Sheila Walsh (singer)

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Sheila Walsh (* 5. July 1956 in Ayr , Scotland ) is a singer , songwriter , preacher , author and talk show - presenter . Their music is part of Christian pop music .

Life

Sheila Walsh grew up in a strictly Baptist family . When she was four years old, her father suffered a brain thrombosis and died a few months later. She studied theology at the London Bible College and music at the London Academy of Operatic Art in 1979 .

Career

She worked as a preacher for the British branch of Youth for Christ and was the singer of the band The Oasis before starting her solo career in 1981. She went on tour with the British singer Cliff Richard . That same year, her first, was published New Wave embossed album Future Eyes .

In 1983 she went on her first US tour with Phil Keaggy . Since it was unusual there, unlike Christian pop music in the United Kingdom , to stage shows with fireworks, fog and light shows, this caused irritation. In the same year she released a duet with Cliff Richard , the single Drifting , which landed at number 64 on the UK charts. Richard was the co-producer and backing vocalist on their 1983 album War of Love and backing vocals on Drifting , Triumph In The Air, and Don't Hide Your Heart .

Walsh hosted the BBC show The Gospel Rock Show from 1984 to 1987 .

In 1988 she co- hosted Pat Robertson's talk show The 700 Club and also had her own talk show Heart to Heart with Sheila Walsh . Between 1981 and 1991, Walsh released a new album almost every year.

During the late 1990s she wrote over seventeen books, including children's books.

With Hope , Walsh released a new album in 1998 after a 7 year break. This and all subsequent albums differ significantly from the singer's previous style and can be assigned to Praise and Worship and Traditional .

Private

She was married to Norman Miller, who was then director of the Chapel Lane Records label . Miller also co-produced her second album Future Eyes . In 1986, Walsh moved to Los Angeles with her husband . The marriage ended in divorce in 1992 and she withdrew because she fell ill with depression . In 1995 she married Barry Walsh, with whom she has a child.

Trivia

Sheila Walsh was one of the supporters of the Parents Music Resource Center founded in 1985 , on whose initiative the Parental Advisory Label was created.

Discography

Albums

  • Future Eyes (1981)
  • No One Loves Me Like You (1982)
  • War of Love (1983) in UK as drifting with different track listing
  • Triumph in the Air (1984)
  • Don't Hide Your Heart (1985)
  • Portrait (Compilation Album, 1986)
  • Shadowlands (1986)
  • Say So (1988)
  • Simple Truth (1989)
  • Hymns and Voices (1990)
  • For a Time Like This (1991)
  • Hope (1998)
  • Blue Waters (2000)
  • Peace: A Celtic Christmas (2000)
  • Love Falls Down (2001)
  • All That Really Matters (2003)
  • Celtic Lullabies and Gentle Worship (2003)
  • The Best of Sheila Walsh (Compilation Album, 2004)
  • You Raise Me Up (2005)
  • Celtic Worship (2006)
  • Find Your Wings (2007)
  • Heart Wide Open (2008)
  • Let Go (2009)
  • God's Little Princess Lullabies (2009)
  • I Hear Angels (2010)
  • Beauty From Ashes (2012)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ life data
  2. ^ A b c d Mark Allan Powell: Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music , First Edition. Edition, Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody , Massachusetts 2002, ISBN 1-56563-679-1 , pp. 1013-1014.
  3. ↑ a b c The 700 Club. Accessed April 10, 2019 .
  4. ^ A b Steve Turner: Cliff Richard: The biography , New edition. Edition, Lion Publishing, London 2008, ISBN 978-0745952796 , p. 312.
  5. ↑ Sheila Walsh: Live Live . Brunnen-Verlag, 1988, ISBN 376553319X .
  6. ^ David Roberts: British Hit Singles & Albums , 19th. Edition, Guinness World Records Limited, London 2006, ISBN 1-904994-10-5 , p. 590.
  7. ^ IMDb The Rock Gospel Show. Accessed April 19, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b c Sheila Walsh: Honestly . Zondervan, 2010, ISBN 9780310877325 .
  9. ^ Claude Chastagner: The Parents' Music Resource Center: from information to censorship. Accessed April 19, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Walsh, Sheila
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer, songwriter, preacher, writer and talk show host
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Ayr , Scotland