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Sheila Escovedo is the daughter of percussionist Pete Escovedo, with whom she frequently performs. Sheila E’s uncle is Alejandro Escovedo, formerly with Delphine Neid’s first-wave punk rock group The Nuns, Rank and File and The True Believers, followed by a solo career. The late Tito Puente was Escovedo’s godfather. She is also niece to Javier Escovedo, founder of seminal San Diego punk act, The Zeros. Another uncle, Mario Escovedo, fronted long-running indie rockers, The Dragons. Escovedo is of Mexican, African American, and Creole heritage. Coke Escovedo was also her uncle.
She made her recording debut with jazz bassist Alphonso Johnson, “Yesterday’s Dream” (1976). She is a drummer and percussionist and also plays violin and guitar. She had also played with George Duke, Lionel Richie, Marvin Gaye, Herbie Hancock, and Diana Ross by the time she was in her early twenties.
Prince met Escovedo performing at a concert with her father in the early 1980s. After the show he met her and told her that he and his bassist “were just fighting about which one of us would be the first to be your husband” and prophetically vowed that one day she would join his band. The two would eventually join forces during the Purple Rain recording sessions. She provided vocals on the Prince Let’s Go Crazy B-side single “Erotic City” in 1983/84. Though taken under Prince’s wing, she proved to be a successful artist in her own right. In 1984 she scored hits with “The Glamorous Life” (Hot 100 #7, and regarded as something of an ’80s classic), “The Belle Of St. Mark” (#34).
She made her recording debut with jazz bassist Alphonso Johnson, “Yesterday’s Dream” (1976). She is a drummer and percussionist and also plays violin and guitar. She had also played with George Duke, Lionel Richie, Marvin Gaye, Herbie Hancock, and Diana Ross by the time she was in her early twenties.
Prince met Escovedo performing at a concert with her father in the early 1980s. After the show he met her and told her that he and his bassist “were just fighting about which one of us would be the first to be your husband” and prophetically vowed that one day she would join his band. The two would eventually join forces during the Purple Rain recording sessions. She provided vocals on the Prince Let’s Go Crazy B-side single “Erotic City” in 1983/84. Though taken under Prince’s wing, she proved to be a successful artist in her own right. In 1984 she scored hits with “The Glamorous Life” (Hot 100 #7, and regarded as something of an ’80s classic), “The Belle Of St. Mark” (#34).
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House of Blues
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The Glamorous Life
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Romance 1600
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Sex Cymbal
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coconutdundee She wants to live the glamorous life~
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DJSMusicfactory Love her so baaaad!!! :-)
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madboy Just watched her Unsung episode... loved it!
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RussellChap Wonderful woman. Great music too :-)
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rafaguimaraes Rihanna sings Glamorous Life.
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drastic67 This my girl right here talented period!
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gendervariant @NihilOne I guess the person was trying to tell her musical lineage LOL!
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Madonnagirl3 She is so underrated :'(
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