Sheila (singer)
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Sheila, February 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Annie Chancel |
| Also known as | Sheila (and) B. Devotion, SB Devotion |
| Born |
16 August 1945 Créteil, France |
| Genres | Yéyé, Pop, Disco |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, dancer, actress, TV presenter, author |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Labels | Carrere, Warner |
| Website | www |
Sheila (born Annie Chancel, 16 August 1945) is a French pop singer who became successful as a solo artist in the 1960s and 1970s, also was 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.
Sheila started her musical career in 1962, after being noticed by Claude Carrère, a French record producer and songwriter. Since she was 16, her parents signed for her a contract with Carrère. This artistic collaboration lasted for more than 20 years. In 1995 a lawsuit put an end to this life-time deal. She finally won a royalties battle against her former producer.
Sheila had numerous hits in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, playing the well-behaved young girl. Her first hit was "L'école est finie" ("School is over"), in 1962 (1 million copies).
In the Eight Women movie, 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 French 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) etc...
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 spectacular twist 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.
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