Sandie Shaw

Sandie Shaw (born 26 February 1947) is an English pop singer, who was one of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s. In 1967 she was the first British act to win the Eurovision Song Contest. She has been described as "the barefoot pop princess of the 1960s".

She announced her retirement from music in April 2013.

Biography

Early life and career

Sandra Ann Goodrich was born and brought up in Dagenham, Essex, England. On leaving school, she worked at the nearby Ford Dagenham factory, and did some part-time modelling before coming second as a singer in a local talent contest. As a prize, she appeared at a charity concert in London, where her potential was spotted by singer Adam Faith. He introduced her to his manager, Eve Taylor, who won her a contract with Pye Records in 1964 and gave her the stage name of "Sandie Shaw".

Taylor teamed Shaw with songwriter Chris Andrews, who wrote her first single, "As Long as You're Happy Baby", which failed to make the charts. However, for her second single Taylor gave her the Bacharach and David song "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me", which had been a No. 49 US pop hit for singer Lou Johnson. Shaw's version rose quickly to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in the autumn of 1964, and also charted in the United States at No. 52 on the Billboard Hot 100 early the following year. "I'd Be Far Better Off Without You" was issued as the follow-up, but DJs preferred its B-side, "Girl Don't Come", also written by Andrews, and the sides were switched. "Girl Don't Come" reached No. 3 in the UK and became her biggest US hit, reaching No. 42. It was followed by further hits in the UK including "I'll Stop at Nothing", "Long Live Love", her second UK No. 1 in 1965, and "Message Understood". The singles were produced by Taylor, Andrews and Shaw herself (though she was never credited), with help from Pye Records arranger Ken Woodman.

Anyone Who Had a Heart

Anyone Who Had a Heart may refer to:

  • Anyone Who Had a Heart (album), a 1964 album by Dionne Warwick
  • "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (song), a song by Dionne Warwick, later covered by Cilla Black, among others
  • Anyone Who Had a Heart (album)

    Anyone Who Had a Heart is the second album by American singer singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1964 on the Scepter label. It was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

    History

    The album is notable for including the title track, which became Warick's first top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Also featured are three tracks which appeared on her first album, Presenting Dionne Warwick issued the year before: "Don't Make Me Over", '"This Empty Place", and "I Cry Alone". These three tracks are exactly identical to the versions on the previous album, and are not different takes or remixes. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on November 29, 2011, by Collectables Records.

    Track listing

    All songs written and composed by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, except where noted. 

    Personnel

  • Bob Fisher: Mastering
  • Richie Unterberger: Liner Notes
  • Dionne Warwick: Vocals
  • Singles

  • A From November 30, 1963 to January 23, 1965, Billboard Magazine did not publish a Hot R&B Songs chart. The peak positions for R&B singles listed during this period are from Cash Box Magazine R&B Songs chart.
  • Anyone Who Had a Heart (song)

    "Anyone Who Had a Heart" is a song written by Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics) for Dionne Warwick in 1963. In January 1964, Warwick's original recording hit the Top Ten in the United States, Canada, Spain, Netherlands, South Africa, Belgium and Australia. In the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and New Zealand, Warwick's recording lost out to a cover version by Cilla Black, who was managed by Brian Epstein, also manager of The Beatles. Black's version was a UK number-one hit for three weeks in February/March 1964 and was also the fourth best-selling single of 1964 in the UK, with sales of around 950,000 copies.

    Original recording

    "Anyone Who Had a Heart" was presented to Dionne Warwick in unfinished form while she, Burt Bacharach and Hal David were rehearsing in Bacharach's Manhattan apartment for an upcoming recording session. Bacharach had finished the score which, in his words, "changes time signature constantly, 4/4 to 5/4, and a 7/8 bar at the end of the song on the turnaround. It wasn't intentional, it was all just natural. That's the way I felt it." This was the first use of polyrhythm in popular music. However, David had written only about a third of the lyric and was reluctant to finalize the sixth line of the first stanza as "And know I dream of you", feeling the stress was unnatural (as opposed to "And know I dream of you"). Bacharach played a snippet of the tune for Warwick, who was enraptured and at her urging David left Warwick to rehearse with Bacharach in the living room while he (David) retired to a bedroom where he completed the lyric. Of the unnatural stress in "I dream of you", David later stated: "I tried to find a way to make the you do something and I could never do it...[I] had to let it go."

    Podcasts:

    Sandie Shaw

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    I DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING

    by: Sandie Shaw

    Bought on stolen wine
    a nod was the first step
    you know very well
    what was coming next
    (repeat verse)
    did I really walk all this way
    just to hear you say
    "oh I don't want to go out tonight"
    "No, I don't want to go out tonight"
    but you will
    for you must
    I don't owe you anything, no1
    but you owe me something
    So repay me now
    you should never go to them
    let them come to you
    just like I do
    just like I do
    you should not go to them
    let them come to you
    just like I do
    just like I do
    did I really walk all this way
    just to hear you say
    "oh I don't want to go out tonight"
    "No, I don't want to go out tonight"
    but you will
    for you must
    I don't owe you anything, no
    but you owe me something
    So repay me now
    Too freely on your lips
    words prematurely sad
    oh but I know what will make you smile tonight
    Life is never kind
    life is never kind




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