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- Singer - CV
- Sheena Shirley Orr was born on the 27 April 1959, in Bellshill, Scotland. Orr began performing while studying speech and drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music And Drama, studying by day and singing with the band Something Else in the evenings.
- Her short-lived marriage to actor Sandi Easton gave Orr her new name, and as Sheena Easton she was signed to EMI Records in 1979 following an audition for a planned documentary following a budding pop star. The resulting television film, The Big Time, about the creation of her chic image helped her debut single Modern Girl into the UK charts. This was followed by the chirpy 9 To 5, which reached number 3 and propelled a reissued Modern Girl into the Top 10. The former sold over a million copies in the USA (there known as Morning Train (Nine To Five)) and topped the singles chart for two weeks.
- Extraordinary success followed in America where she spent most of her time. Now established as an easy-listening rock singer, Easton was offered the theme to the 1981 James Bond movie, For Your Eyes Only, which became a US Top 5 hit. Further hits followed from her second album, including When He Shines and the title track, You Could Have Been With Me. In 1983, Easton , who by now had emigrated to California, joined the trend towards celebrity duets, recording the country chart-topper We've Got Tonight with Kenny Rogers . The Top 10 hit Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) was in a funkier dance mode and her career took a controversial turn in 1984 with attacks by moralists on the sexual implications of Sugar Walls, a Prince song that became one of her biggest hits. Easton also sang on Prince's 1987 single, "U Got The Look', and appeared in Sign O" The Times. The same year she starred as Sonny Crockett's wife in several episodes of Miami Vice.
- Easton's later albums for EMI included Do You, produced by Nile Rodgers, and the Japan-only release No Sound But A Heart. In 1988, she switched labels to MCA, releasing The Lover In Me. When the title track was issued as a single, it soared to number 2 on the US charts. The album's list of producers read like the Who's Who of contemporary soul music, with L.A. And Babyface, Prince, Jellybean and Angela Winbush among the credits.
- What Comes Naturally, released in 1991, was a hard and fast dance record produced to the highest technical standards but lacking the charm of her earlier work.
- The same year she starred in the revival of Man Of La Mancha, which reached Broadway a year later. The same year Easton finally became a US citizen, but during the 90s she enjoyed most success in Japan, with several of her new albums only released in that territory. By now her focus had switched towards her acting career, and in 1996 she appeared as Rizzo in the Broadway production of Grease. She signed a new recording contract with Universal International in 2000, and appeared opposite David Cassidy in the Las Vegas production, At The Copa.
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uk 12" including The Remix & Uptown Mix, picture sleeve, MCAT1348 (1989)item available:
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- 101
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uk Remix & Uptown Versions UK DJ promo 12" (1989)item available:
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- 101
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uk Remix & Uptown Versions UK DJ promo 12" (1989)item available:
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- 101
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uk limited edition 7" b/w Instrumental Version, in Sheena poster sleeve, produced by Prince MCAR1348 (1989)item available:
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 japanese cd single (1999)cd available:
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- 9 to 5
sheena easton
colombian 3-track YELLOW vinyl 12" also features Modern Girl and Take My Time, generic die-cut sleeve(1981)item available:
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- a little tenderness
sheena easton
japanese set of 2 x 7" vinyl b/w Right Or Wrong, both pressings are included here to show the two different 'mirror' image picture inserts that were issued! EMS-17220 (1981)item available:
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- a private heaven
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us Official RIAA Certified US platinum LP award presented for sales of more than 1,000,000 copies, includes platinum LP and cassette shell mounted on a black background above engraved dedication plaque featuring the RIAA hologram, approximately 17" x 21" framed and glazed - stunning item! item available:
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- a private heaven
sheena easton
japanese 10-track white label DJ promo LP, picture sleeve plus fold-out lyric insert + obi EMS-91088 item available:
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 all dogs go to heaven 2
sheena easton / charlie sheen
uk dvd (2001)dvd available:
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- are you man enough?
sheena easton
japanese white label promo sample 7" b/w Loner, picture insert with lyrics on reverse EMS-17301 item available:
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 best ballads
sheena easton
japanese cd album (2000) number of discs: 1 cd available:
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 best kept secret
sheena easton
us cd album (2000) number of discs: 1 cd available:
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- best kept secret
sheena easton
colombian 10-track EMI label LP with tracklisting in both Spanish and English on the labels and on the back cover of the laminated picture sleeve (1983)item available:
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- best kept secret
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mexican 10-track EMI label LP with tracklisting in both Spanish and English on the labels and on the back cover of the picture sleeve SLEM-1165 (1983)item available:
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- best kept secret
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japanese 10-track white label promo sample LP, picture sleeve with 6-page lyric insert plus huge fold-out full colour calendar and obi-strip EMS-91065 (1983)item available:
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- best kept secret
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japanese 10-track LP including Telefone, Devil In A Fast Car and Just One Smile, picture sleeve + obi and lyric insert, EMS-91065 (1983)item available:
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- best now
sheena easton
japanese deleted 19-track CD including For Your Eyes Only & Telefone, picture sleeve + gold embossed obi-strip TOCP-9054 (1991)item available:
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 best of
sheena easton
uk cd album (1996) number of discs: 1 cd available:
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 the best of
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us cd album (1990) number of discs: 1 cd available:
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 can't take my eyes off you
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japanese cd album (2002) number of discs: 1 cd available:
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- carry a dream
sheena easton
japanese only 3" CD including Instrumental Version, nice Marco and Sheena animated snap pack picture sleeve with lyricsitem available:
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- carry a dream
sheena easton
japanese promo sample Marco soundtrack CD, p/s obi + lyric booklet MVCL-24013 item available:
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- chico moderna
sheena easton
mexican 7" for Modern Girl b/w El Verano Termino - Summer's Over, wrap-around picture sleeve (1980)item available:
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- cover - morning musume. hello! project!
sheena easton / various
japanese only tribute 11-track promo sample CD, features the track If You're Happy? by Sheena Easton, also includes tracks by Irene Cara, Tiffany, Louise and Elisa Fiorillo, pict ure sleeve with fold-out lyric insert & obi-strip UPCD-1213 (2002)item available:
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- days like this
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uk 3-track 12", including Extended Version, Percussapella & Bonus Beats, sexy picture sleeve!, MCAT1325 (1989)item available:
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- days like this
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uk 3-track 3" CD including Extended Version, Percussapella and Bonus Beats, picture sleeve DMCA1325 (1989)item available:
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- days like this
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japanese 2-track 3" CD including Instrumental Version, snap-pack picture sleeve with lyrics. 09P3-6132 (1989)item available:
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- days like this
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us Extended Version 3-track 12", sealed picture sleeve MCA-23932 (1989)item available:
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- days like this
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us Ext Version 5-mix promo 12" (1989)item available:
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- days like this
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spanish promo 7" plays the same track both sides, custom music note picture sleeve (1989)item available:
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- days like this
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uk edition 7" b/w Instrumental + fold-out poster, picture sleeve! MCAR1325 (1989)item available:
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 divine
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dutch cd album (2002) number of discs: 1 cd available:
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- do it for love
sheena easton
uk Extended Dance Mix 3-track 12" Instrumental Mix & Can't Wait Till Tomorrow Dance Mix, stunning Sheena picture sleeve! 12EMI5536 (1985)item available:
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- do it for love
sheena easton
japanese white label promo sample 7", picture insert with lyrics on reverse EMS-17590 (1985)item available:
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 do you
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us cd album (2000) number of discs: 1 cd available:
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- do you
sheena easton
japanese 12-track white label promo sample LP, picture sleeve with fold-out lyric insert and obi-strip EMS-91140 item available:
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- eternity
sheena easton
uk 12" featuring the Shep Pettibone Remix b/w Single Version and Shockwave, picture sleeve 12EM-9 (1987)item available:
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 fabulous
sheena easton
japanese cd album (2001) number of discs: 1 cd available:
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 fabulous
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uk track CD album including the single Giving Up Giving In (2001) number of discs: 1 cd available:
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- fabulous
sheena easton
japanese 12-track promo sample CD, picture sleeve with obi-strip UICO-2010 (2000)item available:
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- fabulous
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uk 10-track Universal promo CD-R acetate including Giving Up, Giving In, custom printed disc and title inlay sleeve with track timings(2000)item available:
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- follow my rainbow
sheena easton
german 3-track CD includes Days Like This Extended Version, picture sleeve 257323-2 (1989)item available:
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- follow my rainbow
sheena easton
us 1-track promo CD CD45-18038 (1988)item available:
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 for your eyes only
sheena easton / various
us original motion picture soundtrack cd album (1981) number of discs: 1 cd available:
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- freedom
sheena easton
us cd number of discs: 1 cd available:
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- freedom
sheena easton
japanese only 10-trk CD features all new material plus Modern Girl '97, stunning picture sleeve(1997)item available:
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 giving up giving in
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european cd single (2000) number of discs: 1 cd available:
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