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Sheila

Sheila

Sheila (born Annie Chancel, 16 August 1945) is a French pop singer who became successful as a solo artist in the 1960s and 1970s, and was also part of the duo Sheila & Ringo with her husband singer Ringo. She also fronted a disco act called Sheila and B. Devotion. Her stage name came from the title of her first release, a French cover version of "Sheila", a hit by Tommy Roe. Throughout her career, Sheila has sold more than 85 million records worldwide. Sheila started her musical career in 1962, after being noticed by Claude Carrère, a French record producer and songwriter. Her parents signed a contract with Carrère for her, when she was 16; the contract led to an artistic collaboration which lasted for more than 20 years. In 1995, a lawsuit put an end to this life-time deal. She entered into a long royalties battle against her former producer, which she won. Sheila had numerous hits in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, playing the typical 'girl next door'. Her first hit was "L'école est finie" ("School is over"), in 1962 (1 million copies). It reached the #1 position in France. In the movie, Eight Women, Ludivine Sagnier sang her 1963 hit "Papa t'es plus dans l'coup" ("Daddy, you are not in on it anymore"). Sheila's music also featured in the 1996 François Ozon film Une robe d'été (A Summer Dress). The character Sébastien is a fan of Sheila, and Sheila's version of Cher's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" was on the soundtrack. "Les rois mages" also featured in "Ma vie en rose", a 1997 gender-bender film, "Love me baby", in 1978, "Attention les enfants regardent", with Alain Delon, "Spacer" in "Podium" (2004). After more than a decade of targeting the French teen music audience, mainly in French but also in Spanish, German and Italian, Sheila made a change in her career by releasing "Les Femmes (Qu'y a-t-il dans le cœur des femmes)", a song by Christine Charbonneau in 1976. "Les Femmes" climbed to number one and stayed in the chart for three months. "Les Femmes" brought to Sheila a revolution of modernity, making her one of the idols of the French pop music. In 1977, she started singing in English as Sheila and B. Devotion (in some countries records were under the name "Sheila B. Devotion") and changed her style to disco music. Sheila was accompanied by three male dancers who made up the "Black Devotion" in her routine. She enjoyed international success with hits such as "Singin' in the Rain", "Love Me Baby", "You Light my Fire" and "Spacer" (from the album King of the World, produced by Chic). "Spacer" is one of her biggest hits with more than 5 million copies sold worldwide. According to different interviews, she often said her experience with Chic completely changed her way of working and singing. It was the beginning of a deep artistic disagreement with her French manager Carrère, which made Sheila leave France, move to New York "to start all over again" and studied at the Actors Studio. After her disco period, in 1981, Sheila (without the "B. Devotion" gimmick) recorded the rock album Little Darlin', produced by Keith Olsen, and was back in the U.S. Billboard chart. The title song became her only U.S. Billboard Hot 100 hit, reaching #49 in early 1982. ... Source: Article "Sheila (French singer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Personal information

Birthday

1945-08-16

Birth Place

Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France

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30 millions d'amis

1976

5.8

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Amanda

2016

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Archives secrètes

2021

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Bang Bang

Bang Bang

1967

4.0

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Belle et Bum

2003

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Cadet Rousselle

1971

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Cambiando el destino

Cambiando el destino

1992

4.3

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Champs-Elysées

1982

6.2

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Chroniques de l'âge tendre

Chroniques de l'âge tendre

2021

8.0

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Collaricocoshow

1987

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Danse avec les stars

2011

6.0

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Dim Dam Dom

1965

6.0

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Fan School

1977

6.5

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Graduation Year

Graduation Year

1964

8.0

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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

2022

6.6

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L'Académie des 9

1982

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La Boîte à secrets

2019

0.0

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La Chance aux chansons

1984

4.0

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La Génération Salut les copains

La Génération Salut les copains

2019

8.0

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La Lucarne magique

La Lucarne magique

1971

0.0

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La Parenthèse inattendue

2012

8.5

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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022

7.2

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Le Grand Échiquier

1972

8.0

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Le monde est à vous

1987

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Les Jeux de 20 heures

1976

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

6.0

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Midi Première

1975

10.0

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Midi trente

1972

6.0

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Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker

Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker

2015

6.7

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Numéro un

1975

6.0

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Numéro un - Demis Roussos

Numéro un - Demis Roussos

2020

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Reflets de Cannes

1954

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Samedi soir

1971

6.0

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Sheila - Tournée anniversaire : 60 ans de carrière

Sheila - Tournée anniversaire : 60 ans de carrière

2022

0.0

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Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

2022

7.5

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Star Academy

2001

6.4

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Stars à domicile

2001

6.8

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Système 2

1975

0.0

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Téléthon

1987

5.0

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Terzo canale - Avventura a Montecarlo

Terzo canale - Avventura a Montecarlo

1970

4.0

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The Masked Singer France

2019

5.6

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The secret song

2018

8.0

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Victoires de la musique

1985

2.0

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Vivement dimanche

1998

3.2

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