Sandie Shaw

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Sandie Shaw, 1967

Sandie Shaw (* 26. February 1947 in Dagenham , Essex as Sandra Ann Goodrich ) is a British pop - singer . One of her trademarks was that she often appeared barefoot.

life and career

Shaw got her first record deal in 1964. As Long as You're Happy Baby was the name of her first record, which was not yet a success. However, this was already in October 1964 when she had a million seller with a composition by Burt Bacharach and Hal David Always Something There to Remind Me . Chris Andrews wrote the next hits for her, and in 1967 Sandie Shaw was one of the most successful singers in Great Britain .

On April 8, 1967, she won the 12th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with Puppet on a String . Their barefoot appearance in Vienna was a minor scandal as the Austrian organizers, in contrast to the usual multi-purpose halls , chose the Hofburg , formerly the seat of the Austrian imperial family. Puppet on a String became a hit across Europe after the victory and was number 1 in Germany for eight weeks, a record that no British solo singer could beat after Sandie Shaw.

From 1965 Shaw also sang in German, mostly versions of her English hits. The songs like Du know nothing of your luck (1965 place 25), We'll see you again (1966 place 39), Hoopoe in May ( Puppet on a String , 1967 place 36) and You are wonderful (1968 place 28) were no great successes, whereas their Eurovision title Puppet on a String reached number one in Germany and stayed in the top 10 for 23 weeks.

In 1984 Sandie Shaw covered the single Hand in Glove with Morrissey and delighted fans of The Smiths ( Radio One ’s Saturday Live on April 14, 1984). In the British charts she came to number 27. After studying at the University of Oxford and the London Universities , Sandie Shaw is now a psychoanalyst . To this day, Sandie Shaw has been releasing records at irregular intervals, all of which are trendy, but have nothing to do with Sandie of the 1960s.

In 1987 Die Toten Hosen released a rock cover of the German version of I don't need that kind of loving on the album Never Mind The Hosen - Here's Die Roten Rosen ( And something you now call love ).

On March 26, 2007 Sandie Shaw released Puppet Got Brand New String, a remake of her hit Puppet on a String on the American Podsafe Music Network . The new piece is thus freely available online and can be played by podcasters worldwide without paying any fees.

Chart successes

Puppet on a string, 1967

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US
1965 Sandie - - UK3 (13 weeks)
UK 		US100 (4 weeks)
US
1967 Puppet on a String DE12 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - -
1994 Nothing Less Than Brilliant - - UK64 (2 weeks)
UK 		-

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US
2005 The very best of - - UK60 (2 weeks)
UK 		-

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US
1964 (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me - - UK1 (11 weeks)
UK 		US52 (7 weeks)
US
Girl don't come - - UK3 (12 weeks)
UK 		US42 (9 weeks)
US
1965 I'll stop at nothing - - UK4 (11 weeks)
UK 		-
Long Live Love DE28 (3 weeks)
DE 		- UK1 (14 weeks)
UK 		US97 (3 weeks)
US
You don't know anything about your happiness DE25 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT5 (4 weeks)
AT 		- -
Message understood - - UK6 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
How can you tell - - UK21 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
1966 Tomorrow - - UK9 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
Nothing comes easy - - UK14 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
run - - UK32 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
Think Sometimes About Me - - UK32 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
We'll see you again DE39 (1 week)
DE 		- - -
1967 I don't need anything - - UK50 (1 week)
UK 		-
Puppet on a String DE1 (12 weeks)
DE 		AT1 (20 weeks)
AT 		UK1 (18 weeks)
UK 		-
Hoopoe in May DE36 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - -
Tonight in Tokyo - - UK21 (6 weeks)
UK 		-
You've not changed - - UK18 (12 weeks)
UK 		-
1968 You're Marvellous DE28 (1 week)
DE 		- - -
Today - - UK27 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
1969 Monsieur Dupont - - UK6 (15 weeks)
UK 		-
Think it all over - - UK42 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
1984 Hand in glove - - UK27 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
1986 Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken - - UK68 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
Frederick - - UK93 (1 week)
UK 		-
1988 Please Help the Cause Against Loneliness - - UK86 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
1994 Nothing Less Than Brilliant - - UK66 (3 weeks)
UK 		-

literature

Web links

Commons : Sandie Shaw  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 20th of March 15: Best British Solo Female Since 50 Years on germanchartblog, accessed on March 18, 2015
  2. ^ Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956 - 1980 . Taurus Press, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 185
  3. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT UK US
personal data
SURNAME Shaw, Sandie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goodrich, Sandra Ann (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Dagenham , Essex, England, UK