Sandie Shaw

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Sandie Shaw (real name Sandra Ann Goodrich) (born February 26, 1947) was the most successful British girl singer of the 1960s. With her hair, slender frame, model cheekbones and outfits, she has been described as the ultimate working-class ‘it’ girl.

Life and career
Brought up in Dagenham, Essex, the Ford plant IBM operator dreamed of becoming a singer. She began her recording career in 1964 at just 17-years-old having been discovered by popular singer Adam Faith.

1960’s

She was spotted by Adam Faith after she appeared way down on the bill at a concert featuring himself and his group The Roulettes and The Hollies (she had gained a place in the concert having come second in a talent contest). After the show she was taken backstage to meet The Hollies and The Roulettes, and ended up being dragged to Faith’s dressing room to do an impromptu rendition of “Everybody Loves A Lover.” Faith was so impressed that he introduced her to his manager Eve Taylor, a former Variety manager. Within a fortnight the youngster had a record deal with Pye Records and a new stage name. Taylor signed songwriter Chris Andrews to Shaw and he wrote her first single “As Long As You’re Happy Baby.” However it was the second single that was to make her a household name after Eve Taylor discovered “(There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me” on a song-hunting trip to America. The song had been written by legendary songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David and had been a minor US hit for Lou Johnston. Shaw’s version became a massive hit, spending three weeks at Number One in the UK singles chart in the autumn of 1964.

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Nothing Less Than Brilliant
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Top Tracks

1	Puppet On A String	234
2	(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me	145
3	Long Live Love	87
4	Girl Don't Come	78
5	Hand In Glove	39
6	Message Understood	33
7	There's Always Something There To Remind Me	31
8	Monsieur Dupont	29
9	Nothing Comes Easy	28
10	Tomorrow	27
11	Always Something There to Remind Me	23
12	I Don't Owe You Anything	20
13	Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now	19
14	Jeane	17
15	Run	14

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yakkowarner wrote:
last month

I really cannot believe that she has only 150,000 plays. Since I personally account for three and indeed a half thousand of those plays that leaves very few, but incredibly well tasted (grammar?) listeners - the best kept secret???

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narci91 wrote:
August 2008

Please, my fellow Sandie fans, join: http://www.last.fm/group/Sandie+Shaw :)

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sayheyheyhey wrote:
August 2008

Love Sandie? Love divas? Well don't go hanging round like a puppet on a string - long live love over at Divas!, a brand new Last.FM group where you can celebrate the music of the greatest divas in the world - http://www.last.fm/group/Divas%21

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Black_Eyed_Siou wrote:
August 2008

And I'll hang out so cool, I'll take his attention away from you :-)

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narci91 wrote:
July 2008

and it´s Jeane, not Jeanne and Morrissey, not Morrissy. lol

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narci91 wrote:
July 2008

Smiths´ version is not crappy

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Pyke76 wrote:
July 2008

one of her finest interpetations is 'Jeanne' (Morrissy-Marr),pure kitchen sink. Where The Smiths' version is crappy, hers is just magic...

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edosoutros wrote:
July 2008

The Sweet voice. The Great performer...

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Spaceicorn wrote:
June 2008

yayyy top listener!

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Spaceicorn wrote:
April 2008

to look upon and to touch, life is really too much

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jonasminduim wrote:
March 2008

her covers are awesome but i love Nothing Less Than Brilliant too.

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narci91 wrote:
February 2008

I know I´m two days late, but happy birthday from me too! :D

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yakkowarner wrote:
February 2008

Happy Birthday Sandie!

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narci91 wrote:
February 2008

(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me<3<3

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Spaceicorn wrote:
January 2008

it's so carnivalesque, i heard it was a big hit in the 60s and didn't expect what i heard!

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Eclectic-G wrote:
December 2007

I agree with josecharts.

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josecharts wrote:
December 2007

I like Puppet On A String

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goo_goo_muck wrote:
November 2007

i really like her.

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hank_kingsley wrote:
October 2007

I'm an incurable Sandie Shaw fan...

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yakkowarner wrote:
October 2007

Damn I was number 1 fan until today, whoever you are, I salute you!

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