Sheila e discography biography
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Full name Sheila Escovedo; born c.
Sheila e discography biography
1958 in Oakland, California; daughter of Pete (a drummer) and Juanita Escovedo. Addresses: 11355 W. Olympic Blvd., #555, Los Angeles, CA 90064.
"Sheila E. ... is probably the hottest female drummer in the business," asserted Lynn Norment in Ebony. First coming to the musical spotlight in the early 1980s as funk/pop superstar Prince's duet partner on the hit single "Erotic City," Sheila E.
soon struck solo success with her debut album Glamorous Life. The title song proved popular enough to help earn the young drummer-vocalist a gold album, and her second long-playing effort, 1985's Romance 1600, also turned gold.
As Pamela Bloom pointed out in High Fidelity, "Sheila demonstrates on Romance 1600 how equally at home she is in fusion, funk, pop, and salsa, as well as in the traditional r & b dance mix." The critic concluded: "Hers is an innate musicality that refuses to be waylaid and is propelled by an insatiable physical energy alway