Dancer

Sheila

French recording artist and yé-yé singer

Born 1945 · CréteilFrance
Sheila
Image: Erio TAC France- Perpignan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sheila is a French dancer, born in 1945 in Créteil.

Biography

Annie Chancel (born 16 August 1945), known as Sheila, is a French pop singer who became successful as a solo artist in the 1960s and 1970s, and was also part of the duo Sheila & Ringo with her husband singer Ringo. She also fronted a disco act called Sheila and B. Devotion. Her stage name came from the title of her first release, a French cover version of "Sheila", a hit by Tommy Roe.

Throughout her career, Sheila has sold more than 85 million records worldwide.

From the Wikipedia article “Sheila (French singer)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

Facts from Wikidata (Q261489), CC0.