Sheeba
Sheeba | |
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| Origin | Ireland |
| Genres | Pop, MOR |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 1977–1984 |
| Past members | Maxi Frances Campbell Marion Fossett |
Sheeba were an all-girl pop trio popular in
Career
In 1978, the group took part in the Irish National Song Contest, to select Ireland's entry for that year's Eurovision Song Contest. But they failed to win with their song, "It's Amazing What Love Can Do".[2] They went on to release several singles in Ireland with producer Roberto Danova, although their biggest hit was "Horoscopes", which reached No.3.[3]
Following their exposure in the 1981 contest, they signed a recording contract in the UK and released the singles "The Next Night" and "Mystery", neither of these found success although were performed on UK TV shows such as 'Lena' (BBC2) and 'The UK Disco Dancing Championships' (ITV.) Exposure on the Eurovision also led to concert tours in Europe and Japan. The following year they entered RTÉ's National Song Contest final again with a song performed in
Maxi went on to be a successful broadcaster with RTÉ in Dublin hosting both TV and Radio shows for many years including Eurosong 1987 which was won by Johnny Logan ahead of his second Eurovision win; Marion Fossett is ringmistress of the well-known family circus, Fossetts; and Frances Campbell worked as a broadcaster for BBC Radio Foyle in Northern Ireland.[7]
References
- ^ "Diggiloo.net - Sheeba Horoscopes". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
- ^ Geocities.com - National Finals 1978
- ^ Irish Charts.ie - Eurovision entries in the Irish charts Archived 2010-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Geocities.com - National Final 1982
- ^ Kieran Murray - Sheeba biography
- ^ Geocities.com - National Final 1984
- ^ "Sunday Mirror, 23 May 1999 - Irish Eurovision entrants". Archived from the original on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
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