| Sheena Easton Born Sheena Shirley Orr in Belshill, Scotland
on April 27, 1959. She is the youngest of six
children (two brothers -- Robert and Alex and three sisters -- Marilyn, Annessa, and
Morag). Underwent formal vocal training before launching her career in 1979 with EMI
Records. Her eponymous 1981 debut album spawned several U.K. Top 10 singles, while in the
U.S. "Morning Train" reached No. 1, lifting Sheena Easton into the Top 30. After
scoring another hit with the theme to the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only, Easton was
awarded a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1982, establishing her as one of pop's rising
stars.
Easton's 1982 follow-up Madness, Money, and Music peaked in
the Top 100, but Easton returned to the spotlight in 1983 with "We've Got
Tonight," a Top 10 duet with Kenny Rogers. In 1984 Easton broke new ground by
recording a Spanish-language album, Todo Me Recuerda A Ti, a major success in Latin
America; despite being of Scottish ancestry, Easton went on to win a Grammy for "Best
Mexican-American Performance." She then returned to the U.S. Top 10 with 1984's
"Strut," the first single from her platinum-selling 1985 release A Private
Heaven. Easton broke into the R&B charts with a 1985 version of the Prince song
"Sugar Walls," which reached No. 3, making her the first recording artist to
land a Top 10 single on the Pop, Country, R&B, Adult Contemporary, and Dance charts.
After overcoming label difficulties, Easton rebounded in 1987
with an appearance on Prince's "U Got The Look," which reached No. 2 in the U.S.
Her 1989 MCA debut The Lover In Me spawned the No. 2 dance single "101" (another
Prince cover) and the No. 1 R&B hit "The Lover In Me." After scoring another
Top 20 hit with the title track from 1991's What Comes Naturally, Easton took some time
off to appear in a Broadway revival of Man of La Mancha, returning in 1993 with No
Strings, a shift away from her previous style. 1995's My Cherie, was followed by another
break during which Easton did some voice acting for All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 and appeared
as Rizzo in a version of Grease!. Her most recent album, the self-produced Freedom, was
released in 1997,
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