Sandy Shaw Puppet On A String Eurovision UK 1967

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• Description : Born and brought up in Dagenham, En...(more)gland, the Ford plant IBM operator dreamed of becoming a singer. At that time, many of the working-class population of Dagenham worked at Ford, and although Shaw had gained a place at art college, she turned it down and decided to work at the plant until her singing career took off. She soon began her recording career at the age of 17, after being discovered by popular singer Adam Faith. [edit] 1960s She was spotted by Faith after she appeared on the bill at a concert featuring himself and his group, The Roulettes, as well as 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 taken 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 teamed songwriter Chris Andrews with 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 Taylor discovered "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" on a song-hunting trip to America. The song had been written by 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 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. This was followed by a string of classic pop hit singles written by Chris Andrews including "Girl Don't Come" (her biggest US hit, reaching No. 42 on the Billboard chart), "I'll Stop at Nothing," "Long Live Love" (Shaw's second UK Number One), "Message Understood," "Tomorrow" and "Nothing Comes Easy," all of which made the Top 20. The star was also a regular on popular programmes such as Top Of The Pops, Ready Steady Go! and Thank Your Lucky Stars. Shaw also recorded most of her hit singles in Italian, French, German and Spanish boosting her popularity on the continent. She also was very popular across South America, had performed behind the Iron Curtain, and had sung at concerts in pre-revolutionary Iran. Problems with work permits, however, prevented Shaw from entering the music business in America, although she developed a substantial fan base there. She often performed barefoot because, in her own words, "I feel more relaxed, more able to get the mood of a song." The singles were produced by Taylor, Andrews and herself (though she was never credited), with help from Pye Records arranger Ken Woodman. Although her singles primarily brought her success and popularity, Shaw also released several original albums in the 1960s: Sandie; Me; Love Me, Please Love Me; The Sandie Shaw Supplement and Reviewing the Situation. These albums generally consisted of Andrews-penned songs mixed with cover versions of songs made popular by other artists. By 1967, Shaw's record sales were declining and her manager decided on more of a cabaret appeal. Against her will (as she felt it would destroy her credibility), Shaw was put forward to represent the UK in that year's Eurovision Song Contest. She performed five songs on The Rolf Harris Show and the public voted that the song that should represent the country was the Bill Martin/Phil Coulter composition "Puppet on a String" (a song she hated, but now says: "It is a song which has been the source of much grief, hilarity, circumspection and I have to admit, financial reward for many years."). The song won the contest easily (making Shaw the first person to win the contest for the UK) and gave her another smash hit and her third UK No. 1 single — a record for a female at the time). Puppet on a String also was a worldwide hit and the largest-selling single of the year in Germany. According to The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, by John Kennedy O'Connor, it is the second biggest victor in the contest, beating the runner up (Ireland's If I Could Choose by Sean Dunphy) by a margin of over 53 percent. [1] 1968 saw Shaw marry fashion designer Jeff Banks, with whom she would later have a daughter, Gracie, in 1971. Fashion had become another of Shaw's trademarks, and in 1968 she began the Sandie Shaw fashion label, selling her own brand of clothing and shoes. . I LOVE DOOWOP AND FARE DOOWOP .50'S.60'S & Golden Oldies SOUND. ALL MY SONG IS FROM ..MY DOOWOP JUKEBOX GOLD !! (less)