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.

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Yes, My Darling Daughter is a 1940 song by Jack Lawrence first introduced by Dinah Shore on Eddie Cantor's NBC RED Network radio program on October 24, 1940. It was Shore's first solo record. Dinah's version, released on the RCA owned Bluebird Records label, peaked at #10 on Billboard Magazine's Best Seller chart. The music used by Lawrence is based on a Ukrainian folk-song "Oj ne khody Hrytsju", often ascribed to the Ukrainian songstress Marusia Churai. It first appeared in the 1812 vaudeville "The Cossack-Poet" by Catterino Cavos. This melody is unknown before Cavos, and is suggested that it was written by him.

The text of the Ukrainian folk song "Oi ne khody Hrytsiu" was first published in English translation in London in 1816. A Polish translation first appeared in 1822 in Lviv and a German translation appeared in 1848. Evidence exists to the songs popularity in France (1830's), Czech, Slovak lands, Belgium and the United States where it equally well known was the song "Ikhav kozak za Dunai" (the Cossack rode beyond the Danube; music and words by Semen Klymovsky).

Yes, My Darling Daughter (film)

Yes, My Darling Daughter is a 1939 American drama film directed by William Keighley and starring Priscilla Lane. Ellen Murray (Priscilla Lane) is a young woman is determined to spend a weekend with her lover, Douglas Hall (Jeffrey Lynn) before he takes off to Europe for his new job.

Cast

  • Priscilla Lane as Ellen Murray
  • Jeffrey Lynn as Douglas 'Doug' Hall
  • Roland Young as Titus 'Jay' Jaywood
  • Fay Bainter as Ann 'Annie' Murray
  • May Robson as Granny Whitman
  • Genevieve Tobin as Aunt Connie Nevins
  • Ian Hunter as Lewis Murray
  • Robert Homans as Police Sergeant Murphy
  • Edward Gargan as Dayfield Motorcycle Policeman
  • Spencer Charters as Angus Dibble
  • Lottie Williams as Martha, the Maid
  • Paul Panzer as Peter (scenes deleted)
  • George Tobias as Dock Worker
  • Clem Bevans as Henry (baggage man) (uncredited)
  • Loia Cheaney as Woman on Train (uncredited)
  • John Harron as Belga Line Steward (uncredited)
  • Grace Hayle as Dibble's Customer (uncredited)
  • Vera Lewis as Mrs. Dibble (uncredited)
  • Jack Richardson as Husband Leaving Train (uncredited)
  • 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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