 2015 Easton embarked on symphony concerts with guest vocalists entitled "The Spy Who Loved Me" with material from spy movies of the past and present and featuring Bond-style music with symphonies around the United States beginning in San Francisco from July 2015 and continuing into 2016. Easton also performed a small tour of dates during the latter part of 2015 in Australia featuring her Greatest Hits.

In November 2016, Easton accepted the role of Dorothy Brock in the revival production of 42nd Street, which premiered on 20 March 2017 in London's West End, Drury Lane.[22] Lulu replaced Easton in March 2018.[23]

Easton performed at the 2021 New York State Fair[citation needed], and two of her albums, Fabulous and an expanded edition of What Comes Naturally were reissued digitally through Apple Music.[citation needed]

On Sept. 17, 2021, RT Industries (US) and Cherry Red Records (UK) launch a re-issue campaign of the EMI star's back catalog and issued the three-CD box set The Definitive Singles 1980–1987, which collected all of Easton's English-language singles recorded for EMI, along with format-edit versions and some previously unreleased vault material along with the additional releases throughout 2022. On Nov. 19, 2021, Apple Music made additional Easton material available digitally, with the collections Best Ballads and Greatest Hits, which feature material from Easton's post-1987 era with MCA/Universal.[citation needed] In 2022, Cherry Red released the soundtrack to her 1982 TV special Live at the Palace, Hollywood on CD for the first time, along with the first DVD release of the show.

Personal life

Easton has been married, and divorced, four times and has two adopted children. Her first marriage was in Britain to Sandi Easton at the age of 19. The marriage lasted eight months. Sandi Easton died in 1998, aged 48.[24]

Her second marriage in 1984 to Rob Light, a talent agent, ended after 18 months.[25] Easton became a US citizen in 1992, carrying dual citizenship with the United Kingdom, and adopted her first child, Jake Rion Cousins Easton, in 1994.[26] Two years later, she adopted again, this time a baby girl she named Skylar.[26] In the summer of 1997, she met producer Tim Delarm while filming an episode of ESPN Canon Photo Safari in Yellowstone National Park and they married in Las Vegas in July 1997;[citation needed] the marriage lasted one year. On 9 November 2002, she married John Minoli, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon; they divorced in 2003.[27]

Easton resides in Henderson, Nevada.[28]

Discography

Filmography

Broadway/London's West End

  • Man of La Mancha – Aldonza (1991–1992—reprise role in 1998) (Broadway show)
  • Grease (1996) – Betty Rizzo (Broadway show)
  • 42nd Street (2017–2018) – Dorothy Brock in London's (West End's Revival Production)

Concert tours and Las Vegas residencies

  • Sheena Easton "World Tour" 1982
  • A Private Heaven Tour 1984
  • No Sound But a Heart Tour 1987 – Cancelled in US
  • Sheena Easton "World Tour" 1989
  • Japan "Greatest Hits" Tour 1995
  • The Colors of Christmas Tour 1997–1998 – 2001 & 2003
  • "At The Copa" with David Cassidy, Rio Hotel – 2000–2001
  • Sheena Easton "For Your Ears Only" Las Vegas Hilton – 2002–2003
  • Sheena Easton "Greatest Hits" Australian Tour 2015
  • Sheena Easton "Reimagined New York State Fair concert" – 2021

Video Games

Awards and nominations

American Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1982 Sheena Easton Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Nominated

Billboard Music Award

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1981 Sheena Easton Top Pop New Artist Won
2004 Sheena Easton Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart number 58

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Easton has won two awards from six nominations.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1982 Sheena Easton Best New Artist Won
"For Your Eyes Only" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
1984 "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
1985 "Strut" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
Me Gustas Tal Como Eres (with Luis Miguel) Best Mexican-American Performance Won
1988 "U Got the Look" (with Prince) Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated

Note: "U Got the Look" was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. This nomination is credited to the songwriter (Prince) and not to Easton.

Other awards

Best British Female Singer – 1980 Daily Mirror Pop & Rock Awards

Best Newcomer – 1980 Capital Radio

Best Female Singer – 1980 The TV Times Readers Awards

Sheena Easton Casino Legends Hall of Fame – 2004

See also

References

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  9. ^ Madonna, who recorded the theme song for Die Another Day, has a small role in the film itself, but is not shown performing the song on screen.
  10. ^ Radio Times 14 November 1982
  11. ^ a b "Grammy Award Nominees 1984 – Grammy Award Winners 1984".
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  15. ^ "Grammy Award Nominees 1988 – Grammy Award Winners 1988".
  16. ^ Elfman, Doug. "Doug Elfman: Grist For the Rumor Mill." Las Vegas Review-Journal. 27 March 2009.
  17. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 86.
  18. ^ "How a generation of stars bombed in Glasgow's notorious comics graveyard". Daily Record. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  19. ^ The Book Top 40 Research 8th Edition
  20. ^ a b Cordova, Randy. "4/13: Sheena Easton at Phx Pride Festival." The Arizona Republic. 3 April 2008.
  21. ^ "Pop Music: Interview Sheena Easton – Sheena Is A Disco Diva: Although No Longer A Huge Star in Britain, Singer Scottish-born Sheena Easton Has Remained Successful in Her Adopted Home of the Usa And Is Set for a Comeback on the Dancefloor". The Birmingham Post. 2 December 2000. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  22. ^ Lloyd Weber, Imogen. "She's in the Money! Sheena Easton to Headline West End Revival of 42nd Street". Broadway.com. Broadway.com. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  23. ^ BWW News Desk. "Official: Lulu To Join Cast of 42ND STREET as Dorothy Brock". Broadway World UK. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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External links

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Preceded by
Shirley Bassey
Moonraker, 1979
James Bond title artist
For Your Eyes Only, 1981
Succeeded by
Rita Coolidge
Octopussy (All Time High), 1983

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Sheena Shirley Easton nee Orr born 27 April 1959 is a Scottish singer and actress She came into the public eye in an episode of the first British musical reality television series The Big Time Pop Singer which recorded her attempts to gain a record deal and her eventual signing with the EMI label Easton s first two singles Modern Girl and 9 to 5 later released as Morning Train Nine to Five in the United States both entered the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart simultaneously She became one of the most successful British female recording artists of the 1980s Sheena EastonEaston performing live in November 2009Background informationBirth nameSheena Shirley OrrBorn 1959 04 27 27 April 1959 age 63 Bellshill Lanarkshire ScotlandGenresPop dance R amp B adult contemporary soul countryOccupation s Singer actressInstrument s VocalsYears active1978 presentLabelsEMI MCA Universal RT IndustriesWebsitesheenaeaston wbr com A six time Grammy Award nominee Easton is a two time winner winning the award for Best New Artist in 1982 1 and Best Mexican American Performance in 1985 2 for her duet with Mexican singer Luis Miguel on the 1984 single Me Gustas Tal Como Eres She has recorded 15 studio albums released a total of 55 singles and had 20 consecutive US singles including 15 Top 40 hits seven Top 10 s and one number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1981 and 1991 She has received five RIAA certified Gold albums and one Platinum album In Canada she scored three Gold albums and two Platinum albums With 25 Top 40 international hit singles Easton has sold over 40 million records worldwide Easton became the first and only recording artist in Billboard history to have a Top 5 hit on each of Billboard s primary singles charts Morning Train Nine to Five Pop and Adult Contemporary We ve Got Tonight with Kenny Rogers Country and Adult Contemporary and Sugar Walls R amp B and Dance Easton s other hit singles include the James Bond theme For Your Eyes Only You Could Have Been with Me Telefone Long Distance Love Affair Almost Over You Strut U Got the Look and The Arms of Orion with Prince The Lover in Me and What Comes Naturally She has worked with prominent singers writers and producers such as Prince Christopher Neil Kenny Rogers David Foster Luis Miguel L A Reid Babyface Patrice Rushen and Nile Rodgers Contents 1 Life and career 1 1 1959 1980 Early life and career beginnings 1 2 1981 1982 9 to 5 James Bond Take My Time 1 3 1983 1987 Best Kept Secret Todo Me Recuerda a Ti A Private Heaven and No Sound but a Heart 1 4 1987 1990 U Got the Look and The Lover in Me 1 5 1991 1996 What Comes Naturally Modern Girl Live in San Diego No Strings and My Cherie 1 6 1996 1999 Freedom Home and Colors of Christmas Tour 1 7 1999 2013 Fabulous Re issues 1 8 2013 present The Spy Who Loved Me and 42nd Street 2 Personal life 3 Discography 4 Filmography 5 Broadway London s West End 6 Concert tours and Las Vegas residencies 7 Video Games 8 Awards and nominations 8 1 American Music Awards 8 2 Billboard Music Award 8 3 Grammy Awards 8 4 Other awards 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksLife and career Edit1959 1980 Early life and career beginnings Edit Sheena Shirley Orr was born on 27 April 1959 at Bellshill Maternity Hospital in North Lanarkshire Scotland 3 the youngest of six children of Annie and steel mill labourer Alex Orr She has two brothers Robert and Alex and three sisters Marilyn Anessa and Morag Her earliest known public performance as a singer was in 1964 at the age of five when she sang Early One Morning for her uncle and aunt and various relatives at the couple s 25th wedding anniversary celebration 4 Easton s father died in 1969 and her mother had to support the family According to Easton s website despite her mother s heavy workload she was always available for her children Sheena always speaks very highly of her mum and the wonderful job she did in bringing up her and her siblings including teaching them all to read at home before they were even enrolled in school 4 Easton did not consider a singing career until she saw the movie The Way We Were with Barbra Streisand Streisand s singing over the opening credits overtook the young girl and convinced her that what she wanted most was to be a singer and to have the same effect on others 5 Her top grades in school earned her a scholarship to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow where she trained from 1975 to 1979 as a speech and drama teacher by day while singing with a band called Something Else by night at local clubs 4 She chose to study teaching rather than performing because it was a course of study that would let her perfect her craft as a singer 4 In 1979 she married Sandi Easton the first of her four husbands They divorced after eight months and Sheena decided to keep the surname Easton That year one of her tutors coaxed her into auditioning for Esther Rantzen producer of the BBC programme The Big Time Rantzen was planning a documentary film to chronicle a relative unknown s rise to pop music stardom Easton was selected as the subject for the programme EMI executives awarded her a contract and Christopher Neil was assigned as her recording producer Deke Arlon became her first manager and Easton spent much of 1980 being followed by camera crews who filmed her throughout the process of her audition through to making her first EMI single Modern Girl In the course of the filming she met and sang for Dorothy Squires Dusty Springfield and Lulu whose manager Marion Massey told her that she saw Easton as a potential TV star with her own series but not as a pop singer for the 1980s as she lacked rugged individuality The encounter with Massey then Marion London at which Lulu was present was filmed and included in the broadcast at which time Massey was not entirely incorrect as Modern Girl had flopped on its release peaking at number 56 in just three weeks on the UK Singles Chart in April 1980 6 However once the programme aired in August 1980 Modern Girl was reissued and the track and its follow up Nine to Five both leapt into the top 10 disproving Massey s prediction In a revised and extended version of this episode of The Big Time broadcast in 1981 this special concluded with news of Easton s breaking into the American market 7 1981 1982 9 to 5 James Bond Take My Time Edit Easton s first single the disco tinged soft synth pop tune Modern Girl was released in the UK before The Big Time aired reaching number 56 At the end of the show Easton was still unsure of her future as a singer The question was resolved soon after the show aired when her second single 9 to 5 reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and was certified a Gold single in 1980 Modern Girl re entered the chart subsequently and climbed into the top 10 being certified a Silver single and Easton found herself with two songs in the UK top 10 simultaneously During 1980 Easton was voted Best British Female Singer by the Daily Mirror Pop amp Rock Awards Best Newcomer by Capital Radio and Best Female Singer by the TV Times Readers Awards citation needed 9 to 5 was Easton s first single release in the United States although it was renamed Morning Train Nine To Five for its release in the US and Canada to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton s hit movie title song 9 to 5 Morning Train Nine to Five became Easton s first and only number 1 hit in the US and topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts in Billboard magazine Modern Girl was released as the follow up and peaked at number 18 and before 1981 was over she had a Top 10 hit in both the US and UK with the Academy Award nominated James Bond movie theme For Your Eyes Only The song was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe award in 1982 in the category Best Music Original Song 8 Easton s US success culminated in her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist for 1982 1 Easton actually appears in the opening credits of For Your Eyes Only performing the song as of 2022 she remains the only Bond theme singer to be featured in this way 9 Easton s first three US albums Sheena Easton 1981 retitled edition of Take My Time You Could Have Been with Me 1981 and Madness Money amp Music 1982 were all in the same soft rock pop vein citation needed The title track from You Could Have Been with Me made it in to the US top 15 however by the end of 1982 she saw her sales slumping citation needed Easton was one of the first artists to record Wind Beneath My Wings included on Madness Money amp Music which later was a hit for Bette Midler Then in 1982 Easton undertook her first US tour Her performance in Los Angeles was videotaped and broadcast on HBO and later released on VHS and Laserdisc as Sheena Easton Live at the Palace Hollywood On 8 November 1982 she appeared in the Royal Variety Performance in front of the Queen Mother singing Maybe This Time 10 1983 1987 Best Kept Secret Todo Me Recuerda a Ti A Private Heaven and No Sound but a Heart Edit In January 1983 Easton duetted with Kenny Rogers and had a top 10 hit in the US with We ve Got Tonight a cover of the Bob Seger song The recording also earned her a number 1 single on the Country chart and it reached the UK Top 30 Around the time of her hit record with Rogers Easton headlined Act One a one hour variety special broadcast on NBC that featured Rogers and a cameo appearance by Johnny Carson October 1983 saw the release of the albumBest Kept Secret and its first single the synthesized dance pop tune Telefone Long Distance Love Affair became her fourth Top 10 hit The single was Grammy nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance of 1983 11 The follow up single Almost Over You reached the US Top 30 and was a number 4 AC chart hit Almost Over You was very popular in Asia and was covered by Chinese singer Cass Pang It also became a hit on the Country charts for Lila McCann in 1998 citation needed In 1984 Easton recorded a Spanish language single Me Gustas Tal Como Eres I Like You Just the Way You Are a duet with Mexican star Luis Miguel The single earned her a second Grammy this time for Best Mexican American Performance The track was taken from the album Todo Me Recuerda a Ti 1984 and reissued by Capitol EMI Latin in 1989 which featured Spanish language covers of seven previous Easton recordings and three new tracks citation needed In the same year she also made a transformation into a sexy dance pop siren changing her performance style in the process She was rewarded with the biggest selling US album of her career RIAA certified gold amp platinum A Private Heaven 1984 and her sixth Top 10 US single Strut In the UK however the move was not a commercial success as Easton would find herself shut out of the UK top 75 for the next three years Her career on the rise in the US Easton was again Grammy nominated this time for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984 11 She was also one of the first artists to have a music video banned because of its lyrics rather than its imagery some broadcasters refused to air the sexually risque Sugar Walls citation needed which had been written for her by Prince using the pseudonym Alexander Nevermind Sugar Walls was named by Tipper Gore of the Parents Music Resource Center as one of the Filthy Fifteen a list of songs deemed indecent because of their lyrics alongside Prince s own Darling Nikki citation needed The song eventually hit number 3 on the R amp B singles chart number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Billboard Dance Chart in 1985 Easton s follow up to A Private Heaven entitled Do You 1985 was produced by Nile Rodgers and achieved gold status although it failed to generate any breakout singles of the chart calibre of Strut or Sugar Walls In late 1985 Easton contributed It s Christmas All Over the World to the holiday release Santa Claus The Movie In 1987 the release of a follow up album No Sound But a Heart 1987 12 was hampered in the United States after an initial single release Eternity another Prince composition failed to reach the pop R amp B or adult contemporary charts 13 The album s release moved from February to June 12 then in August the release was further held up as Easton s attorneys asked that the album be delayed after EMI Records was absorbed into EMI Manhattan 14 This did not prevent the album from being released in Canada Europe and other territories Songs from the album were covered by other artists Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris featured Wanna Give My Love and What if We Fall in Love on a 1987 duet album named for the latter song Celine Dion recorded The Last to Know on 1990 s Unison while Mexican singer Yuri featured the tune on her album Espejos De Alma 1995 Patti LaBelle covered Still in Love on 1989 s Be Yourself Pia Zadora recorded Floating Hearts on 1989 s Pia Z No Sound But a Heart eventually did get released in the United States in 1999 with four bonus tracks including Easton s contributions to the soundtrack of the 1986 film About Last Night Natural Love and the Top 50 single So Far So Good 1987 1990 U Got the Look and The Lover in Me Edit In 1987 Easton appeared in Prince s concert film Sign o the Times during which she sang duet vocals for Prince s hit U Got the Look which became a number 2 hit in the US This led to Grammy nominations for Best R amp B Vocal Duo or Group and Best R amp B Song of 1987 15 The track also returned Easton to the UK hit parade for the first time in nearly four years although Easton is not credited on the label for the song s single release During her time collaborating with Prince Easton was encouraged to write her own material The most successful effort from their co writes was The Arms of Orion another duet with Prince and a single from 1989 s Batman soundtrack The song reached number 36 on the US Billboard Chart and number 27 in her native UK She also co wrote the song Love 89 with Prince for Patti LaBelle s album Be Yourself and La La La He He Hee which Prince recorded for the B side of the single Sign o the Times Tabloid press linked the two romantically which she has always denied 16 In November 1987 Easton made her first dramatic acting appearance on the television program Miami Vice She played a singer named Caitlin Davies whom Sonny Crockett was assigned to protect until her court appearance to render crucial testimony against certain corrupt music industry mavens Sonny and Caitlin ended up married by the end of the episode the first of five episodes for Easton By the spring of 1988 a volume of the Miami Vice soundtrack was released and featured Follow My Rainbow which Easton had finished singing on her last appearance just moments before her character was eliminated The song also appeared on her next album The Lover in Me 1988 RIAA gold disc debut released the following autumn on her new label MCA Records that put Easton back on the US and UK charts after the release of No Sound But a Heart was cancelled in the US This album features Urban R amp B and Dance pop and a sexier image citation needed The title song from The Lover in Me reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK number 15 and became her biggest pop hit since Morning Train It also became a number 5 hit on the US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Singles and Tracks chart It was followed on the US R amp B chart by Days Like This number 35 which missed the Billboard Hot 100 The third single the Prince penned 101 made it to number 2 on the Billboard Dance chart 17 A final single was released No Deposit No Return and failed to chart The album received positive reviews and featured collaborations with L A Reid and Babyface Prince Angela Winbush and Jellybean Benitez In 1990 Easton revisited her home country of Scotland to perform at a festival The Big Day in Glasgow After announcing that it was good to be back home in an American accent she had bottles some containing urine thrown at her and visibly shaken she was forced to cut her set short She vowed never to perform in Scotland again 18 1991 1996 What Comes Naturally Modern Girl Live in San Diego No Strings and My Cherie Edit In 1991 What Comes Naturally became the last of Easton s albums to chart in the United States peaking at number 90 The title song was also her last Top 40 single to date reaching number 19 It also became her first hit in Australia since the mid 1980s peaking at number 4 19 Two other singles You Can Swing It and To Anyone followed but failed to chart What Comes Naturally remained on the US pop chart for 10 weeks and 11 weeks on the ARIA Chart in Australia Easton has songwriting credits on three tracks She is also one of the few pop artists to adopt the new jack swing sound with chart success from the early 1990s In 1992 an unofficial recording of Modern Girl Live in San Diego was released by That s Life recordings in Germany and Japan The music was from her early output with EMI and became a sort of bootleg version of her concert when she performed stateside on her first worldwide tour in 1982 Easton followed this with the non charting but critically acclaimed No Strings 1993 an album of jazz standards produced by Patrice Rushen It included her version of The Nearness of You which was also featured on the soundtrack of the film Indecent Proposal in which Easton appeared in a cameo role My Cherie 1995 was her last pop album to date to see domestic release in the United States The album saw Sheena reunite with producer Christopher Neil for the first time in over a decade 1996 1999 Freedom Home and Colors of Christmas Tour Edit Easton contributed vocals to the soundtrack of All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 and voiced the character Sasha La Fleur on Count Me Out and I Will Always Be With You Easton also contributed the theme song Are There Angels to the soundtrack for Shiloh in 1997 and provided the song A Dream Worth Keeping for the 1992 animated film FernGully The Last Rainforest In 1997 she played Melissa McCammon a recording star who is visited by time travellers from the future in a second season episode of the Canadian television series The Outer Limits entitled Falling Star The episode featured her singing two songs from My Cherie In the late 1990s Easton retained an album contract with MCA Japan and released two discs of new material However neither album was originally released in the United States Freedom released in 1997 to coincide with the launch of her website and finally released in Limited Edition stateside in 2007 was a return to her trademark pop including a remake of her debut single Modern Girl In 1999 Universal Victor released the self produced acoustic set Home Also around this time Sheena Easton Greatest Hits collection featuring 12 MCA singles recorded from 1988 to 1995 released and charted in Japan at number 98 additional greatest hits collections surfaced in the US and UK but did not chart Easton adopted a boy Jake and girl Skylar between 1995 and 1996 Motherhood led her to curtail her appearances and focus on casino gigs corporate shows and theatrical work 20 Because I adopted my children I could plan my timing she told The Arizona Republic I knew exactly when they were coming along so I knew when I had to change my life so it would be a stable life 20 Easton continued acting in America starring in lead Broadway revivals of Man of La Mancha as Aldonza opposite Raul Julia in his last stage role 1992 and Grease as Rizzo 1996 Between 1994 and 1996 she played several characters in Gargoyles the animated series including Lady Finella the Banshee Molly and Robyn Canmore In 1999 she voice acted a part demon character Annah of the Shadows in the computer game Planescape Torment She lives in Las Vegas with her two children and often performs in various casinos entertainment venues She voiced the character of Fiona Canmore for a scripted but unfinished episode of the cancelled animated feature Team Atlantis In December 1998 Easton toured with The Colors of Christmas with artists Roberta Flack Melissa Manchester Peabo Bryson and Jeffrey Osborne Windham Hill Records produced The Colors of Christmas disc by Robbie Buchanan of holiday music Easton contributed two tracks The Place Where We Belong a duet with Jeffrey Osborne and The Lord s Prayer 1999 2013 Fabulous Re issues Edit In 1999 New York based One Way Records reserved the rights to release all of Easton s EMI America catalog For the first time in the US No Sound But a Heart was released 12 years after the album was made available elsewhere All of Easton s EMI back catalogue with another exception of her Spanish language album Todo Me Recuerda a Ti was re released and remastered with bonus tracks incorporating B sides and remixes Universal Japan released Best Ballads a disc of ballads from her six previous albums from her MCA catalog with the exception of For Your Eyes Only for the Japanese market that failed to chart She also signed an album contract with Universal International UK and attempted a comeback with Fabulous 2000 an album of classic disco covers 21 The first single Giving Up Giving In reached UK number 54 and the album charted at UK number 185 A second single a cover of Donna Summer s hit Love is in Control with double A side Don t Leave Me This Way was withdrawn This was to be Easton s last album release to date The album was released throughout Europe Japan Australia and Argentina but not in the US In Australia Fabulous was released 24 February 2001 and Easton was asked to perform songs from the album to close out 2001 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras ceremonies In 2003 Easton contributed vocals to If You re Happy a cover for a Japanese disc called Cover Morning Musume Hello Project She also began to host Vegas Live a talk show with Clint Holmes later replaced by Brian McKnight In 2004 she was inducted into the Casino Legends Hall of Fame at the Tropicana Resort amp Casino 2013 present The Spy Who Loved Me and 42nd Street Edit This section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information November 2021 In February 2013 Demon Edsel Records UK reissued Easton s You Could Have Been with Me and Madness Money amp Music along with A Private Heaven and Do You in two compact disc packages remastered with bonus tracks with the latter including the extended version of Jimmy Mack that has never been included on any of her reissues In November 2014 a box set of Easton s first five albums in an original album series CD collection was released by Warner Music in the United Kingdom In 2015 Easton embarked on symphony concerts with guest vocalists entitled The Spy Who Loved Me with material from spy movies of the past and present and featuring Bond style music with symphonies around the United States beginning in San Francisco from July 2015 and continuing into 2016 Easton also performed a small tour of dates during the latter part of 2015 in Australia featuring her Greatest Hits In November 2016 Easton accepted the role of Dorothy Brock in the revival production of 42nd Street which premiered on 20 March 2017 in London s West End Drury Lane 22 Lulu replaced Easton in March 2018 23 Easton performed at the 2021 New York State Fair citation needed and two of her albums Fabulous and an expanded edition of What Comes Naturally were reissued digitally through Apple Music citation needed On Sept 17 2021 RT Industries US and Cherry Red Records UK launch a re issue campaign of the EMI star s back catalog and issued the three CD box set The Definitive Singles 1980 1987 which collected all of Easton s English language singles recorded for EMI along with format edit versions and some previously unreleased vault material along with the additional releases throughout 2022 On Nov 19 2021 Apple Music made additional Easton material available digitally with the collections Best Ballads and Greatest Hits which feature material from Easton s post 1987 era with MCA Universal citation needed In 2022 Cherry Red released the soundtrack to her 1982 TV special Live at the Palace Hollywood on CD for the first time along with the first DVD release of the show Personal life EditEaston has been married and divorced four times and has two adopted children Her first marriage was in Britain to Sandi Easton at the age of 19 The marriage lasted eight months Sandi Easton died in 1998 aged 48 24 Her second marriage in 1984 to Rob Light a talent agent ended after 18 months 25 Easton became a US citizen in 1992 carrying dual citizenship with the United Kingdom and adopted her first child Jake Rion Cousins Easton in 1994 26 Two years later she adopted again this time a baby girl she named Skylar 26 In the summer of 1997 she met producer Tim Delarm while filming an episode of ESPN Canon Photo Safari in Yellowstone National Park and they married in Las Vegas in July 1997 citation needed the marriage lasted one year On 9 November 2002 she married John Minoli a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon they divorced in 2003 27 Easton resides in Henderson Nevada 28 Discography EditMain article Sheena Easton discography Take My Time 1981 titled simply Sheena Easton in North America You Could Have Been with Me 1981 Madness Money amp Music 1982 Best Kept Secret 1983 A Private Heaven 1984 Todo Me Recuerda a Ti 1984 Do You 1985 No Sound But a Heart 1987 The Lover in Me 1988 What Comes Naturally 1991 No Strings 1993 My Cherie 1995 Freedom 1997 Home 1999 Fabulous 2000 Live at the Palace Hollywood 2022 first soundtrack issue of her 1982 TV concert specialFilmography EditFor Your Eyes Only 1981 Herself in opening credit sequence ALF 1986 1990 Cameo as Herself Sign o the Times 1987 Dream sequence vocalist as Herself The Grand Knockout Tournament 1987 as Herself Miami Vice 1987 1988 Caitlin Davies five episodes It s Garry Shandling s Show 1988 as Herself Just Say Julie 1989 Cameo as Herself Indecent Proposal 1993 Cameo as Herself Jack s Place 1993 As Gwen Body Bags 1993 Megan in segment titled Hair Highlander The Series 1993 Annie Devlin in episode titled An Eye for an Eye S02E05 The Adventures of Brisco County Jr 1993 Crystal Hawks one episode Charles Dickens David Copperfield 1993 voice of Agnes TekWar TV series 1994 War Bride Real Ghosts a k a Haunted Lives True Ghost Stories 1995 Janet nightclub owner Gargoyles 1994 1997 voice Robyn Canmore Banshee Molly Finella The Outer Limits 1996 Melissa McCammon in episode titled Falling Star Road Rovers 1996 voice Groomer Persia Mrs British Prime Minister All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 1996 All Dogs Go to Heaven The Series 1996 TV series An All Dogs Christmas Carol 1998 voice of Sasha La Fleur Duckman 1997 Betty one episode Chicken Soup for the Soul 1999 Vicky in episode titled Sand Castles Disney s The Legend of Tarzan 2001 voice of Dr Robin Doyle two episodes Vegas Live With Clint Holmes and Sheena Easton Host 2003 Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster 2004 voice of Professor Fiona Pembrooke Young Blades 2005 Queen Anne Phineas and Ferb 2009 Doofenshmirtz s Girlfriend 1 episode Broadway London s West End EditMan of La Mancha Aldonza 1991 1992 reprise role in 1998 Broadway show Grease 1996 Betty Rizzo Broadway show 42nd Street 2017 2018 Dorothy Brock in London s West End s Revival Production Concert tours and Las Vegas residencies EditSheena Easton World Tour 1982 A Private Heaven Tour 1984 No Sound But a Heart Tour 1987 Cancelled in US Sheena Easton World Tour 1989 Japan Greatest Hits Tour 1995 The Colors of Christmas Tour 1997 1998 2001 amp 2003 At The Copa with David Cassidy Rio Hotel 2000 2001 Sheena Easton For Your Ears Only Las Vegas Hilton 2002 2003 Sheena Easton Greatest Hits Australian Tour 2015 Sheena Easton Reimagined New York State Fair concert 2021Video Games EditPlanescape Torment 1999 voice of Annah of the ShadowsAwards and nominations EditAmerican Music Awards Edit Year Nominee work Award Result1982 Sheena Easton Favorite Pop Rock Female Artist NominatedBillboard Music Award Edit Year Nominee work Award Result1981 Sheena Easton Top Pop New Artist Won2004 Sheena Easton Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart number 58Grammy Awards Edit The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Easton has won two awards from six nominations Year Nominee work Award Result1982 Sheena Easton Best New Artist Won For Your Eyes Only Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated1984 Telefone Long Distance Love Affair Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated1985 Strut Best Female Pop Vocal Performance NominatedMe Gustas Tal Como Eres with Luis Miguel Best Mexican American Performance Won1988 U Got the Look with Prince Best R amp B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal NominatedNote U Got the Look was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R amp B Song This nomination is credited to the songwriter Prince and not to Easton Other awards Edit Best British Female Singer 1980 Daily Mirror Pop amp Rock AwardsBest Newcomer 1980 Capital RadioBest Female Singer 1980 The TV Times Readers AwardsSheena Easton Casino Legends Hall of Fame 2004See also EditList of artists who reached number one in the United States List of artists who reached number one on the U S Dance Club Songs chartReferences Edit a b Grammy Award Nominees 1982 Grammy Award Winners 1982 Grammy Award Nominees 1985 Grammy Award Winners 1985 Awardsandshows com Retrieved 4 July 2020 How Alex Neil s career has readied him for his biggest challenge yet Norwich City Football Club 18 March 2016 Retrieved 2 August 2019 a b c d Sheena Easton The Official Website sheenaeaston com Sheena Easton Sheena Easton full Official Chart History Officialcharts com Retrieved 27 March 2022 Sheenaeaston Vids1 24 August 2017 Sheena Easton The Big Time YouTube Retrieved 23 November 2018 Session Timeout Academy Awards Database AMPAS oscars org Archived from the original on 7 July 2012 Madonna who recorded the theme song for Die Another Day has a small role in the film itself but is not shown performing the song on screen Radio Times 14 November 1982 a b Grammy Award Nominees 1984 Grammy Award Winners 1984 a b Beck Marilyn New director selected for No Man s Land Daily News Los Angeles 22 December 1986 Sheena Easton chart positions Allmusic Retrieved 16 May 2008 Van Matre Lynn Friday Chicago Tribune 21 August 1987 Grammy Award Nominees 1988 Grammy Award Winners 1988 Elfman Doug Doug Elfman Grist For the Rumor Mill Las Vegas Review Journal 27 March 2009 Whitburn Joel 2004 Hot Dance Disco 1974 2003 Record Research p 86 How a generation of stars bombed in Glasgow s notorious comics graveyard Daily Record 12 August 2008 Retrieved 26 July 2011 The Book Top 40 Research 8th Edition a b Cordova Randy 4 13 Sheena Easton at Phx Pride Festival The Arizona Republic 3 April 2008 Pop Music Interview Sheena Easton Sheena Is A Disco Diva Although No Longer A Huge Star in Britain Singer Scottish born Sheena Easton Has Remained Successful in Her Adopted Home of the Usa And Is Set for a Comeback on the Dancefloor The Birmingham Post 2 December 2000 Retrieved 22 January 2019 Lloyd Weber Imogen She s in the Money Sheena Easton to Headline West End Revival of 42nd Street Broadway com Broadway com Retrieved 31 March 2018 BWW News Desk Official Lulu To Join Cast of 42ND STREET as Dorothy Brock Broadway World UK Wisdom Digital Media Retrieved 31 March 2018 The Scotsman 2000 interview Archived from the original on 22 July 2012 Husband No 4 for Sheena The Express 16 November 2002 Retrieved 22 January 2019 a b Biography sheenaeaston com Beacom Brian 25 March 2017 Sheena Easton on Prince her four marriages and why Scotland took the huff with her The Herald Retrieved 4 July 2020 Radke Brock 20 January 2017 Sheena Easton talks musical memories Prince and 42nd Street Las Vegas Sun Retrieved 21 June 2022 External links Edit Media related to Sheena Easton at Wikimedia Commons Official website Sheena Easton at IMDb Sheena Easton at the Internet Broadway Database Sheena Easton at AllMovie Sheena Easton discography at DiscogsPreceded 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