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Shirley Eikhard
Background information
Birth nameShirley Rose Eikhard
Born (1955-11-07) 7 November 1955 (age 68)
Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
GenresCountry, jazz
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active1968–present

Shirley Rose Eikhard (born 7 November 1955) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.[1]

Early life

Eikhard was born in Sackville, New Brunswick. Her mother, June Eikhard, was a noted Atlantic Canadian fiddler.

Career

At age 13, while living in Oshawa, Ontario, Eikhard successfully auditioned for the New Songwriters' Workshop at the 1969 Mariposa Folk Festival in Toronto. In 1971, when she was 15, her song "It Takes Time" was recorded by Anne Murray and became a hit in Canada. Eikhard released her debut album the following year. 

In Canada, Shirley Eikhard covered "Say You Love Me" and released it as a single several weeks in advance of Fleetwood Mac in early June 1976. Eikhard took the song into the Canadian top 40, peaking at No. 34; Fleetwood Mac's version, released only a few weeks later, peaked at No. 29 in September.

Her song, "Something to Talk About", was recorded by musician Bonnie Raitt to significant success in the 1990s.[2] Her song "Born with the Hunger" was recorded by Cher for her album Not.com.mercial. She sang the theme song to the movie The Passion of Ayn Rand, "Love Is, Love Is Not". "Lovers Forever", a song she originally wrote with Cher for the 1994 film Interview with the Vampire, is featured on Cher's 2013 studio album Closer to the Truth.[3]

Awards and recognition

Discography

Albums

Year Title CAN
1972 Shirley Eikhard 58
1975 Child of the Present
1976 Let Me Down Easy
1977 Horizons
1987 Taking Charge
1995 If I Had My Way
1996 The Jazz Sessions
1998 Going Home
1999 The Last Hurrah
2001 End of the Day
2003 Stay Open
2005 Country
Pop
2006 The Holidays Are Here
2007 Stuck in This Groove
2008 Riding on the 65
2012 Dream of a Perfect Day

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
CAN CAN AC CAN Country
1971 "It Takes Time" — 7 33 Shirley Eikhard
"Something in Your Face" — 2 11
1972 "Smiling Wine" 49 1 1
1973 "Right on Believing" — — 40 single only
1974 "Rescue Me" 87 70 98
1975 "Play a Little Bit Longer" 72 18 — Child of the Present
1976 "I Just Wanted You to Know" 77 18 —
"Say You Love Me" 34 4 — Let Me Down Easy
1977 "Let Me Down Easy" 64 20 —
"Someday Soon" — 21 — Horizons
"Don't Let Me Down" 76 19 —
1983 "Something That Lasts" — 22 — Taking Charge
1986 "It's Understood" — 27 —
1987 "You're My Weakness" — 25 —
1995 "Take the Fall" — 30 51 If I Had My Way

References

  1. ^ Larry LeBlanc (19 August 1995). Stony Plain's Church revives folk with 'Just a Little Rain'. Nielsen Business Media. pp. 24–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Larry LeBlanc (9 September 2000). Tyson album, stage show, draw on her life and long career in music. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 60–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Hobza, Kat (19 June 2013). "5 Reasons to buy Cher's new album Closer to the Truth". SheKnows. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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