Sharleen Spiteri

Sharleen Spiteri (2011)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Melody   CH 19th 07/27/2008 (9 weeks)   UK 3  gold 07/26/2008 (23 weeks) The Movie Songbook   UK 13 03/13/2010 (4 weeks)

Singles

All the Times I Cried   CH 69 07/27/2008 (6 weeks)   UK 26th 07/12/2008 (9 weeks) Don't keep me waiting   CH 78 11/09/2008 (2 weeks) Xanadu   UK 71 03/13/2010 (2 weeks)

Sharleen Eugene Spiteri (born November 7, 1967 in Glasgow ) is a British musician and singer in the band Texas .

life and career

Spiteri grew up in her hometown. She worked as a hairdresser before founding the pop band Texas with Johnny McElhone in 1986 .

Spiteri composed several songs that can be heard in films: Say What You Want in The Booked Man (1997); Put Your Arms Around Me in Forever And Eternal (1998) or In Our Lifetime in Notting Hill (1999).

Spiteri can be heard on Rammstein's album Rosenrot (2005) in the duet Stirb nicht vor mir (Don't Die Before I Do) . It can also be heard on Roger Sanchez's album First Contact (2001) under the title Nothing 2 prove . This title was written by Sanchez and herself and her colleague McElhone.

In mid-2008 Spiteri's debut solo album Melody was released , from which All the Times I Cried was released as a single.

Web links

Commons : Sharleen Spiteri  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sharleen Spiteri in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: CH UK
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK